Misophonia

[alokin123]

Anybody else fit this category. I dont know about anyone else here but i cant stand the sound of people who chew their food with their mouths open. I literally feel like exploding into anger to tell them to chew with their mouths closed.

Am i committing a sin in feeling this way? I literally am filled with rage whenever i hear the sound of people chewing with their mouths open, especially people in my family. That and the sound of people biting their nails.

I thought i was just crazy until i googled this annoyance and came across this: misophonia.info/symptoms-and-triggers/

It just makes me feel really bad that i am filled with such anger at these sounds people make and having to bottle the frustration inside.

 

[Daizies]

Anybody else fit this category. I dont know about anyone else here but i cant stand the sound of people who chew their food with their mouths open. I literally feel like exploding into anger to tell them to chew with their mouths closed.

Am i committing a sin in feeling this way? I literally am filled with rage whenever i hear the sound of people chewing with their mouths open, especially people in my family. That and the sound of people biting their nails.

I thought i was just crazy until i googled this annoyance and came across this: misophonia.info/symptoms-and-triggers/

It just makes me feel really bad that i am filled with such anger at these sounds people make and having to bottle the frustration inside.

I never knew it was a condition before! I can totally relate: I’ve been this way since I was a kid. Sometimes when I’m in the elevator in my building with someone chewing gum I have to plug my ears just to keep from screaming. And don’t get me started about people chewing with their mouths open.

I’m not sure that it is necessarily a sin to have these feelings, as we can’t really control that these things cause the feelings they do. I think that they could become sinful if we let those emotions control our behaviours. I’m not really sure what the best thing is to do. I tend to avoid eating with others, or put on music if I do share a meal with anyone, and avoid looking at their mouths (sort of aim for the top of the head/eye area). I know avoidance doesn’t really solve the problem though. Maybe learning some techniques to help control your anger? I don’t really have any solutions, but I do understand.

 

[Falco]

Oh, ME TOOOO! I trained my babies to eat silently at a very early age. My father discovered my aversion to noisy eaters and used to bait me into vomiting by deliberately slopping his chops during meals. Which of course, made it worse. By the time I was in my last year at school mother had to serve our meals in separate rooms, as I was losing weight. ( he was not a nice man).

i try to have music or the TV on loudly during meals now, anything to drown out the occasional wet sloppy slurp that might arise from the family.

 

[Zekariya]

My father physically cannot stand the noise of food in peoples mouths. For example: I can’t eat in the car if he can hear me eating. Being my dad, he just tells me, “I need you to stop eating.” etc, etc.