From the Author of the "Sound-Rage" primer:
"Sound-Rage" - A Primer of the Neurobiology and Psychology of a Little Known Anger Disorder (Chalcedony Press, 210 pgs) has just been published and is available from Amazon.com.
Gum chewing, nose sniffing, pen clicking…For the vast majority of people, these particular sounds are nothing more than background noise, but for a small, discrete population, these sounds trigger rage and an urge to flee. Commonly known as “Misophonia,” the disorder is not known by therapeutic or medical communities. Unfortunately, a vast number of people who suffer from this unique anger disorder assume that they are “crazy.”
The disorder is uniquely characterized by an emotional anger response to auditory stimuli; a flight without fight physiological response; and anger without overt acts of aggression. The book provides compelling evidence that it is a developmental, neurological disorder, and presents detailed information on the brain regions implicated in the disorder. Other important areas of research discuss:
It presents a current state of knowledge to the public and provides another voice for hope, courage, and resilience.
Gum chewing, nose sniffing, pen clicking…For the vast majority of people, these particular sounds are nothing more than background noise, but for a small, discrete population, these sounds trigger rage and an urge to flee. Commonly known as “Misophonia,” the disorder is not known by therapeutic or medical communities. Unfortunately, a vast number of people who suffer from this unique anger disorder assume that they are “crazy.”
The disorder is uniquely characterized by an emotional anger response to auditory stimuli; a flight without fight physiological response; and anger without overt acts of aggression. The book provides compelling evidence that it is a developmental, neurological disorder, and presents detailed information on the brain regions implicated in the disorder. Other important areas of research discuss:
- How the brain’s “hard-wired” circuitry interprets stimuli as pain and affects behavior and emotions
- How processing of visual and auditory stimuli overlap in the brain and result in creating new triggers
- How the brain uses mimicry to induce empathy and reduce the distress caused by triggers
- Why the disorder is routinely misdiagnosed as a phobia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or a sensory
processing disorder and how “Sound-Rage” is unique among all disorders - Why exposure therapy worsens the symptoms while cognitive behavior therapy is highly effective in reducing them
It presents a current state of knowledge to the public and provides another voice for hope, courage, and resilience.