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Welcome to my blog. I hope by sharing my own misophonia experiences, others who are frustrated with misophonia sensitivities will discover that they're not alone. I also hope that people who may not have misophonia will gain some insight about what it's like to have this condition.

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Does the Grinch have misophonia?

12/25/2014

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I'm always touched when one of my friends who know I have misophonia send me an article or some other link that has a connection to misophonia or sound sensitivities. This week was no exception...

First, my "sistah from anothuh mistah" sent me a link to an article about a woman who created a series of YouTube videos of her speaking softly and doing actions that create very soft sounds. Evidently,  for some people, the videos create a calming (almost euphoric) response called "autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR," In fact, one of her videos has become so popular, it's been viewed over 7 million times. Her YouTube channel, called Gentle Whispering, has been viewed over 87 million times. I tried to watch it but unfortunately for me, soft sounds like what I briefly saw in her videos are what trigger my misophonia. Very interesting though... The sounds that drive me actually are pleasurable for some people.

A couple of days after she sent me that YouTube link, another friend sent me a link to a website where the author presents a case for the reason why the Grinch is so angry... It's because for over 50 years, he's had to put up with the noises coming from the adjacent town below! My friend took that theory one step further and proposed that perhaps the Grinch also had misophonia! Watching the video, and relating it to my current situation in having to deal with an inconsiderate neighbor who loves cranking up the bass on his Bose system... I think there might just be some truth to the connection. Watch the video and judge for yourself if there could be a connection.

I also had the pleasure this weekend of meeting with another misophonia sufferer who reached out to me through this website. (I always appreciate it when readers include their location on the contact form. If she hadn't, I would not have known she not only lived in the same city as me, but we found out we live less than two miles away from each other!) We had a lovely conversation sharing our respective misophonia experiences, and I think she connected with some of the non-aural ones I mentioned too that she hadn't considered before. I look forward to continuing our discussion at another point.

I'd like to end this post by wishing you all a happy (and trigger-free) holiday season.  :-)
2 Comments
Tanja Injac
12/25/2014 04:01:49 am

Hi,
I've also recently heard of AMSR videos. One of them had the lady chewing gum for half an hour and apparently that calms down some people. Funny, chewing gum is my trigger. Tried to watch it, it wasn't as bad as my usual trigger. I was able to watch it for more than a minute. I think I will use that video for my exposure therapy because her intention is not to annoy me or to be rude but to calm people down. Some reason, that makes it easier to watch it.

Regards, Tanja.

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Emlyn link
12/27/2014 07:07:25 am

Hi, Tanja. Thanks for commenting on the post. You're braver than me. I'd be curious to know if watching those videos do wind up helping you. I've only heard that exposure therapy doesn't work for people with misophonia, but maybe that generalization isn't quite accurate.

I know that she's just trying to help people (and I'm jealous of the people who become more relaxed at sounds like those). I just find it very interesting to see that there's both sides of the spectrum - people with misophonia who are bothered by soft sounds like that and other people who are actually comforted by those same sounds.

For me, it doesn't matter whether I know the intention behind a trigger or not... If I hear/see/feel a trigger, I'm always annoyed by it. Oh well... Maybe one day that will change.

Thanks again for sharing. :-)

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    Emlyn Altman has been suffering with misophonia for over 35 years, even though she only found out about the actual medical condition much more recently. As frustrating as the condition has been over the years, her heightened sensitivities across all the senses considerably influenced her talents within the visual fine arts (particularly sculpture), music (singing, piano, and many other instruments), writing, and culinary backgrounds, as well as professional achievements as an architectural lighting designer. Her goal in developing this website is to promote more awareness about misophonia and help other sufferers as well.


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