Thank you , so much , you don't know how much that means to me , i am crying right now because finally i found something that explains exactly what i suffer from , and your speech is convincing . Mashalla Thank you soo much
This must be fate that I discovered what I suffer from, and I discovered this channel as well. I've been suffering from misophonia from 2013, and I think people think I'm crazy because I get really mad when I hear certain sounds. Thank you for the tips, Sir. I will apply these tips, and hopefully reduce my anxiety and anger towards my triggers.
Tom really knows his stuff - its the intricacies, his understanding of individual particularities, and really broad knowledge base which makes him stand apart from most of the others talking about this subject. I am 50 and have had noise sensitivities all of my life developing into misophonia. He really gets the individual nature of misophonia and doesn't just generalise it as hearing people eat.
I'm a psychotherapist and throughout my education I learned nothing on this. Now when the first patient entered with these symptoms I stood there, out of my depth. Literature is comparatively rare on the subject except for Tom's book on it (which I just bought) and this webinar. I am eternally grateful for this comprehensive explanation of this syndrome and on how to treat it. I am glad I haven't listened to the colleagues that told me to treat it like a phobia - which would have made it much worse. Thank you! A lot! For making this accessible and for the app and the instructions. My patients will profit from this! Thank you so much!
I cannot thank you enough for making this video. I suffer from misophonia and have for years. My husband, whom I love dearly is unfortunately the source of a lot of my triggers. He is a critical-care nurse and doesn't really believe that misophonia is a thing, probably from the lack of scientific understanding up until now. This video will really help me explain to him the neurological basis for what I deal with and help us to have more productive conversations. What great work you have done here. I will investigate further into what you prescribe here so I can put it into practice in my own life.
This presentation answered a lot of questions for me and I feel so validated! You have put so much time, energy, and research into understanding and sharing information about this condition, Im so grateful to you for it! It’s a real condition. I have felt the rage and frustration for years. You’ve simplified a complex neurotic response so many people struggle with daily. Thank you for educating me and providing tools/skills to overcome it.. well I’ll try. 😊 the thought of exposure therapy makes me tense but I’m going to try. lol I’ll check out the app too! I thought misophonia was defined as someone who has a sensitivity or negative reaction to hearing mouth noises? What I gathered from your presentation is that misophonia includes other noises in the environment as well. Is that correct? So would you define misophonia as a sensory or auditory processing issue? but not so far as sensory processing disorder? 🤷♀️
First off, you are the first person I have seen that has stated there is an actual way to reverse/decrease misophonia, so thank you for providing a direction for correcting this. Second, based on your description of the pathway through the brain associated with misophonia, has there been any study or do you have any knowledge of nerve damage or impingement being associated with or in some way affecting misophonia? I just found your video yesterday, and have already been looking to see what (or how many) physical triggers I have. So hopefully once identified, I can proceed to work the process you describe here. Again, thank you for this informaton.
Thank you all so much for these videos. I have often wondered if my noise issues came from trauma. Is that possible? If the trauma and noise are connected?
Hi there, I am finding your videos extremely useful, i have lived with this problem for many years, and I was trying to follow a book on how to expose myself to reduce my sensitivity, but I was wondering if it was actually a good idea, because i don't see my anger and anxiety being reduced after exposing myself for many days, although I was getting used to the noise from my neighbours on my previous flat, and was able to cope with it, once i moved to a new flat, the problem started again from 0, like if it hadn't improved at all, which means the context is quite important in how we perceive those noises, for example the same type of noises don't bother me at all when i am outside of my flat, but when I am at home, it really scalates until it is almost impossible to focus on anything else other than the noise.
Exposure to triggers should include being relaxed/happy and having the triggers be very small. All lots of noise (like rain sound with thunder) to reduce/block triggers. Then you can have times when you reduce the noise and occasionally hear weak triggers.
Hello, thank you for your research and sharing information. Have you looked into Wim Hof methods at all? His breathing exercise is supposed to help you tap into your autonomic nervous system and cold showers help relax your muscles.
I would hope doing what is said on the video will help you. Personal guidance is often needed. It is easy to miss important details, and also not know what to do when the first thing doesn't give you the results you hope for. Try it and see how you do,.
I have very severe misophonia. I have had for 47 years. I also have sensory processing disorder, Autism, and genetic hypertonia and severe tinnitus. If i have genetic hypertonia and my muscle tension is involuntary and can be severe, does that affect my misophonia? The hypertonia is neurological. It is not psychological, meaning it is not anxiety based
Yes, muscle tension can increase misophonia severity. I am interested in connections between misophonia and tinnitus. If you would be willing, I would like to meet with you by Zoom about similarities in misophonia and tinnitus.to further our understanding of these conditions. Muscle tension is a major component of both. No cost to you, of course. If you are willing, email me at tom@misophoniatreatment.com and be sure and refer to your comments and my offer. This could actually help you with both your tinnitus and misophonia severity.
Thank you for your video presentation. How do you help someone who either doesn’t have, or is unaware of a physical response to triggers? If someone only experiences misophonia as an emotional response, it seems like your approach might not work?
There is a physical response, and most with misophonia do not recognize it. Go ahead and try the treatment as suggested and relax all of your muscles when you are in a trigger situation (and use background noise to reduce the severity as needed).
Many or most people experience misophonia as only an emotional response. That is the part that is overwhelming. We believe that everyone has a physical response to triggers, otherwise the emotions could die out. I have cases where the person "didn't have a reflex, they just had rage." But when we did a closer examintion, there was a distinct reflex. Some people cannot identify a reflex even after trying, but in my clinical work, most later identify a physical reflex.
