Misophonia: severe disgust, anger, nausea and stress from hearing the sound of someone eating food. It's a real disorder that I have and hate with a passion. Does anyone else have this and understand?

Question

I used to cry from disgust (when I was a kid) when I heard eating, and now I learned what its called (Misophonia) and I'm mad that nothing seems to cure this. Yeah, I ignore the sound but it feels like I have a severe migraine if I hear the noise, or I get nausea, have to leave the room, or get angry at whoever's eating. I can't eat in silence alone because I get sick hearing the noise... Does anyone else have this, and how do you cope? Am I really silly for having this issue or is it common?

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I hate it too but I wouldn't go that far.  I'd call it severely agitated.  And it doesn't always apply.  Like if someone is eating normal and chewing with a closed mouth, you can still sometimes hear a little and that's ok usually, depending on what's being eaten.  Anyone open mouth chewing drives me insane.  I now have a co-worker who bites into lifesavers the minute she pops them in her mouth, she's chewing closed mouth, but it's still really loud I can't stand it, but I'm at work so nothing I can really do about it, I can't just get up and walk away. I usually stick in my ear buds and listen to something else.

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I don't have it but it's a real thing so don't feel like you're crazy!!! Maybe you should consider seeing a counselor or someone who can help you learn some new ways to cope with the problem :)

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I have it too! My family thinks it's stupid but they don't understand! I can't stand to hear myself or others eat!

Misophonia: severe disgust, anger, nausea and stress from hearing the sound of someone eating food. It's a real disorder that I have and hate with a passion. Does anyone else have this and understand?

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