Basically, certain noises — like sniffing or chewing — can give you an intense fight-or-flight response. “The most dominant reaction is anger and anxiety, not disgust,” Dr. Sukhbinder Kumar, the lead researcher from the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University, told the New York Times.
How interesting is that!? For me, it’s much more the side of anxiety and unease rather than rage but I’ve long complained – in an overly dramatic fashion like the kiddo above, of course – when my husband cracks his knuckles. And the sound of the blender gives me such anxiety I never stay in the same room when I make a smoothie. I turn the sucker on and run! Truly, it took me years to make peace with my hair dryer because the sound would make me want to curl into myself. I was overly excited to discover this morning that it’s not all in my head and I wasn’t alone in being very sensitive to sounds, as trivial as that sounds. So how bout you? Do you have misophonia? Do you think it’s a real thing?
How interesting is that!? For me, it’s much more the side of anxiety and unease rather than rage but I’ve long complained – in an overly dramatic fashion like the kiddo above, of course – when my husband cracks his knuckles. And the sound of the blender gives me such anxiety I never stay in the same room when I make a smoothie. I turn the sucker on and run! Truly, it took me years to make peace with my hair dryer because the sound would make me want to curl into myself. I was overly excited to discover this morning that it’s not all in my head and I wasn’t alone in being very sensitive to sounds, as trivial as that sounds. So how bout you? Do you have misophonia? Do you think it’s a real thing?
P.S. More about my experiences with slightly more significant, generalized anxiety and how I cope if you’d like to read.
