Some believe it is a thing, some do not.
I have no choice but to believe it's really a thing, I feel it all the time. My ears can tune in to someone chewing with their mouth open or slurping from the other side of a restaurant and completely ruin my dining experience. The feeling can only be described as a huge knot of pure rage in my stomach, my entire body and mind go into fight or flight mode, I have shamelessly left my partner alone at the table of a restaurant before (we had finished eating) because I couldn't physically stay and listen to the couple next to us eating.
Myself and my partner will have a conversation to strategically seat me at any group dinner situation, it is that real, even we have had arguments before, he isn't a bad mannered eater but if the room is quiet enough I can still hear it and I will react, so having background noise whilst we eat dinner is a must. I have always been appalled by people eating with their mouths open but I do not know if the Misophonia increases my anxiety or my anxiety has made the Misophonia worse. I have had a fleeting thought of having hypnotherapy or something along them lines to help as it makes social situations and journeys really difficult, it will take one thing to start me off and then every other little thing just piles on me in minutes, until I am overwhelmed. Do you have the same thing? Any recommendations for things that help are welcomed with open arms.
General Public: In addition to eating badly please do find it in the kindness of your heart to not snort. I cannot control my reaction, I will give myself whiplash to look you dead in the eye with the the most disgusted look on my face, people that know me know the one I mean. I do not think about it, I do not plan it, it just happens and to be frank I am not sorry. I have been physically sick in the street before as a result of someone snorting and spitting, I promise you I just heaved writing this,
P.S Thou shall not chew gum on trains should be the 11th commandment.
Currently listening to...anything to drown out the noise
Please do not feed the Unicorns
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