"Misophonia is a little-understood condition in which ordinary (usually pattern-based or repetitive) sights and or sounds activate the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system, triggering deeply unpleasant to overwhelming physiological responses. More simply, for someone who has misophonia, common sounds like chewing, sniffling, and tapping that we might hear every day and all around us, trigger the body's defense response."
"Living with misophonia can be isolating for sufferers and loved ones alike. Most people around us haven't even heard the word or know only its elevator pitch version. Also not helpful: "misophonia" sounds about as familiar as ancient Greek. And it is. The word's roots, misos and phonia, mean hatred and sound, in ancient Greek, respectively. "Hatred of sound' might be an accurate translation, but it isn't an accurate description of misophonia. The word itself requires an explanation."
Misophonia causes ordinary pattern-based sights and sounds to activate the sympathetic autonomic nervous system, producing deeply unpleasant to overwhelming physiological responses. Common triggers include chewing, sniffling, and tapping, which prompt a body's defense response and a cascade of nonconscious and conscious alerts demanding full attention. The term misophonia, from Greek misos and phonia meaning hatred and sound, misrepresents the lived experience because it implies simple hatred rather than an embodied environmental interaction. The environment and everyday soundscapes are central to how the condition becomes devastating. Misophonia often isolates sufferers and affects relationships with loved ones.
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