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The "Butterfly's Whisper" Blog

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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Happy (belated) V-Day!

2/15/2015

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Wow! Time certainly has been flying lately. It's hard to believe that I've been living in my new house for two weeks already. It's been quite a blissful experience. No music blasting from neighbors. Occasionally I'll hear a small dog barking a few doors down or an airplane flying overhead but for the most part, I love living in a house. Time will tell but I don't think I'd ever go back to apartment living. 

Unfortunately, my cockatiel was being quite nudgy this morning. For some reason, even when he was on my shoulder, he was whining endlessly. I wasn't sure if it was because he was hungry or thirsty, so I put him back in his cage with his food and water, which quieted him for a while but then he started whining again.  When it got to the point that his whines were going to make me explode, I gathered my laptop and writing stuff and left him with the TV going. Hopefully he'll get the whining  out of his system by the time I get home. Despite the blissful quietness of my new place, his whines are still big enough triggers to drive me away from my abode.

I did have an interesting revelation last week during a manicure/pedicure. (My hands and feet were quite beaten up after the move.) Normally, the sound of nails being clipped is a big trigger for me, but I noticed during my treatment that the clipping sound wasn't as bothersome. (Yes, it was a bit annoying but not too terrible.) As soon as the technician next to us started clipping the nails of another customer, I couldn't scramble to put my earbuds/music in fast enough. It got me thinking.... Perhaps why I was more bothered by the other customer's nails being clipped than my own was because when my nails were being clipped, I could FEEL them being clipped at the same time as hearing the sound. I think my brain was able to make a connection between the tactile sensation of the clippers and the aural one whereas there wasn't that secondary correlation when the other customer's nails were being clipped. My brain was better able to process the clicking sound of the clippers when it had the association of the tactile sensation as well. Perhaps part of my misophonia sensitivity has to do with the brain not getting complete sensory information to associate with certain actions.

Just another one of my misophonia mind wanderings...
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    About the Author

    Emlyn Altman has been suffering with misophonia for over 40 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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