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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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New TV Triggers

10/8/2013

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If I didn't know better, I'd swear that my television is out to get me... I've accepted the fact that, until misophonia is more widely known by the general public, I'll have to deal with triggers in TV commercials, but this morning was something different...

Just a little background: Every morning, I always leave the TV (or at least the radio) on for my cockatiel when I head out to work so that he has some vocal and extra visual stimulation while I'm away. I got in the habit of using my TV more often, since moving out to the Midwest, because it took me over a year to figure out that my little stereo wasn't dead but actually connected to a "hot" outlet controled by a light switch. (Yes, I am an architectural lighting designer. Doh!) Whenever I do leave the TV on for him, I tune it to the Disney Channel, because I know that there's no way that he'd be able to pick up curse words or bad phrases from that station. (I actually hoped that he'd pick up good words/phrases since they repeat a lot of the same shows. No such luck...)

I usually leave shortly after turning on the TV but this time I put it on while gathering my stuff for work. I don't know what show had just started (something having to do with kids riding a train) and the conductor started singing, "Give a Little Whistle... (whistle, whistle)"  Argh!!!  It was a catchy tune, albeit annoying when they did the whistle part, which made it that much more frustrating when the lyrics/tune stuck in my head - including the whistle!

[Sigh]  I think I'm going to have to blast some heavy metal in my earbuds today just to drive that tune out of my head. I'm just lucky that my little guy hasn't picked up that song... Yet! (I actually looked at him before I left for work and said, "You better not start whistling that tune." He looked at me as if to say, "If you don't start leaving on a channel that's more exciting, we'll see what happens.")  LOL!
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Mick Jones link
10/9/2013 12:21:16 am

I heard that listening to Fat Boy Jones' music is a good cure for ear worms.
Just watch out for the whistling at the end of "Two of Us".
Be well.
Mick

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    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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