DAE suffer from this?

Misophonia

Certain sounds cause me to get very angry and experience very violent urges. These tend to be sounds made by other people eating, especially things that can be sucked on (apples, cereal, hard candy, etc.) but it also occurs from a variety of other noises like snoring, turning the pages of a book, or singing along to music. Oddly, none of these sounds bother me if I am their source.

Now, I'm not talking about gradually getting angry or irritable due to the sheer annoyance of repeatedly hearing these noises. What I experience is a literally instant change in mood, regardless of whatever mood I was in, to intense anger accompanied by violent urges, which persists until the sound stops. Resisting these urges and trying to control the anger is mostly futile, and can actually make me physically uncomfortable. Once the sound is gone, I again instantly return to whatever mood I was in previously.

Does anyone else experience this type of thing? How do you cope with it? Does it affect your everyday life at all, or has it impacted your relationship with any family or friends?

Posted Nov 3, 2010, 7:38 PM UTC

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