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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 New Year!

1/1/2017

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All I can say is good riddance to 2016. In many ways, as I'm sure similar to others like me, I'm hoping to start with a (relatively) cleaner slate in general and, now that I figured out the new editing interface for this website via my iPad, hopefully I can make more regular (if not more frequent), blog updates. Last December was the first time in the four years since launching the website that I missed a post in the entire month, and that's something I want to change. (Dare I say I'll make it a resolution for the new year?)

I also know I need to start taking better care of myself - including somehow lessening my stress. I've learned over the years that the more stress I have in my life, the more sensitive I am to triggers. Not sure how much I'm going to be able to mitigate my stress at work, given my position, but hopefully I can be more self aware when my stress is going into critical mode.

I know I need to do a better job at keeping fresh earplugs with me (something I slacked off a bit of late). Occasionally I've been triggered during my choral rehearsals and just stood there(with dagger eyes) trying to bear through it but I think I will try to start removing myself from trigger exposures when they happen. I've already mentioned my misophonia to some of my choral mates, so hopefully they'll be understanding.

Let's just hope that 2017 is a hell of a lot better than 2016 was. 😊
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    About the Author

    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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