If You Hate the Sound of Someone Chewing! You Might Have Misophonia

If you're irritated with the sound of your love ones chewing his or her food from across the table, you may actually have a disorder called misophonia. The word misophonia literally means “hatred of sound.”

Recently this medical phenomenon has been brought to public attention. The sound of somebody chewing makes them want to scream. While misophonia can be expressed in the hatred of any sound, bodily sounds like slurping, chewing, gulping, and other repetitive sounds are the most common offenders.
The estimated rate of people who are suffering from misophonia is between 5 and 10 percent of the population. A recent study found nearly 20% of its participants showed misophonia symptoms. They may feel a strong urge to leave the situation or feel disgust toward the person making the sound.

Those who are severely misophonia feel much stronger emotions when they hear a trigger sound. These emotions include rage, anger, hatred, and even sometimes a desire to kill the person making the sound.

 The actual cause of misophonia is unknown, but some believe it to be a neural connection between the sound and emotional pathways in the brain.

If you’re suffering from misophonia, there are some steps that you can take to alleviate your symptoms naturally.

Regular exercise and eating a healthy diet can do wonders for relieving some of the stress brought on by trigger sounds. You can also use sound to help, as counter-intuitive as that may seem.

The use of a device that creates a white noise sound in the ear can help distract from trigger sounds. You might also try wearing headphones or ear plugs to block offensive sounds.

Another natural treatment is therapy, where you can work on how you might tame your reaction to offensive sounds.

Taking care of your body by managing your stress levels, eating right, and getting enough sleep are important in mitigating anxiety that can be caused by misophonia.

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