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I suffer from misophonia, I can’t live in an apartment or work from an office. It’s really difficult to deal with. Everyone is used to loud noises and nobody c

• wozniacki 7y ago
  So how do you deal with it? Are there any federal rules / regulations currently in the pipeline to help such sufferers? Do other countries - perhaps Scandinavian - have standardized noise norms that you cannot exceed or are they pretty much non-existent everywhere?
  • Swizec 7y ago
    As a fellow misophonia enthusiast (it’s not an officially recognised condition) — noise cancelling headphones and music are the only way I can survive office environments. A pinch of stoicism and deep breaths helps when stuff gets through. For me the worst trigger sounds are eating noises and crinkly food wrappers. Trying to open a crinkly wrapper quietly makes it worse. The misophonia gets worse when I’m otherwise stressed which leads me to believe dealing with it is like dealing with any other stressor: You just man or woman up and deal. Me and my sister both have it so we obviously used to use it to poke fun at the other. Squishing bananas in your mouth is the quickest way to provoke a reaction. You might get punched* *the punching response is, of course, restrained in the office. If I get that annoyed, I just walk away.
    • lowercased 7y ago
      loud road noises have made it hard to go to sleep. white noise generators (well, brown) using cheap $5 earbuds has helped immensely. I have Bose qc-20 for daytime stuff, but you can't sleep with them very long - they'll break, and it's very expensive to replace. The $5 earbuds don't last forever, but I often get 2-3 months out of a pair.