Are you unnecessaryly disturbed or disgusted by certain sounds, such as lips smacking, chewing sound, or even breathing and it gets so uncomfortable that you cannot control it, thereby building anger, anxiety and all sorts in you. Well this might be a sign that you are suffering from misophonia. The exact cause of Misophonia is currently unknown and symptoms usually begin in late childhood or early teenage year.
What is misophonia? This is a condition which an individual experience anger or disgust when confronted with specific sounds made by people. It is originally known as selective sound sensitivity syndrome which implies that you fit be pepper body (as poeple will call it) for a medical reason, Like every little thing irritates you. Now, According to an article from Osmosis published on July 12 2022, Misophonia has also been classified as a phycatric disorder due to the mental suffering of individuals. Some sounds like heavy breathing, keyboard taping, clicking a pen, slurping, wall scratching, loud chewing and so on are trigger sounds on Misophonia.
Symptoms of misophonia
There are various signs and symptoms but according to article on Cleveland clinic published on 11th of December 2022, we will focus on 4 of them:
Anger/Rage: These are feelings that can be intense or overwhelming and can escalate rapidly. For someone suffering from misophonia, annoyance and irritation can easily turn to anger or rage.
Assertive physical reactions: This behavior are self protective actions that kicks in repulsively when experiencing trigger sounds and they can come in form of sweating, chest tightness, increased heart rate and many more.
Behavioral reactions: These actions are usually impluse driven and the individual may not have full control over them. Actions are either violent or non violent towards objects or people. These actions are yelling and body demonstration, leaving area of trigger sounds,distorting objects of trigger sound and many more.
Discomfort: According to an article published by Osmosis, individuals may experience stress and discomfort in thier daily lives in anticipation of an unexpected encounter with Misophonic stimuli. To know you are suffering from misophonia, you easily get uncomfortable with sounds in general, and will always instinctly be on the look out for trigger sounds before getting settled in a place.
Finally, just to say that this goes beyond recognizing oneself as being Misophonic, having Misophonia can disrupt ones daily living when you tend to avoid or manage all possible trigger actions. So it is advicable to meet a doctor for profound solution.
