If I'm being completely objective and intellectually honest? I can't rule that out for sure. But it seems unlikely, given that most of Freudian psychology is ou

If I'm being completely objective and intellectually honest? I can't rule that out for sure. But it seems unlikely, given that most of Freudian psychology is outdated and quasi-animistic. If I have to choose between Freud and neuroscience, I'll take the latter almost every time. But more to the point, Freudian psychology isn't useful for this condition. It offers no answers and no practical guidance. It also offers a sort of intellectual dead-end. By filing this conveniently in the bucket of "neurosis," a doctor or researcher can basically wave his hand and say there's nothing he can do, and no further scientific inquiry is needed. Affected patients just need to "get over it" or "work through it" somehow. Even more sophisticated and modern psychological tools, such as behavioral therapy and sensitization training, don't have a great track record for successfully treating this condition. As for the neurological explanations: as the previous poster mentioned, recent studies have implicated a lot of the same brain and nervous system structures in misophonia that are believed to be responsible for Tourette's. There is a high degree of comorbidity. While the two aren't causally related, there appears to be a physical/structural cause that results in either or both conditions with a fair amount of frequency. Again, I have no definitive way of ruling out some blanket neurosis as the underlying cause. But it seems scientifically dubious, and more important, it's often unproductive as a line of inquiry.