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Writing Misophonia 🔇

Part 1: Symptoms & Triggers

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Until this day, misophonia is still a topic that's often untouched. So as a writer who has it, I figured that making this post could help people include more misophonia rep in fiction!

So, What's Misophonia?

-> Misophonia is a condition that causes our fight-of-flight response to kick in. This happens whenever we hear a certain set of sounds, usually called trigger sounds.

-> While a majority of people are merely bothered by these noises, people with misophonia have a strong psychological and emotional reaction to it, which is caused by a difference in the frontal lobe of our brain.

Symptoms 🔎

Keep in mind that the severity of misophonia varies throughout each misophoniac. Some of us are still able to control ourselves and go on with our day, while others struggle to the point of needing to be home schooled.

• MILD SYMPTOMS: Feeling uncomfortable/disgusted/anxious.

• SEVERE SYMPTOMS: Feeling scared/angry/panicked/hatred/emotional distress, to the point of being violent/crying.

Besides that, misophonia (as stated above!) triggers the fight-or-flight response. We CANNOT ignore whatever noise that's triggering our misophonia. Nope, no, nada, we either get some headphones, find a way to drown out the noise, or get out the room.

(But if we happen to also have noise hypersensitivity, only the latter helps.)

In times of stress, the severity of misophonia can also be heightened. Since my misophonia is somewhere in the middle of mild and severe, this is when I usually fail to control it and go batsh*t in the process.

Triggers?

Not-so-fun fact: a majority of our trigger sounds are noises made by humans.

Now, here are some common triggers:

Eating sounds, like chewing/slurping (this is the most common trigger)

Mouth sounds, like loud breathing, coughing, snoring, or sniffling

Finger/pen/pencil tapping

Nails on the chalkboard

Whirring motors

And a bunch of repetitive sounds

It's also been reported that people with misophonia don't experience the same irritation when they make the exact noises themselves. The more you know!

Extra Notes

TW: SELF-HARM!

To be fair, misophonia is still a new term (it was acknowledged in the 2000s, I think), but it is real. It is a serious condition that makes a bunch of us want to deafen ourselves at some point of our lives (and yes, I'm included).

A lot of misophoniacs go on their days without even knowing misophonia is a thing. For that reason, misophonia rep would be such a nice thing to have :)

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hello my loves 💛 i’ve created an instagram based off of this account. it’s a place for me to vent, talk, scream, whatever i want. i’ll be posting quotes that make my heart hurt and discussing the meaninglessness of life. i’d love it if you checked it out. it’s @curiously_easy on instagram. i’ll follow you back :)

#vent tw #quotes #instagram #new account #follow me #aesthetic #insta #rant #tw

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i’m just really angry. i drove another person away and i don’t know how. and i’m angry because i know if i had gotten more help as a child i wouldn’t be so fucking confused now. i’d know why i constantly drive people away, why i always make mistakes that i don’t even realize i’m making. i always say the wrong thing. and the thing is, i think everything through. i think before i speak because i’m terrified it’ll be the wrong thing and i’m rightfully terrified because every time i decide something is okay to say it turns out it’s not. i never know how to react, i don’t know how to properly interact, and i can’t read social cues for shit. i’m so angry at my mom for stopping me from getting an autism diagnosis because at least then i would’ve known and i would’ve been able to work on learning how to be a real human. but nope! only now am i realizing how truly messed up i am and how i was right when i thought i was the issue in every friendship i’ve ever had.

#vent #rant #tw #autistic

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sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry about the blood in your mouth i wish it was mine sorry sorry sorry sorry i’m so sorry

#richard siken #vent

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HELLO please don’t touch people without asking them first.

i am normally fine with touching, as long as i know the person. but if you’re a random stranger? don’t fucking touch me.

#just don’t #vent

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genuine question no joke answers please. is there a socially acceptable way to ask another adult to please blow their nose because the sniffling is driving you crazy

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having misophonia AND autism so you wanna block out the noise somehow but earbuds and headphones can be really overwhelming to wear constantly

#RIGHT #OH MY GOD #I HATE IT HERE

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me rn (no context)

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literally why can’t people just be friends anymore? they ALWAYS ask you out. always. even after you’ve told them that you don’t want a romantic relationship. can’t you see i’m lonely? can’t you see that i don’t want that? can’t you see that i just need a friend right now? as soon as i ‘reject’ you, you’ll get embarrassed and never talk to me again. and that’s okay for you, because you have other people to ask out. i don’t. i don’t have anyone. so please. stop asking me out.

#just don’t okay #stop it #be my friend!!!! #that’s all!!! #please don’t ask me out #aromantic #asexual #aro ace #lgbtq #rant #vent

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theater is destroying me.

it has made me realize i am only truly happy when i am performing. the second i get off stage, the moment i finish my scene, it’s back to despair. and i feel so so awful. until the next scene and then i feel wonderful again. and then the show is over and it’s all just dark.

i sometimes wonder if i should quit. but i don’t want too because at least i get to experience that kind of happiness occasionally rather than never. i don’t know.

#vent #rant #theater #why #ugh #tw

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she’s just playing it cool, but she’s lying - what the mysterious love interest in an indie movie would listen to

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i want friends but also i desperately want to be alone and for gods sake why won’t any of you leave me alone please just stay away i’ll only hurt you in the end

#vent #rant #friends #lonely #ah #leave me alone

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sometimes i’m just so utterly disgusted by my mere existence. i wish i could grow without uprooting everyone else.

#words #vent #rant #i’m so tired #ah #tumblr

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things are fine but also they aren’t, and i sleep all the time but i’m still tired, and life is happening but is it really?

#i don’t know anymore #i’m just so tired #i need a break man #really self loathing as of late #and i know no one on here cares #i’m full aware #but god #i wish someone did #vent #rant #trigger warning #tw

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— Sylvia Plath

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"You ever wonder how deep you can sink into nothing at all...?"

Architects, "Gone With The Wind"

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sometimes i just get so angry at actors. or people i want to be. it doesn’t feel fair that they’re living the life i so desperately want. i want it so bad. i want to be a part of that world so badly it hurts. it hurts more and more with every passing day and i don’t know how much longer i can stand it.

#supremely angry at everyone #it’s not fair #acting #theater #rant #vent #tw vent #tw rant #tw