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I gaslit myself over it for so long. It makes me see red when I hear open-mouth chewing noises. Totally illogical.
by joshcsimmons 1y ago
I gaslit myself over it for so long. It makes me see red when I hear open-mouth chewing noises. Totally illogical.
- sfink 1y agoOh wow, I was just feeling grateful that I don't have misophonia, but then you had to mention chewing noises. I had that for decades. It wasn't all the time, but it didn't have to be loud or open-mouth or anything. It would just switch on and I couldn't hear or think about anything else. I daydreamed doing violent things to make the person stop, even when I logically knew it wasn't even slightly loud or unusual or ill-intentioned. It almost never happens anymore, thankfully. Once every other month or so. (Note that I am not autistic, or at least undiagnosed and my guess is that I wouldn't be. I just have some fairly mild autistic tendencies. I have a toe on the spectrum, or something. Those tendencies have a pretty dramatic impact on my life, but I think in a mostly neurotypical way -- we boring people can have similar problems too!)
- SchemaLoad 1y agoI have to feel that most people find this unpleasant to some level since "eat with your mouth closed" is such universal manors that gets drummed in to you as a child. But I guess the difference is if you find it gross vs if it sends you in to a fuming rage at the smallest exposure.