Misophonia is that unsettling feeling you get when certain sounds or noises make your skin crawl. Curious if you might have it? Give the test a try.
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Fortunately, the Misophonia Hub has come to the rescue with a list of some of the most triggering sounds for those with misophonia. Let’s take a closer look at these sounds:
- Chewing: Imagine someone chomping down with an open mouth, as if they’ve crammed ten raw steaks into their mouth and they’re announcing it over a megaphone. That’s the level of discomfort.
- Lip Smacking: This sound could send anyone up the wall. It’s not just annoying; it’s infuriating.
- Pencil Tapping: While it’s less skin-crawling, it’s still highly irritating.
- Plastic Crumbling: Think of the noise you make when digging through a drawer full of reusable bags. It’s not pleasant.
- Slow Typing: If you’ve worked in an office, you can probably relate. It’s exactly what it sounds like, and while it’s irritating, it’s not as bad as bodily sounds.
- Slurping: A pet peeve for many, it’s been driving people nuts for ages.
- Sniffling: This one hits us every winter, and we have to brace ourselves for it.
To drive the point home, the test concludes by playing all seven trigger sounds simultaneously.
This quirky video has taken the internet by storm, racking up over 46.8k views and a flood of comments from people eager to share their own thoughts on these sounds. Many shared which sound bothered them the most, with chewing taking the top spot. People described how it made them cry or drove them mad in seconds.
One TikTok user penned: “THE CHEWING GOT ME CRYING FOR 10 DAMN MINUTES…”
A second echoed: “THE CHEWING MADE ME GO MAD IN ONE SECOND!”
“Chewing had me tearing up,” echoed a third.
Another quipped: “Chewing and slurping is the worst for me so I automatically had to stop!”
Others, however, found the ‘entire’ thing equally unbearable.
“The entire video had my skin crawling and full on anxiety and I’m literally still crying Also was about to yeet my headphones,” revealed one TikTok user.
A second admitted: “I couldn’t even finish the video lmfao.”
“My heart is literally racing,” commented a third while a fourth chimed in: “My anger just kept going up! I failed.”
“I WANT TO THROW A CHAIR ACROSS THE ROOM I’M DYING,” claimed another.
A final TikTok user added: “NO I LITERALLY feel like I’m going to puke like omg I was like grabbing my ears.”
Some couldn’t even finish the video, feeling anxious and angry. In a nutshell, these sounds can really get under our skin. Which of these sounds affected you the most?
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