Thursday, August 9, 2012

self diagnosing

the thing is, doctors don't like when you're smarter than them and can diagnose yourself (thanks to webmd, i skipped the 804 years of med school). but i do a lot of self diagnosing. again, thanks to webmd. hah.

okaybut. then i saw this and then i went ahead and diagnosed myself with misophonia. just let me quote from this wikipedia article (another one of my doctor's favorites) and then you go ask my husband how this is basically written about me.

"misophonia, literally, 'hatred of sound,' is a form of decreased sound tolernce." "misophonia is specific for certain sounds." "people who have misophonia are most commonly [specifically, DO NOT MISS THIS PART] annoyed, OR EVEN ENRAGED, by such ordinary sounds as other people [don't miss this either] eating, breathing, sniffing, or coughing; certain consonants; or repeative sounds.  People with misophonia may be diagnosed with mood or anxiety disorders as well as OCD."

mood, anxiety OCD disorders. the check list keeps on growing.

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhso, i have this. i always thought i was just a crabby person with extremely low tolerance of other people and their noise. i am not even kidding, i can even prove how low my tolerance is. 1) i used to sit near a lawyer who would clip his finger nails every day and i would lose my mind. 2) remember when i wrote this post about how everyone at work was coughing? 3) one time i honest-to-God timed a lawyer who cleared his throat every 15 seconds.

also, it's other people's noise, not my own. good news that i don't annoy myself. but this has made me be so extra ultra quiet because i don't want to disrupt other people. let me probably state that most other people don't have this misophonia crap. but then i wish they did because THAT WOULD MAKE THE WORLD A QUIETER PLACE (as i shout that at you).

here's a list of things i hate:
/car doors slamming;
/cars honking, specifically CAR ALARMS;
/dogs barking;
/toe nail clippers;
/anything repetitive like coughing, throat clearing, sniffing;
/chewing;
/teeth brushing;
/voices through walls;
/when people suck their snot into their brains and then swallow;
/whispering;
/telephones that ring more than once;
/music that is not my own;
/music (especially when it's extra on the bass) from other people's cars...

i desire complete silence. if there's going to be any noise it will be mine. that "decreased tolerance of noise" is not a real thing. i don't just have "decreased" tolerance. i have no tolerance. i have been known to hear multiple car doors shut and then i will go outside to see who the perpetrator is and shoot a glare or two their way. hah. i used to sit on the other side of a copy room so that the cabinets and drawers were against my office wall. people would slam doors and drawers all the day long and i'd get so mad i would slam things back at them. if you can't tell, i'm really, really good at teaching people to be quiet.

also there is no cure for this, obviously, it's a psychological problem [and i just don't believe in psychological drugs] but wiki says that people just tend to avoid areas where the specific hated noise is prevalent. uhhhhhhh, that's life? "i can no longer do life because i have misophonia, sorry." "i can't be around you because i have misophonia and you really enrage me with all your noise, sorry." "you're making my misophonia act up so i have to punch you in the face, sorry."


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  1. i really think gage might have it to an extent as well. i was opening up a package and when i went to remove the styrofoam he said, "STOP IT! that noise makes me want to cry!"

    "you're making my misophonia act up so i have to punch you in the face, sorry." <----yes. my life.

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    1. Aw! Poor little guy! I feel his pain.

      And yes! Seriously. Can that please be an excuse?!

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    2. i thought about you last sunday.....when peppy had the hiccups for over four hours and i thought about punching him. hah :) now that's love.

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  2. Oh dear me, too funny. Someone had posted something about misophonia on Pinterest, but I didn't think much about it. Love that you totally confront noisy people--made me smile.
    I hope the noises don't get too bad ;] Have a great weekend!

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    1. Really?! What was it?! I have never heard of it before now! I didn't even know such a thing existed! What the what. After I posted this I thought of like 8 more things that annoy me. I'll have to be surgically made deaf or something. Just so I don't go cray. Just kidding, that wouldn't be fun.

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  3. So you know what I hate? The sound of my dad breathing. I almost feel guilty saying that, but it enrages me. It's loud and gross and I want to die. Awful thing to hate.

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    1. Hahahaha did you read the article because it said that it can stem from something your family members have done that annoys you! My dad and brother slurp their soup and that enrages me. Shoulda put it on my list. And I don't think it's a terrible thing to hate. He shouldn't be an annoying breather! Duh. ;]

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  4. Oh my gosh! I HAVE THIS! Okay.. well..I don't get mad at car alarms..but CHEWING! If Lovey is eating dinner (and I'm not eating) I CANNOT sit with him, which he often asks me to do.. All I can hear is his chewing and it's like nails on chalkboard.. I just have to get away.. I apologize and leave the room.. I just can't deal.. Othertimes, I can tune it out..like when I'm chewing myself.. But I don't know.. I'm also sensitive to weird quirks.. I had a friend that sniffed EVERY. SINGLE.BITE. OF. FOOD. before she put it in her mouth..Pick up food. Sniff food. Chew food. OVER AND OVER and it drove me bonkers! I couldn't eat with her.. Or if I did, I couldn't look her direction.. I would ignore her completely. GAAAAHHHH!

    ♥Janette
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    PS. I LOVE YOU! When are you going to guest post on my blog yo!??? Never? :-/

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    1. I can't handle that either. Espesh if it's chewy. Like pasta or chicken. As I'm thinking about it I take that back and say everything is gross. HAH. I'm with you. Also the girl who smells every bite? Weird. I mean, once is okay, but every time? That has to be some OCD thing. Some ritual or something. I would get frustrated and be like EAT IT RIGHT NOW KNOCK THAT OFF. Ha Hahahaha

      JANETTE I WANT TO GUEST POST ON YOUR BLOG RIGHT NOW! TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SAY AND I'LL SAY IT. I will. I'll do it.

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    2. Just realized Janette that we have like the same pet peeve! Haha!

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  5. WOOOWWWWEEEEE! I'm excited! I actually want to start like a blog spotlight thingy featuring my favorite bloggers and ask them questions about their lives and blogs...But hmm...I wanted to feature bloggers by state too.. But I haven't worked out the kinks yet..What state do you live in again?

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    1. Eeeeek! I live in Montana. Far, far away. You work those kinks and you let me know!

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  6. I surely shall! Thanks Larissa!

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  7. I literally just laughed out loud or five entire minutes reading this. People probably think I'm cray. In fact I'm probably bothering someone with my laughing as we speak. It was almost silent but not quite. And I'm 95 percent sure that I have this condition. I was like yes, check, that bothers me too to almost everything about and more. Like Steven will be chewing and I think it's really smacking it bothers me that much. I can't even handle it. Can not! Diagosing yourself as such was brilliant and I think it's the perfect way to skip out of work for a while, don't you think? ;)

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    1. Hahaha the world just needs to be a quieter place because otherwise I might smack someone! Loudness is not good. Especially loud eaters! I'm glad you have this and these things annoy you, too, so
      I can count on you to never annoy me. ;]

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    2. Hehe! I will certainly try my hardest not to! ;)

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  8. do you actually not believe in psychological drugs or was that a joke? i just couldn't tell.

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  9. Girl, I think I have that!
    Haha.
    I hate the sound of motorcycles, loud trucks and people coughing incessantly.
    The last one is something that makes me feel bad because I mean they can't help it but it drives me effing nuts.

    Oh, and the snot sucking sound makes me want to vomit. Ugh!


    On an unrelated note////
    The black lace dress of mine that you want so badly... I found at Ross. It's by BeBop. It was like 16.99. If you want I can buy it for you, god-willing they still have it there and in the size you want, and I can mail it to you. I was going to text you this, but it's 10:30am here in Florida and I didn't want to wake you up all the way in MT.
    Text me and let me know.

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  10. i definitely hate, hate HATE the sounds people make with their mouths!! ugggh. it makes me crazy

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  11. I am with you on the voices through walls things... even if I THINK I hear something I get totally aggravated.

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