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> I wanted to murder her. No joke. If I could get away with it, I would have. The anger was physical and deep. Rage and disgust was the feeling, and I felt pers

> I wanted to murder her. No joke. If I could get away with it, I would have. The anger was physical and deep. Rage and disgust was the feeling, and I felt personally attacked. It felt like a "fight or flee" instinct, where I'd prefer to fight. Just in case you're not using hyperbole, you might consider some visits with a good counselor. I think most people can learn techniques to avoid getting so angry, and the unhappiness that comes with it.

silveroriole 7y ago
Does counselling work for misophonia? It really does feel like an involuntary fight-or-flight mechanism rather than just “anger”. Would be interested to hear if anyone’s had success with it, cause boy does it ruin family dinners when you have to either leave the room or sit there with your fork in a death grip trying not to kill everyone.
- 734129837261 7y ago
  It has also not been researched very much. That said, I've suffered brain damage for which I'm medicated because I didn't have any brakes on my emotions anymore. That helped bringing me back to normal levels of dealing with emotions, and it also reduced the levels of anger I felt dealing with misophonia triggers. Medicine used: Depakine (valproic acid).
- mffnbs 7y ago
  It would teach you coping skills, one of which is leaving the room and another is physical sensation like holding a fork extremely hard. Breathing helps too, but I find it difficult to remember.
734129837261 7y ago
The feeling was absolutely real. The feeling is best described as feeling cornered and attacked, with my only way out being extreme violence. That said, I've also been tested for all kinds of problems (yay affordable health care + endless supplies of mental care), and I'm completely normal and not dangerous. I just have misophonia. They did studies on misophonia and I was part of it during another unrelated rehabilitation (accident related) for which I was treated in the same hospital. Interestingly, it's not a mental problem, it's physical, see: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44084-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44084-8

silveroriole 7y ago

Does counselling work for misophonia? It really does feel like an involuntary fight-or-flight mechanism rather than just “anger”. Would be interested to hear if anyone’s had success with it, cause boy does it ruin family dinners when you have to either leave the room or sit there with your fork in a death grip trying not to kill everyone.

734129837261 7y ago
It has also not been researched very much. That said, I've suffered brain damage for which I'm medicated because I didn't have any brakes on my emotions anymore. That helped bringing me back to normal levels of dealing with emotions, and it also reduced the levels of anger I felt dealing with misophonia triggers. Medicine used: Depakine (valproic acid).
mffnbs 7y ago
It would teach you coping skills, one of which is leaving the room and another is physical sensation like holding a fork extremely hard. Breathing helps too, but I find it difficult to remember.

734129837261 7y ago

The feeling was absolutely real. The feeling is best described as feeling cornered and attacked, with my only way out being extreme violence. That said, I've also been tested for all kinds of problems (yay affordable health care + endless supplies of mental care), and I'm completely normal and not dangerous. I just have misophonia. They did studies on misophonia and I was part of it during another unrelated rehabilitation (accident related) for which I was treated in the same hospital. Interestingly, it's not a mental problem, it's physical, see: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44084-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44084-8