Why does whistling annoy me

His explanation is that he has a musical background, and enjoys hearing himself. The office staff four of us have NO dividers between us, and NO way to escape the constant distraction.

I want to pull out my hair or his. Obviously, he's a selfish, callous, insensitive ass. Sure wish I had a magic wand. Feb 24, Rating I thought I was the only one!!! I'm a really nice person, really laid back, but whistling gets me. I don't have a TV at home, but I'm sitting with an elderly patient for this whole week, and like every freaking commercial has obnoxious whistling in it. It makes me want to scream, curse and throw things!!!! I fell asleep last night with the TV on and was awakened by some loud whistling commercial, and it put me in a super bad mood.

I couldn't go back to sleep. I hate it so much. When doctors come in and whistle at work I get just furious. People laugh at me if I close my ears to deal with that foolishness. I think it's so rude and disgusting to just whistle loudly in public where everyone has to hear it. Feb 15, Rating Sensitivity to whistling by: Anonymous I don't mind a whistle here or there or a very very short half tune whistle but long serious musical whistles gross me out and make me angry.

There is a man who works at the local grocery store who whistles tunes the entire time. Clearly he practices whistling contstantly since he's mastered the technique and is able to whistle obnoxiously loud tunes hitting every high pitched note and carrying it out in long reberverating lengths by attempting to emulate a flute or violin with his mouth.

As someone else mentioned, it also makes my skin crawl. It makes me so mad I have to leave. I wish I could just ignore it but it triggers something and I have to leave immediately.

Feb 15, Rating Sensitivity to whistling by: Anonymous There is a man who works at the local grocery store who whistles tunes the entire time. It's so irritating and makes me so mad. I can't believe management allows this rude and unprofessional behavior. Feb 12, Rating Please make it stop! I hate it to the point of wanting to throw the TV out the window. I was beginning to think I was the only one who hated it.

Nice to know I'm not. And now I'm in love with a great man who whistles all the time. I may end up in the loony bin! Feb 12, Rating cant stand whistling by: Anonymous I am a 59 yr old lady who absolutely cannot stand whistling. I can be at a lvl 10 of happy and when I hear it I almost get angry, to the point of wanting to tell the person to shut up. Feb 02, Rating Obsessive tuneless whilsting by: Anonymous My neighbour does obsessive whistling of the tuneless variety. I work from home in a small space and can't get away from him as he works at his workplace adjoining my wall.

He tuneless whistles at incredible volume and I can sometimes hear him at the other end of my flat. He whistles every single day for hours without stopping - a long whistle of the same pitch might last for 1 minute. I've asked him to stop and consider that I am working right next to him each day and therefore need to concentrate.

He smiles and stops for about 20 seconds and then obsessively starts up again. He is incapable of stopping and he does not seem to even know when he does it. He has a maniacal look to his face and is very nervy and thin. He smokes obsessively also but I admit he does not whistle when he smokes. He seems to have an oral fixation of some kind.

After putting up with this person's incessant behaviour I am realising that obsessive whistling is all about oral fixation and related to anxiety. Jan 29, Rating Sensitivity to whistling and loud nouse answer by: Anonymous Yeah you are not alone buddy.

We are all together is this infernal problem. People whistling in public areas are the worst. There is the guy who whistle so loud that can be be heard within tens of meters. That are the rotten of the whistles. I meet some idiots in public buses, and had to leave the area, cause its was hurting my ears.

I dont want to be xenophobe, but that guy come from another region of my country where people are very ugly, and had the habit to whistle all the time, so its something in the culture and blablabla, the syndicate of building explained me that and after complained with the guy, he not stopped. Whistlers are the most selfish people in the world, its rare a case where one whistle actually stop to do it if you ask it, because they are arrogant that think they had more rights than others.

I guess the most bizarre case i ever met was an employee whistling very loud in a store that selled everything, but their main specialty was books and magazines! There are chairs to people to sit while read, and a cafee to people acess the internet. Jan 28, Rating Sensitivity to whistling and loud nouse by: Anonymous I am thankful to have found these comments. I have been suffering and get a range of anger when people whistle. My skin crawls and I get this range of anger and let anyone in my family knows to stop whistling.

I literally leave the public area when people whistle. I can't control it because I get all stressed out. So glad I am not alone Jan 27, Rating gotta deal with it? Jan 23, Rating Gotta deal with it by: Anonymous I whistle a lot, though I rarely whistle around others, or when I do it's in a large space.

Honestly in most cases there's plenty of other loud noises for you people to complain about. If it really bugs you that much, kindly ask the whistler to stop, or whistle softer, or start whistling too. If someone were to ever snap at me while I was whistling, I'd kindly remind them to find where their manners are, and that I am not their property and allowed to whistle as much as I wish, just the same that I am allowed to TALK as much as I want. I think in general most of you need to find your manners and realize you're not the center of the universe.

But if they don't, then that's too bad. But IMO if I were a manager and a customer came up and complained about another customer whistling I'd probably be more inclined to throw out the complainer.

Jan 14, Rating Whistling makes me hysterical. The whistling is the worst one because people will do it in places where it's NOT expected, like in a grocery store, and instantly I feel pain and rage and hysteria. I don't feel alone anymore now that I see it's misophonia and others have it too.

If you are allowing others to whistle and are that ignorant to how others react to it then perhaps you shouldn't breed anymore and should give your children up!

Dec 27, Rating rage by: Anonymous Whistling is a psychologically violent and domineering act. It is either arrogance or a lack of consideration for invading other people's psychic and auditory space.

Sends me into a violent rage immediately which I have to suppress and leave the area immediately. I think it is related to PTSD. Dec 24, Rating Low hum counteracts it by: Anonymous I am not "annoyed" by whistling, it is actually painful. I have learned to counteract when people whistle, by humming in a low deep hum. That usually makes the pain stop. But, after long periods of someone whistling, even humming won't stop the dull ache in my ears. My bedroom is right next to the kitchen and my door is thin, I hear everything that goes on in the kitchen.

When our new roommate cooks or washes dishes he either talks to himself or whistles. When he whistles it cuts into my ears like a knife and drives me crazy. I don't have such an intense reaction as a lot of people here whose posts I have read, but still it drives me crazy. I wrote him a letter asking him to consider the fact that he is living with two other people and the whistling is disturbing, but to no avail. He still does it. He also does a lot of other things, like mumbling, which I won't get into here.

Either he's crazy or I am, don't know which. Dec 08, Rating Whistling by: Anonymous Most people find whistling annoying to some extent.

The whistler at work, in particular, that you have to be around all day. If you're going to listen to music at work, you put on headphones.

If you don't, it distracts everyone else. Whistling at work is distracting. No one asked for a concert. I would strongly advise you to consider this when making your decision to do something that could possibly go very badly for all involved. This is no joke. I have never had to resort to physical means, but if all possibilities were exhausted and mind you I only have a second or two to decide I would do anything and everything necessary to stop the offending noise. To help you better understand, if you poured gasoline all over me and then lit a match that would come very close to what I experience when I hear that noise, so, again, not a joke.

Dec 07, Rating Whistler by: September I very much enjoy whistling. I enjoy hearing other people whistle. For me it's just a form of singing. I don't make it a habit of whistling around others. I usually do it when I'm alone. Sometimes people are nearby but none have ever told me anything positive or negative about me whistling, if anything they always seem oblivious. If someone was bothered by it and asked me nicely to refrain I would oblige.

If they went off on me they'll just get plenty more. If I found myself in a situation where someone was always around who did not like my whistling, I wouldn't just totally stop but arrange times where I would and the could wear headphones or something. It's a joy for me that I wouldn't just give up. Nov 30, Rating Am I the only one? Might be a male issue by: Anonymous Whistling has driven my nuts since I was young..

So I wonder if I made an association with hating the sound because it came from them.. Like some sharps sounds when they talk.. There are women I would love to have dated, great qualities, awesome people, but the voice And of course, these women seem to talk non-stop! They are at my office, on the bus, on the plane, even doing those commercials on tv, radio.. It almost sounds fake. Whispering sounds also annoy me.

Nov 19, Rating love it by: scott i whistle also and enjoy it. Nov 17, Rating Power by: Anonymous The whole "get over it" really bugs me.

It's not just a noise issue, it can turn into a power game. The mother with two sons- one who whistles non stop and one who has been taken to therapy and doesn't believe her son is sensitive to whistling? I know which position I would prefer to be in. Theres no talk of compromise in the house, and the son knows how to trigger his brother and knows he will get away with it. Nov 16, Rating To sum it up by: Buyayeng Whistlers, People who don't care about others, the same way someone plays loud music or has a noisy vehicle.

Yes, we understand that you need it to keep you from getting bored,overloaded with your work. That is why you need to get headphones instead of everyone else having to get headphones because of you. It's like farting. You don't ask everyone else to get over it and bring a mask. No, you excuse yourself and go to the restroom and do it there. Perhaps someone can smoke inside the office and you also should get over it?

How fair is that? He doesn't even hear his own whistling. But we know that no matter what other people say, you folks will keep whistling because that's the kind of person you are. Inconsiderate, annoying, selfish.

Nov 15, Rating by: Anonymous I think I have the opposite problem. Nov 15, Rating Feel sick when someone whistles by: albo It's an incredibly anti social thing to do..

I certainly have a problem with it cos now everytime I hear whistling I feel nauseous, sometimes enraged too.. I hate violence but I have v little sympathy for someone getting hit if they've been whistling.. Nov 04, Rating annoying whistling neighbor by: Anonymous I am in a condo high rise.. My neighbor whistles high pitched and loud for hours at a time.

Sometimes at or am and you can hear it throughout the entire floor. I think he is crazy. I think it is obvious that he is trying to annoy everyone. Should I put a note under his door or what? I hate this guy now. Oct 08, Rating Duh by: Anonymous As someone who suffers with this disorder, it annoys me to no end when I hear someone say "doy, maybe they aren't faking it. And why would you allow your other kid to go around whistling? Literally everyone I know, who doesn't have the disorder, still think it's annoying and rude when other dimwits walk around whistling, like they think everyone has the same taste in music?

In short, don't be an inconsiderate idiot. Sep 22, Rating I dont even know where to begin by: Sol I came upon this site and boy do i have stuff to say. On the one hand, im glad im not alone on this, on the other, im only growing angrier at people who whistle. I myself was a whistler as a kid but as i grew older i started hating whistling with a passion. My story is a bit long, so ill keep it short by saying my sensitivity for whistling has had on and off effects with me since i came down with tinnitus and hyperacusis in In july, it started getting really bad.

Not only was i getting agitated when people whistled, but half the noises out there had whistling after effects with me. Then the annoyance subsided for a while, but got really bad the last few weeks. Then it happened at concert in a bathroom over the weekend. An older fellow in the next stall was whistling.

To say i felt like my body being stabbed very painfully by him would be a gross understatement. Same thing happened the next day when i was the only passenger on a citybus in which the driver was whistling.

I havent been normal since. Whats gonna sound unusual is that harder and sharper sounds bother me much LESS than the soft whistling. Words cant say how soft whistling drives me insane. What are you people doing to treat this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance. Sep 20, Rating About to quit my job over whistling by: Anonymous Aversion to whistling is a very real disorder.

My boss of 20 years has always whistled occasionally, but in the past year his whistling has gone to almost non-stop. I believe it is his way of coping with stress or diverting his brain from other thoughts, but it has gotten unbearable for me. I don't really know how to explain to him how deeply it effects me, and have started to contemplate leaving my position. My greatest fear is that I would end up in a new job with more whistlers!

So for anyone reading this thread, if you can't understand, at least try to be empathetic to those of us who really do have extreme difficulty being around whistlers. It is almost disabling. Sep 17, Rating? Sep 10, Rating Get over your lack of empthay by: Anonymous Life is full of "get over it" people. People with Misophonia are constantly told to get over it. Sep 03, Rating Thank you for sharing this place by: Anonymous I am 46 years old woman, I am Mexican, I was 9 or 10 when I heard my little brother whistling and I realized that it bothered because he was looking at me like he was upset.

My Daddy used to whistle all the time, but ever since, I couldn't stand it anymore, I feel the same that all of you: Pain in my soul, it makes me dizzy, it distracts me, I get extremely angry. I am a doctor specialist in anesthesia, I am an educated person, respectful and I don't understand why if someone finds out that it bothers me, they do it on purpose.

Why don't just respect at least the closed areas like work, libraries, churches, restaurants, please respect. The absolute pure rage for people with disorder is very real. It is called Misophonia and is a relatively misunderstood neurological and psychological treatment to which there is no cure.

Go here to see a video clip from the Today Show about it.. I am a level 9. Just read it and try to imagine what I go through every time I here someone whistle. There are other Misophnia triggers as well, it does not have to be whistling, but whistling is my worst trigger. I suffer so much that I cannot even explain it. Aug 23, Rating Territoriality by: Lochtiss While I don't get bothered by the actual sound of whistling, it does annoy me when people do it.

Men seem to do it much more than women, and it often feels as if many whistlers do it to announce their presence when entering a room, public restroom, or other space where other people might be. Whistling is offensive because it's a deliberate invasion of and disregard for everyone's sonic space - kind of like loud motorcycles - and demonstrates a selfish effort to stake out territory or assert dominance.

The fact that there are so many comments on this topic suggests that this is not simply my whiny, insecure opinion. Aug 18, Rating I whistle, get over it by: Anonymous It's the whistlers fault? You people are insane to blame anyone other than yourselves. Go and get treatment. Whistling has been a part of our society for ages and ages. More people aren't sensitive to it, so why should we not whistle because you don't like it? I enjoy whistling and if I know someone is intolerant to it, I don't, it's a simple as that.

I once had a women put a cigarette out on me because I whistled. Okay thanks. Aug 11, Rating Increased whistling at the Olympics by: Anonymous I have never been a fan of high-pitched whistling at sporting events.

In fact, I always take earphones and a radio to 1: listen to the game and 2: to attempt to drown out others who which to drone on with their high-pitched finger whistling. But one thing I have noticed, and it is quite prevalent on the NBC broadcast of the Olympics, it not only are people whistling at the events, but they are trying to be cute with the cadence of the whistling, but it seems to be a competition between others to see how cute they can get with the uniqueness of their whistling.

I have had to turn the volume down because it is absolutely painful. Aug 10, Rating non understanding whistlers by: Anonymous hi this is my second comment on whistling.

I have read all the comments from so many different people who have suffered with noise. But when you look at the people who suffer with this sound, I now feel it's not us with the problem. They need to step up and read our comments and understand they are hurting us all who suffer because of being sensitive to noise.

I hope and wish the people who do whistle, tap fingers, and strum senseless tuned realised they maybe hurting and annoying their family. I do feel strongly about this because we had to give up our home because of a selfish whistler. To get them to stop this annoying habit.

I have never liked whistlers and have found as I got into my fifties it's got worse. I explained it was unbearable on my ears as well as my husband. So we had to sell our bungalow to get away and three other people also sold theirs too.

Aug 09, Rating Why won't they just stop?! I've looked at the Misophionia scale thanks to person here who posted that link and I would say I'm a Level 4. I don't go into a rage with whistlers and it doesn't stop me going outdoors, etc. I had no idea there were people who got that way with trigger noises, I feel terrible for them, I hope they can find some coping mechanisms.

For me I will walk the other way if I'm coming up on someone whistling if possible. If it's at work there is a persistent offender in the building I'll start a conversation with the person to stop them whistling or surreptitiously cover my ears to avoid it. Some people might say it's a bit OCD to be freaked out by whistling, but I say it's the whistlers who are displaying compulsive behaviour. I can't understand why anyone could not see that it's rude and annoying to keep on whistling in the presence of others, would they bang a saucepan or beat a drum or clap their hands incessantly in public or at work or at the shops and think that was OK?!

Don't see why whistling should be any different. Aug 04, Rating Sensitivity to whistling by: Anonymous I've always had sensitivity to whistling. Even the softest whistle sends stabbing pains through my ears and my eyes instantly well up with tears. I've never been able to explain it, it just hurts. Jul 29, Rating Deep Breath every time i hear whistling by: Anonymous Oh so good to read that other folks are also driven crazy by this.

I get really anxious, angry, and a little panicked at the office lately because we have ended up with a pair of very loud whistlers. It seems downright rude to me, like if I decided to play the drums or a damn harmonica all day.

I'm not sure what to do because I sound like a crazy person when I try to explain that I literally would rather hear nails on a chalkboard than these two guys whistling as loud as possible. But I do get particularly annoyed if I'm in a quiet office environment, for example. Like, hey - people are trying to think over here could you give us a little space? However, I know others might not even notice the whistling. If you are what is known as "highly sensitive" this could be what's triggering you, because you notice things others don't.

For me, I would just like to request to all whistlers everywhere at all times - I am not in an elevator, so please spare me your "sliding" up and down the scales elevator music whistling. Or come up with a catchy tune, at least. Come on, people! Jun 25, Rating re:Whistlers by: Anonymous I echo a lot of what others have already said.. Annoying to no end.. Apr 02, Rating Im having trouble leaving my house by: Anonymously The caretaker of the building where I live, whistling all the time.

As I have social phobia it took me four months and that while he was traveling to take courage and complain to the landlady of the building for him to stop whistling because of my fears and to leave him at least stop whistling next to my room. The landlady spoke to him and he continued whistling a few days after the alleged notice but in other parts of the house. And I had to take extreme courage and after hearing a song that encouraged me to talk to him and had a long conversation.

He said he would stop. Well, after a few days confined indoors, and left as soon as I passed him, a few seconds later he whistled loud humming again. The next time I talked to him complained again. I know him as a baggy bum will not stop, so I decided to stop leaving the house or only go out at night which is when he is no longer at the gate.

My parents dont help me with this problem. He should at lest get fired for disobey the landlady but they are friends so of course the vagabond will not. Seriously in the whole street that bastard is the only one who keeps whistling all day.

Guys, I do not know why but every time I hear a whistle I lose my breath, extreme fear and I want to kill the whistler because I suffer a lot, the sound triggers an uncontrollable rage in me. That's the reason I stopped frequenting public places only like two to five times a month. It's crazy right? Now 28 years old and my only luck is that my parents are rich. I've left several times libraries yes guys who have whistle in libraries and public buses when faced me with Whistlers.

If you who are reading this is a whistler understand that habit can be somewhat annoying, nobody is forced to hear his shrill whistle just because you can not find another way to express happiness or kill boredom. Not rent the others heard their bums, there is little that can be done against whistling noises. They have a sound frequency that hinders them into the house of others even if they are with the windows closed. Smoke a cigarette, read a book if you are bored but not whistle, this is a tremendous lack of education and good sense.

Mar 25, Rating I hate whistling too by: Anonymous I'm on the same boat too. I also have a serious sensitivity to whistling probably from having Asperger's. When I'm at work and a certain song plays over the speakers that I happen to like, one of my older co-workers likes to whistle loudly like a bird. When I hear that whistling from that co-worker, it makes me deeply frustrated to the bottom of my heart to the point that I get angry.

I try to relieve that problem by playing that same song without whistling during my free time. Feb 23, Rating Why would you not be annoyed by whistling by: Anonymous My chronically depressed husband has whistled the same tune over and over and over for the last 20 years. When he stops taking his anti-depressant medication it gets worse, he whistles it faster and faster. I disagree that you have a syndrome if it irritates you, it is people who obsessively whistle and fidget and cannot be still who have some sort of psychological problem.

Their minds cannot relax and be calm, and they have no sensitivity to how they make people around them feel, which mature, adult people do.

Feb 02, Rating Oh thank god I'm not the only one I think it may be a pitch issue, but even some humming does bother me. Also tapping sounds ie someone tapping their foot or fingers. What gets me just as much as those are when someone shakes their foot. Even just a little bit. Even if I occasionally do it.

Part of me thinks that it's a bit of OCD coming into play, but there's also very much a correlation with a couple of people in my past both played the same role - mom's abusive boyfriend with which there was a huge negative association.

So, it could be a form of inadvertent PTSD or just negative association ingrained from a young age. Jan 31, Rating Elevator whistling by: Anonymous You think just listening to whistling is bad, try riding an elevator and a whistler gets on with you and starts whistling, I got so angry from his whistling in a close confinement, I turn around and told him to stop it.

He stopped. He continued after he got off of the elevator. Jan 08, Rating whistling by: Anonymous I hate whistling also. I explain it to people like taking a fork and scraping it inside a wine glass. Dec 27, Rating he is straight up legit by: Anonymous yes it is legitimate!! Dec 17, Rating Workplace by: Davionymous again Forgot to mention, I worked in an open "collaborative" environment at work, which meant it's a long hall full of people in desks.

And the constant whistling -- if it wasn't one idiot, it's another. I hate whistling. I have never heard a woman whistle in my life. Guys love to whistle in the bathroom, especially when peeing. I always feel like grabbing their heads and slamming it into the wall. This one time this dude started whistling while peeing and before I could say or do anything, someone yelled "HEY!!!

That point on, I knew I wasn't alone. Even then it drove me into a rage that all I wanted to do was punch the person in the mouth over and over. It is really horrible for me. Someone at work was sitting at their desk and started whistling until I could stand it no longer and I told them to stop. I told them I had an inner ear problem and that whistling hurt my ears. I cannot stand it! Please tell your fiend that you have a Neurological and Psychological issue with sounds and you cannot listen to whistling.

The tapping, i also have an issue with. Good Luck. Oct 11, Rating He says I'm to sensitive He just left and I'm at peace now. When we were playing cards, he was whistling and also taping his fingers on the table!!! This was going on for 4 hrs!!!!! It happens all the time and he tells me I'm too sensitive! Sometimes I don't even want to go anywhere with him in the car because he taps his foot on the gas pedal at a stop light or whistles again or taps his fingers on the dash board while he is waiting for the light to change!

What can I do! It drives me nuts! Oct 02, Rating Oh my god by: Jeff I can't believe there are this many people who have the same experience with whistling. I've had similar reactions to other sounds over the years, but whistling is far and away the most extreme.

Even worse, the sound gets stuck in my head, so even after they've stopped, it's all I hear. I've yet to snap on anyone, but come very close constantly. The only coping mechanism I have is to play a song with whistling in it on my headphones.

For whatever reason, that doesn't bother me, and it gets rid of the sound of the other person whistling. If I didn't have that, there's no way I would be able to function in society. Sep 08, Rating s by: Anonymous For the past three years or so, I've grown to have a similar problem.

My father whom, I might add, I don't have a stable relationship with whistles non-stop and has for as long as I can remember. It started small, I acquired a reflex of bringing my head and shoulder together and shuddering my neck until it became a completely uncontrollable action.

More recently, maybe in the past year, it's gotten so bad that continuous whistling sends me into an emotional breakdown because it literally drives me mad. No matter where I go, it feels like I can't escape it until it stops.

I'm starting to have the original neck shudder response to music and singing. I'm going crazy. Sep 04, Rating Misophonia by: AKM Please, once again if you enraged by the sound of whistling, and you clench your fists and feet. I am extremely annoyed by it and just now he came in the room with a bag of Cheetos. I said "the only good thing about you eating those Cheetos is that you can't whistle while you're eating!

I am a hearing aid wearer I have music anhedonia sp? PS: He sings a lot, too! He's also a Lawrence Welk fan and records the old shows and plays them really loud.

I just retire to my room. Married 61 years and I haven't killed him yet. Aug 30, Rating whistling by: sue I have always hated whistling. I have never been able to understand why. If it is a sensory disorder then that makes sense. I also can't stand the sound of chewing or gum smacking. It's not as bad as it used to be for me and I have attributed to age and my hearing is diminishing.

Misophonia clinics exist throughout the US and elsewhere, and treatments such as auditory distraction with white noise or headphones and cognitive behavioral therapy have shown some success in improving functioning.

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I remember when I was in kindergarten way back when, i would scold people at my table for chewing out loud. I would poke them and say, you are chewing with your mouth open, can you stop? And they would stop. Recently we did this test and i wanted to kill somone because the amount of trigger noises that they were making. Of course im normal now but omg, that was some blood boiling stuff.

Loud music and constant bass. Is that this condition or just reacting to unnecessary noise? Typically, a very small and underwhelming noise that most people overlook is a trigger for those with misophonia e. I dread the month of April because they start at a.

I have to wear earplugs. When their eggs hatch in May, I cannot stand the noise of the babies screeching for food — again it starts at the crack of dawn. I cannot wait until July when they are gone. I actually feel stressed, angry and irritable until they are gone. I am curious if whistling would be considered a trigger for someone with misphonia.

My reaction to whistling is flight, and if that is not possible my ears. I immediately get agitated and angry. Whistling is my trigger. It brings up instant rage. Whistlers selfishly ruin the environment, demanding attention and notice with their stupid noise, and preventing others from working in peace. Might it be part of the reason why someone who is manic or psychotic has an episode of agitation? Thank you. Antidepressants of the SSRI type have helped me with this problem.

My daughter has it to. First off, sleeping arrangements when traveling are a major consideration and created some awkward situations. Secondly and more troubling are the volatile and potentially violent situations created by certain loud noises.

I have had this issue for as long as I can remember, but never talked about it until my daughters developed the same problems.

They are 15 and 14 now. My husband and 2 young sons find it difficult to eat in the same room with us because we shoot them looks or snap at them. My 13 year old son also suffers from this condition. He gets agressive and angry when trigger sounds are heard, and has been known to burst into tears at the sound of people eating.

Maybe try magnesium. Sircus and Dr. Most people who experience misophonia have enough insight to understand that their level of agitation is not reasonable or fair and would like to reduce the symptoms. A few common methods of self-treatment include simply leaving the room, wearing headphones, or finding a way to drown out the noise. Self-distraction is a more advanced and difficult technique of managing symptoms and it is easier to practice distraction in times when personal stress level is low and when the noises themselves are less agitating.

There have not been studies looking at therapeutic treatment for misophonia and at this time there is no standard pharmacological approach. It appears to be a disorder that is likely to be self-diagnosed. In some instances, friends or family members who are repeatedly the targets of anger may identify the problem.

But, it is possible that some sufferers could lack the conscientiousness to insightfully self diagnose themselves or that some misophonia sufferers could become violent, believing that the perpetrator of the noise is to blame. Have you ever had to deal with misophonia in the clinical setting?

How would you advise patients and their loved ones to cope with this disorder? Reference: Edelstein M, et al.