Misophonia can affect your daily life and cause you to withdraw socially or have trouble with relationships. You can try cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help change your responses to triggering ...

A little-known sensory condition can make everyday noises such as chewing and crunching unbearable, leading to stress and even panic. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. If there are certain sounds that ...

A study comparing individuals with misophonia with healthy people found that a triggering sound, that of a buzzing fly, significantly impaired the ability of individuals with misophonia to perceive ...

Misophonia is a "strong dislike or hatred of specific sounds or noises," explains Juanita Guerra, PhD, a clinical psychologist based in New Rochelle, New York. Examples of such noises include heavy ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Imagine sitting in a classroom, and suddenly, someone walks up to the chalkboard and drags their nails across it. Can you feel the surge of irritation in your body? Perhaps your face twisting into a ...

For individuals with misophonia, a fight-flight-freeze response occurs when they are subjected to certain sounds or visuals. For these individuals, extreme emotional distress, panic, anger, ...

If certain sounds send chills up your spine, you might be struggling with misophonia. Here’s a questionnaire to help you know. Have you ever heard a certain sound and become overwhelmed with anger, ...

If the sounds of chewing, crunching, slurping, yawning, pen clicking, tapping, water dripping, sniffling, whistling and breathing make you angry or even panicked, you may have misophonia. The term, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High resolution close-up image of a person's mouth, eating a segment of mandarin Most of us can relate to feeling uncomfortable ...

Misophonia is a sound sensitivity disorder that causes extreme reactions to specific everyday noises and makes people feel strongly about them. These noises are generally ordinary and not offensive to ...