Hi Emily! My name is Mary and I am with you. I suffer from misophonia as well. I am almost 23 years old and it is relieving in a way to finally put a diagnosis to my hatred of sounds. I have delt with this my entire life and I still struggle with it today. I have not found the best coping mechanism to go through my everyday routine. I am glad the ear plugs are providing you some relief. I tried that method but for some reason I was bothered more by the fact that I could still "faintly" hear the sounds through the earplugs.

My parent's have finally become more understanding of my frustrations now that they have researched Misophonia but any physician and/or therapist I went to did not take me seriously. They just kept trying to put me on anxiety, ADHD, and or relaxer medications. It is something that I don't think anyone will really understand unless they experience it. It is nice to know that there are more people out there that suffer from this. I have grown up thinking I was somewhat crazy.

I usually have the most problems when I am trying to focus on something. For example, I am a Junior at the local university here and I can barely sit through a class. The pencils, the chewing, the WHISPERING is a big one. I also struggle in movie theatre's with the popcorn and the candy bag rustling. It's so overwhelming and I get so angry. Question: Do you find that certain sounds are conditional? Like one person in your life could make one sound that doesn't bother you and someone else can make the same noise and it drives you insane? Or are your's pretty straight across the board?

hi emily and mary, i too have always had this. i am almost 50, and people's chewing noises (and appearance while eating) have been aggravating me since i was a kid. i've always known that the rage i felt was abnormal, and that it was "my" problem - not theirs. especially since, yes, i could see that it was conditional. my mother's (and to a lesser extent my sister's) moaning and groaning and slurping and gurgling and crunching while eating food, with grease or juice dripping down her/their face and hands always drove me more crazy than anyone else doing the same things. lol. now my husband has joined the list of people i can't stand hearing (and watching) eat, while my son's eating noises rarely bother me. :/

unfortunately for my son, he has started reacting to his father's and grandmother's noises and appearance while eating too - and sometimes complains about mine. lol (just laughing at the fact that i am now finding myself on the other side of the equation for the first time in my life) :D

when my family eats, i HAVE to have music or the tv on, and sit sort of sideways so that the person that bugs me isn't in my line of site. and i try really, really hard not to roll my eyes or glare at them or even worse, start to growl in frustrated rage. :/

Hello folks , i have great news, there is a cure to misophonia. In order to receive the cure you must first know what causes it. I know this might sound crazy, but read on, what else do you have to lose? The cause of the condition is not medical but spiritual. Misophonia is a demon attachment. In other words it is a demon who has attached himself to you. Why because they host on humans, to keep people from enjoying the pleasures of hearing. This spirits come in two forms, the spirit of jealousy and the spirit of fear. it does not mean you have a jealously or fear problem but the demon who has attached himself does. So how do you receive the cure. Only one way, by the Name of JESUS. Since you cannot fight a spiritual battle with medicine, you must fight it with a spiritual Source. You must bind the spirit of jealousy and the spirit of fear everyday. I mean literally say this prayer, FATHER, i come to you in JESUS Name, thank you for my deliverance. By the Name of JESUS, I bind you you demon spirit of jealously and fear. I bind you by the Name of JESUS and I cast you out from me and my presence, forever. Never return to me again, and I loose the HOLY SPIRIT and the Spirit of peace to flood and ease me. In the Name of JESUS its done. You might have to this more than once because you might have more than one demon attachment. It not your fault you have this, but it is your fault if you do not use the Name of JESUS to help you. I have known many people who have been delivered from misophonia. It is all about faith what else do you have to loose???

Harleycoach49, i find it very nice that you would say this. However i find it slightly offensive in a way. Im not sure why but..i do. I dont mean to attack you! im so sorry for that, i just dont appreciate being told a demon..may be attached to me.

thank you harleycoach49 for saying exactly what I have been thinking! working in and with others in the deliverance ministry, I recognize this to be the truth! Though I admittedly have not conquered this demon yet, having just come to this realization today in my prayer/study group. thank you so for the advice and instruction!! This is not something easliy accepted (demonic oppression. etc.) especially by non-believers, but I have found many so called Christians who are greatly offended by the suggestion of demons influencing or controlling them. Denial, denial, denial. It is a great relief, and yet, just as fall4pandas admits, at first offensive - it is embarassment? Who me? A strong faithful Christian?, a good person? Who better to spend time tormenting!?