#misophonia — Public Fediverse posts

I hate the headsets with those little mikes that people put in front of their mouth because I can hear every little drop of saliva they have inside their mouth, every flap of mucous, every little squish their tongue makes, and every time their lips touch... 😡

#misophonia

I hate the headsets with those little mikes that people put in front of their mouth because I can hear every little drop of saliva they have inside their mouth, every flap of mucous, every little squish their tongue makes, and every time their lips touch... 😡

#misophonia

I hate the headsets with those little mikes that people put in front of their mouth because I can hear every little drop of saliva they have inside their mouth, every flap of mucous, every little squish their tongue makes, and every time their lips touch... 😡

#misophonia

I hate the headsets with those little mikes that people put in front of their mouth because I can hear every little drop of saliva they have inside their mouth, every flap of mucous, every little squish their tongue makes, and every time their lips touch... 😡

#misophonia

I hate the headsets with those little mikes that people put in front of their mouth because I can hear every little drop of saliva they have inside their mouth, every flap of mucous, every little squish their tongue makes, and every time their lips touch... 😡

#misophonia

I hate the headsets with those little mikes that people put in front of their mouth because I can hear every little drop of saliva they have inside their mouth, every flap of mucous, every little squish their tongue makes, and every time their lips touch... 😡

#misophonia

@zkrisher @bookstodon @audiofiction There Is No Antimemetics Division is a great book, but I would not recommend the #audiobook to anyone with (even mild) #misophonia: they insert audio static over the "censored" parts, which repeatedly triggered my misophonia. The frequency really ramps up in the last third and I fast-forwarded through the ending because of this.

Same advice for Of Monsters and Mainframes: binary code is read aloud for dozens of seconds at a time, which got me to drop the audiobook pretty fast. I'll give it a second try as an ebook later.

@zkrisher @bookstodon @audiofiction There Is No Antimemetics Division is a great book, but I would not recommend the #audiobook to anyone with (even mild) #misophonia: they insert audio static over the "censored" parts, which repeatedly triggered my misophonia. The frequency really ramps up in the last third and I fast-forwarded through the ending because of this.

Same advice for Of Monsters and Mainframes: binary code is read aloud for dozens of seconds at a time, which got me to drop the audiobook pretty fast. I'll give it a second try as an ebook later.

@zkrisher @bookstodon @audiofiction There Is No Antimemetics Division is a great book, but I would not recommend the #audiobook to anyone with (even mild) #misophonia: they insert audio static over the "censored" parts, which repeatedly triggered my misophonia. The frequency really ramps up in the last third and I fast-forwarded through the ending because of this.

Same advice for Of Monsters and Mainframes: binary code is read aloud for dozens of seconds at a time, which got me to drop the audiobook pretty fast. I'll give it a second try as an ebook later.

@zkrisher @bookstodon @audiofiction There Is No Antimemetics Division is a great book, but I would not recommend the #audiobook to anyone with (even mild) #misophonia: they insert audio static over the "censored" parts, which repeatedly triggered my misophonia. The frequency really ramps up in the last third and I fast-forwarded through the ending because of this.

Same advice for Of Monsters and Mainframes: binary code is read aloud for dozens of seconds at a time, which got me to drop the audiobook pretty fast. I'll give it a second try as an ebook later.

@zkrisher @bookstodon @audiofiction There Is No Antimemetics Division is a great book, but I would not recommend the #audiobook to anyone with (even mild) #misophonia: they insert audio static over the "censored" parts, which repeatedly triggered my misophonia. The frequency really ramps up in the last third and I fast-forwarded through the ending because of this.

Same advice for Of Monsters and Mainframes: binary code is read aloud for dozens of seconds at a time, which got me to drop the audiobook pretty fast. I'll give it a second try as an ebook later.

Who else starts yelling whenever that Kellogg’s commercial with the guy loudly chewing cereal comes on? #misophonia

Who else starts yelling whenever that Kellogg’s commercial with the guy loudly chewing cereal comes on? #misophonia

Who else starts yelling whenever that Kellogg’s commercial with the guy loudly chewing cereal comes on? #misophonia

Who else starts yelling whenever that Kellogg’s commercial with the guy loudly chewing cereal comes on? #misophonia

"If he spots someone chewing gum in a car next to him during his commute, he stares straight ahead."

Sloane Crosley for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony

#Misophonia #Sound #Health

"If he spots someone chewing gum in a car next to him during his commute, he stares straight ahead."

Sloane Crosley for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony

#Misophonia #Sound #Health

"If he spots someone chewing gum in a car next to him during his commute, he stares straight ahead."

Sloane Crosley for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony

#Misophonia #Sound #Health

"If he spots someone chewing gum in a car next to him during his commute, he stares straight ahead."

Sloane Crosley for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony

#Misophonia #Sound #Health

"If he spots someone chewing gum in a car next to him during his commute, he stares straight ahead."

Sloane Crosley for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony

#Misophonia #Sound #Health

The best song ever because it celebrates murdering someone who pops their gum. #tonyawards #misophonia

The best song ever because it celebrates murdering someone who pops their gum. #tonyawards #misophonia

The best song ever because it celebrates murdering someone who pops their gum. #tonyawards #misophonia

The best song ever because it celebrates murdering someone who pops their gum. #tonyawards #misophonia

The best song ever because it celebrates murdering someone who pops their gum. #tonyawards #misophonia

I love rain

& lightning & thunder.

A little break

from being aurally assaulted

by lawn & construction

& other such equipment.

#NoisePollution
#Misophonia

I love rain

& lightning & thunder.

A little break

from being aurally assaulted

by lawn & construction

& other such equipment.

#NoisePollution
#Misophonia

I love rain

& lightning & thunder.

A little break

from being aurally assaulted

by lawn & construction

& other such equipment.

#NoisePollution
#Misophonia

I love rain

& lightning & thunder.

A little break

from being aurally assaulted

by lawn & construction

& other such equipment.

#NoisePollution
#Misophonia

I love rain

& lightning & thunder.

A little break

from being aurally assaulted

by lawn & construction

& other such equipment.

#NoisePollution
#Misophonia

Uncomfortable music subject: some tracks can trigger my #misophonia. Usually very glitchy music, or clicky sounds in the upper register, basically anything that gets close to nail biting or nail clipping (it is physically intensely uncomfortable to even write this toot!).

Some videos can be too hard to watch due to photo sensitivity, basically bright flashing colors on a dark background are the worst, and can induce discomfort and migraines. Certain movements can trigger motion sickness.

1/2

Uncomfortable music subject: some tracks can trigger my #misophonia. Usually very glitchy music, or clicky sounds in the upper register, basically anything that gets close to nail biting or nail clipping (it is physically intensely uncomfortable to even write this toot!).

Some videos can be too hard to watch due to photo sensitivity, basically bright flashing colors on a dark background are the worst, and can induce discomfort and migraines. Certain movements can trigger motion sickness.

1/2

Uncomfortable music subject: some tracks can trigger my #misophonia. Usually very glitchy music, or clicky sounds in the upper register, basically anything that gets close to nail biting or nail clipping (it is physically intensely uncomfortable to even write this toot!).

Some videos can be too hard to watch due to photo sensitivity, basically bright flashing colors on a dark background are the worst, and can induce discomfort and migraines. Certain movements can trigger motion sickness.

1/2

Uncomfortable music subject: some tracks can trigger my #misophonia. Usually very glitchy music, or clicky sounds in the upper register, basically anything that gets close to nail biting or nail clipping (it is physically intensely uncomfortable to even write this toot!).

Some videos can be too hard to watch due to photo sensitivity, basically bright flashing colors on a dark background are the worst, and can induce discomfort and migraines. Certain movements can trigger motion sickness.

1/2

Uncomfortable music subject: some tracks can trigger my #misophonia. Usually very glitchy music, or clicky sounds in the upper register, basically anything that gets close to nail biting or nail clipping (it is physically intensely uncomfortable to even write this toot!).

Some videos can be too hard to watch due to photo sensitivity, basically bright flashing colors on a dark background are the worst, and can induce discomfort and migraines. Certain movements can trigger motion sickness.

1/2

If Hearing People Chew Makes You Furious, You Might Have a Condition Linked to Anxiety, Depression and PTSD

Credit: AARP. Imagine the soft click of a pen, the crunch of an apple, or the gentle inhale…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #Health #MentalHealth #misophonia
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/597000/

If Hearing People Chew Makes You Furious, You Might Have a Condition Linked to Anxiety, Depression and PTSD

Credit: AARP. Imagine the soft click of a pen, the crunch of an apple, or the gentle inhale…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #Health #MentalHealth #misophonia
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/597000/

If Hearing People Chew Makes You Furious, You Might Have a Condition Linked to Anxiety, Depression and PTSD

Credit: AARP. Imagine the soft click of a pen, the crunch of an apple, or the gentle inhale…
#NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #Health #MentalHealth #misophonia #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/542126/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/445666/ If Hearing People Chew Makes You Furious, You Might Have a Condition Linked to Anxiety, Depression and PTSD #anxiety #Depression #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #MentalHealth #MentalHealth #misophonia

https://www.europesays.com/uk/907692/ If Hearing People Chew Makes You Furious, You Might Have a Condition Linked to Anxiety, Depression and PTSD #anxiety #Depression #Health #MentalHealth #misophonia #UK #UnitedKingdom

I think it's time for a #reintroduction post. I've been on Mastodon since 2024 and hanging out at The Mended Drum for over a year, and I'm doing a bit of remodeling on my feed. I'd love to make some new friends, and I would also appreciate any hashtag recommendations to follow!

I'm a cis woman of the Oregon Trail Generation living in #Raleigh, #NC, US. Currently a freelance proofreader specializing in deposition transcripts. I'm (lazy) #plantbased, unattached, #nonreligious, sober-ish, and #childfree.

Likes: #reading, #concerts, #animals (especially #cats), #photography, glamping, dragons, spreadsheets, pockets, bubbles, word games/puzzles, #solarpunk, #sustainability, a little light yoga, and the Oxford comma.

Dislikes: patriarchy, bigotry, billionaires, cars, fossil fuels, ads, #misophonia, #perimenopause, summer, basketball (see: misophonia), cooking, running, clothes shopping, phone calls, and glitter.

I'll expound on some of my favorite authors, artists, genres, and titles in a thread.

#introduction

I think it's time for a #reintroduction post. I've been on Mastodon since 2024 and hanging out at The Mended Drum for over a year, and I'm doing a bit of remodeling on my feed. I'd love to make some new friends, and I would also appreciate any hashtag recommendations to follow!

I'm a cis woman of the Oregon Trail Generation living in #Raleigh, #NC, US. Currently a freelance proofreader specializing in deposition transcripts. I'm (lazy) #plantbased, unattached, #nonreligious, sober-ish, and #childfree.

Likes: #reading, #concerts, #animals (especially #cats), #photography, glamping, dragons, spreadsheets, pockets, bubbles, word games/puzzles, #solarpunk, #sustainability, a little light yoga, and the Oxford comma.

Dislikes: patriarchy, bigotry, billionaires, cars, fossil fuels, ads, #misophonia, #perimenopause, summer, basketball (see: misophonia), cooking, running, clothes shopping, phone calls, and glitter.

I'll expound on some of my favorite authors, artists, genres, and titles in a thread.

#introduction

I think it's time for a #reintroduction post. I've been on Mastodon since 2024 and hanging out at The Mended Drum for over a year, and I'm doing a bit of remodeling on my feed. I'd love to make some new friends, and I would also appreciate any hashtag recommendations to follow!

I'm a cis woman of the Oregon Trail Generation living in #Raleigh, #NC, US. Currently a freelance proofreader specializing in deposition transcripts. I'm (lazy) #plantbased, unattached, #nonreligious, sober-ish, and #childfree.

Likes: #reading, #concerts, #animals (especially #cats), #photography, glamping, dragons, spreadsheets, pockets, bubbles, word games/puzzles, #solarpunk, #sustainability, a little light yoga, and the Oxford comma.

Dislikes: patriarchy, bigotry, billionaires, cars, fossil fuels, ads, #misophonia, #perimenopause, summer, basketball (see: misophonia), cooking, running, clothes shopping, phone calls, and glitter.

I'll expound on some of my favorite authors, artists, genres, and titles in a thread.

#introduction

I think it's time for a #reintroduction post. I've been on Mastodon since 2024 and hanging out at The Mended Drum for over a year, and I'm doing a bit of remodeling on my feed. I'd love to make some new friends, and I would also appreciate any hashtag recommendations to follow!

I'm a cis woman of the Oregon Trail Generation living in #Raleigh, #NC, US. Currently a freelance proofreader specializing in deposition transcripts. I'm (lazy) #plantbased, unattached, #nonreligious, sober-ish, and #childfree.

Likes: #reading, #concerts, #animals (especially #cats), #photography, glamping, dragons, spreadsheets, pockets, bubbles, word games/puzzles, #solarpunk, #sustainability, a little light yoga, and the Oxford comma.

Dislikes: patriarchy, bigotry, billionaires, cars, fossil fuels, ads, #misophonia, #perimenopause, summer, basketball (see: misophonia), cooking, running, clothes shopping, phone calls, and glitter.

I'll expound on some of my favorite authors, artists, genres, and titles in a thread.

#introduction

I think it's time for a #reintroduction post. I've been on Mastodon since 2024 and hanging out at The Mended Drum for over a year, and I'm doing a bit of remodeling on my feed. I'd love to make some new friends, and I would also appreciate any hashtag recommendations to follow!

I'm a cis woman of the Oregon Trail Generation living in #Raleigh, #NC, US. Currently a freelance proofreader specializing in deposition transcripts. I'm (lazy) #plantbased, unattached, #nonreligious, sober-ish, and #childfree.

Likes: #reading, #concerts, #animals (especially #cats), #photography, glamping, dragons, spreadsheets, pockets, bubbles, word games/puzzles, #solarpunk, #sustainability, a little light yoga, and the Oxford comma.

Dislikes: patriarchy, bigotry, billionaires, cars, fossil fuels, ads, #misophonia, #perimenopause, summer, basketball (see: misophonia), cooking, running, clothes shopping, phone calls, and glitter.

I'll expound on some of my favorite authors, artists, genres, and titles in a thread.

#introduction

I am a kind and gentle person but I think those who eat on busses should be publicly flogged #misophonia

🔗 The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing

It’s a teenage rite of passage to explode into rage at your parents. While the usual outburst is sparked by some combination of hormones, insecurity, and authority issues, for me it was a popping sound in my father’s jaw. I first noticed it at the dinner table. Every time he took a bite, the disc of cartilage that cushioned his jawbone would slip out of place and snap back. Chew, click, chew, click. Like a drum, his mouth reverberated the sound, which changed in pitch each time he opened to take a bite. Layered beneath all of this was the wet percussion of normal chewing. The trio — jaw pop, meat squish, fork scraping teeth — became inescapable. And it drove into me, first through my chest, a surprising shock of affront and disgust that then suffused through my whole body. It was the first time I ever got scared that I wasn’t in control of what was inside my own head.

The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing—Asterisk

It hits fast.

A second I am fine. The next, a wet, grinding chew or a hard break of someone taking _in_ their sniffle cuts through everything. It is not “a little annoying.” It is a five alarm buzz in my body. My skin goes tight. My jaw locks. My stomach turns like I tasted milk gone bad. Heat crawls up my neck and into my face. My heart starts doing that stupid, hard thump that feels louder than the sound itself.

The noise feels intimate, in the worst way. Too close. Too detailed. Like someone put a mic really close to the other person and a speaker next to my ear and turned up the gain. Each smack is sharp and slow at the same time. Each click lands with a tiny pause after it, like my brain is forced to replay it and confirm, yes, it happened again.

Disgust shows up first, quick and clean. Earlier my face used to contort into this mess. These days, my eyes immediately lock to the origin of the sound. Then anger follows like a door slammed in my chest. Not “I’m irritated” anger. The kind that wants to shove the world away, the kind that makes my hands want to do something, now, just to make it stop. And straddling both is panic, because I can feel myself losing control. I can watch myself getting pulled into a reaction that I do not want to share.

Then the shame comes in, right on time, and whoo!, it makes everything worse.

Because it is a person I love.

So now the sound is not just a sound. It is a test I am failing in real time. I am angry at them for making the noise, and angry at myself for being angry. I start bargaining with my own brain. Be normal. Be kind. Don’t be weird. Don’t be cruel. Just sit here. Just breathe. And the harder I try to be calm, the more the sound digs in, like it knows where the soft parts are.

I can feel my face trying to hold a neutral shape. My teeth press together. My shoulders creep up. My eyes lock on some point that is not them, because if I look at them I might snap, and I would rather bite my tongue than hurt them. I get this sick, trapped feeling, like being stuck in a room with a dripping faucet that is also an insult.

I am not choosing any of it.

That is the worst part.

It is not a preference. It is not a pet peeve. It is my nervous system grabbing the wheel.

So I reach for escape the way you reach for a railing when you miss a step. Headphones. Noise canceling. Leaving the room. Anything that puts a wall between me and that sound before it turns me into someone I do not want to be.

And then I hate myself for needing that.

I hate that love is sitting right there, chewing, and my brain treats it like a threat.

I hate that I have to protect both of us from a sound.

I am heaving a sigh of relief. Much like the author says, this is the first time I can put a word to the feeling that I get.

It’s misophonia.

🔗 The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing

It’s a teenage rite of passage to explode into rage at your parents. While the usual outburst is sparked by some combination of hormones, insecurity, and authority issues, for me it was a popping sound in my father’s jaw. I first noticed it at the dinner table. Every time he took a bite, the disc of cartilage that cushioned his jawbone would slip out of place and snap back. Chew, click, chew, click. Like a drum, his mouth reverberated the sound, which changed in pitch each time he opened to take a bite. Layered beneath all of this was the wet percussion of normal chewing. The trio — jaw pop, meat squish, fork scraping teeth — became inescapable. And it drove into me, first through my chest, a surprising shock of affront and disgust that then suffused through my whole body. It was the first time I ever got scared that I wasn’t in control of what was inside my own head.

The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing—Asterisk

It hits fast.

A second I am fine. The next, a wet, grinding chew or a hard break of someone taking _in_ their sniffle cuts through everything. It is not “a little annoying.” It is a five alarm buzz in my body. My skin goes tight. My jaw locks. My stomach turns like I tasted milk gone bad. Heat crawls up my neck and into my face. My heart starts doing that stupid, hard thump that feels louder than the sound itself.

The noise feels intimate, in the worst way. Too close. Too detailed. Like someone put a mic really close to the other person and a speaker next to my ear and turned up the gain. Each smack is sharp and slow at the same time. Each click lands with a tiny pause after it, like my brain is forced to replay it and confirm, yes, it happened again.

Disgust shows up first, quick and clean. Earlier my face used to contort into this mess. These days, my eyes immediately lock to the origin of the sound. Then anger follows like a door slammed in my chest. Not “I’m irritated” anger. The kind that wants to shove the world away, the kind that makes my hands want to do something, now, just to make it stop. And straddling both is panic, because I can feel myself losing control. I can watch myself getting pulled into a reaction that I do not want to share.

Then the shame comes in, right on time, and whoo!, it makes everything worse.

Because it is a person I love.

So now the sound is not just a sound. It is a test I am failing in real time. I am angry at them for making the noise, and angry at myself for being angry. I start bargaining with my own brain. Be normal. Be kind. Don’t be weird. Don’t be cruel. Just sit here. Just breathe. And the harder I try to be calm, the more the sound digs in, like it knows where the soft parts are.

I can feel my face trying to hold a neutral shape. My teeth press together. My shoulders creep up. My eyes lock on some point that is not them, because if I look at them I might snap, and I would rather bite my tongue than hurt them. I get this sick, trapped feeling, like being stuck in a room with a dripping faucet that is also an insult.

I am not choosing any of it.

That is the worst part.

It is not a preference. It is not a pet peeve. It is my nervous system grabbing the wheel.

So I reach for escape the way you reach for a railing when you miss a step. Headphones. Noise canceling. Leaving the room. Anything that puts a wall between me and that sound before it turns me into someone I do not want to be.

And then I hate myself for needing that.

I hate that love is sitting right there, chewing, and my brain treats it like a threat.

I hate that I have to protect both of us from a sound.

I am heaving a sigh of relief. Much like the author says, this is the first time I can put a word to the feeling that I get.

It’s misophonia.

NBC has the announcer's mics unmuted the entire time and it sounds like one of them is sucking on a cough drop during this musical interlude.

Ugh.

#misophonia

NBC has the announcer's mics unmuted the entire time and it sounds like one of them is sucking on a cough drop during this musical interlude.

Ugh.

#misophonia

NBC has the announcer's mics unmuted the entire time and it sounds like one of them is sucking on a cough drop during this musical interlude.

Ugh.

#misophonia

NBC has the announcer's mics unmuted the entire time and it sounds like one of them is sucking on a cough drop during this musical interlude.

Ugh.

#misophonia

NBC has the announcer's mics unmuted the entire time and it sounds like one of them is sucking on a cough drop during this musical interlude.

Ugh.

#misophonia

As a person with #misophonia it is a special hell to be forced to hotdesk next to an office mate that mumbles and whispers everything on their screen, all day, just at the edge of hearing.

I never thought I'd miss my oppressive tech support cube but here we are. My jaw hurts from gritting my teeth.

I kindly request that y'all who put out "cozy lo fi study music mixes" on youtube STOP PUTTING THE SOUNDS OF POURING/SLURPING LIQUIDS in your mixes because holy hell, as someone with #misophonia y'all are making me want to throw my computer against the wall -_-