Do you suffer from chewing misophonia? Does the sound of chewing drinking spitting or throat clearly irritate you?

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Chewing misophonia is a rare condition that affects about 20% of people. It can also be genetic. I suffer from this and so does my father. I am very sensitive to even my own chewing. It actually why I prefer going out for drinks such as coffee rather than on dinner or lunch dates at the start of a relationship. I know I have this chewing sound misophonia and I don't want to have it effect the way I see a date. I've gotten pretty good at controlling my irritability but every once in a while I may ask a person I with to chew a little softer please ( ie usually family members).

ohshee · Accepted Answer

Yes I think so I'm not too critical about other people I think I need more critical about myself even though I'm not being loud or chewing with my mouth open or anything like that I think it has something to do with just my mouth hello when I was small I've been standing on top of a burn barrel and the screen broke and I fell through it and hit my front teeth and then from there when I was in 6th grade we would have this athletic Olympic type contest I forget what it is called is called the president something and a friend and I were playing with a shot put and the recess bell ring and all of a sudden I hear my name and I turn back around and I see the shot put coming right towards my face and I put my hands up it hit my hands and then my knuckle went through my front teeth or one of my teeth so I had to have a false tooth put in and I've always just been very weird or
Or maybe not confident about having a false tooth in my mouth and I got to the place where I wouldn't want to eat in front of anybody
Then one day at work there's just little place down the street it has daily special and we went down there one day we're having tacos and somehow my plate that my tooth was hooked to came out and it has hooks on the rear of it that hook around the back of your teeth and one of those hooks got caught in my tonsils so one of the guys that I work with zombie almost choking and he and I or he went 100 mph to the hospital to have it removed yeah I just feel very insecure and very aware of every bite that I take LOL if I'm around people that I know I'm good but if it's around somebody new I think I get insecure about it

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

I don't have the irritability so I would say no, I don't suffer from it...

but I do have my own fixations and there are certain things I find annoying, but those might be the usual things that would annoy anyone else, lol

one thing though, I don't like to eat something very crispy while I watch a movie or I'm talking with people because then that is all my brain is going to hear and focus on... lmfao, it can be really distracting

Emogirl999 · Accepted Answer

The sound of chewing and spit and those kind of things drive me crazy and the longer I have to listen to it the more irritated I get, I've actually snapped a few times because it became too much to handle. The unfortunate thing for me is I work in a radio station and one of my jobs is to edit audio so sometimes I'm stuck listening to all the terrible sounds people make, the spit, the pops, the strong s sounds, and one of the worst is the constant sharp intakes of breath, I already hate the sound of normal breathing including my own sometimes but man sharp breaths are just terrible to have to listen to all the time, especially with headphones on.

dovendyret · Accepted Answer

I used to absolutely HATE it but now it's mostly just chewing. No joking - I'll be eating and then needing to use a suction machine to get slime out of a kids throat and sit back down and eat. I do have my limits with food though, kids sneezing on or touching my food - no go. & if you're able to understand manners; no chewing - that's also I'll comment on it.

Clearing throats I'm immune to again: slime guy just today I listened to a kid do it for an hour.

I dislike spit in my face & hair; immune otherwise, unless it is someone spitting at or on me - I do not tolerate that.

Bluemax · Answer

B and C.

I am somewhat of a sloppy eater. I am somewhat embarrassed about this. I don't like to eat in front of my students because of this. 😕

I once encountered a student of mine while eating at a KFC. I was particularly self conscious because KFC is particularly kinda messy.

NamerOfStars · Answer

No- but I DO get driven nuts by the sound of people scraping metal forks ovur their teeth. It's like, do you lips and tongue not work?

Anonymous · Answer

God, the sounds of people chewing make me so irrationally angry- Someone clearing their throat is fine but anything to do with chewing I cannot handle. I've avoided eating with some of my friends because they chew with their mouth open.

famouswitch · Answer

Once I cried silently because my father was chewing something for about half and hour when I was a kid and I didn't have enough courage to tell him to stop it.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I don't want to be around someone if they sound lke a horse eating carrots.

Blackcupcake · Answer

yes… I put earphones in and play loud music when someone is eating next to me lolol

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

No I don't care as long as it's not ridiculously obnoxious but I've noticed people on these talk shows seem to have it, they make movements with their mouths, I think wow she must suck a lot of c**ck hahhahaha!!!

TrueConfection · Answer

I'm not a fan of someone chewing with their mouth open, but otherwise I don't notice those little noises.

hahahmm · Answer

No! But the thought of the sound of people typing retarded G@G questions could. Not saying you have reached that level but there are some posters who post the same whine over and over again. It gets old.

LaFemmeFatale_1 · Answer

Yes, I dislike the sounds of chewing with open mouth.

Espresso-Grande · Answer

Yessss 😂I'm not a violent person, but when I hear a noisy eater... I feel like knocking them out 😂

Confidentandchill · Answer

Did you mean 2% of people? 20% wouldn’t be rare. That would equal 1 out of every 5 people. I’ve never heard of this condition before today

Smashingdoozy · Answer

I don't like when people chew with their mouth open or make noises with their mouth so yeah

1GoldTwins · Answer

One of my colleagues chews with his mouth open, I hate that so much. What is he, a camel?

Anonymous · Answer

Depends on who does the chewing. I absolutely don't mind any animals, even pigs. But people like my father? I get super angry every time! When checks chew with noise I get turned on.

Still-alive · Answer

luckily i don't have that but i remember my sister did and gave me shit once for chewing my food too loud for her. i was just like 'well this is just how i eat!' :P

hypojoe · Answer

Yes it does i can't stand to hear someone chewing on food

exitseven · Answer

I do not even chew gum nevermind chewing misophonia. Sounds pretty gross to me.

sheikalana · Answer

Also people coughing. I can't stand people coughing or sneezing.

mydadsbuyingmilk · Answer

i swear when someone’s chewing loudly or like i can literally hear their mouth sounds i feel like kicking them on the mouth and chop em into 3 pieces

Sparkie460 · Answer

Yes I do. My son chews like a cow when he eats and it annoys me so much. I constantly have to tell him to chew with his mouth closed

MayeMay · Answer

Man, the sound of verything irritates me when I'm pissed

GatewayRealm · Answer

Nah Baby You start doing that coughing or clearing your throat while we’re on a date imma get hard as a rock.

Headstrongcrazylover · Answer

I marked option 2 by mistake, I can't stand that sound. I always shout on people who make sound while eating or drinking. Fuckin noise pollution.

athlete_for_lyf · Answer

Slurping while starring in eyes is hott chewing I don't know

Guardian45 · Answer

Ya, this could trigger my PTSD

John_Doesnt · Answer

I can't stand it when people eat loudly.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

I couldn't care less.

Andres77 · Answer

There are limits but I'm also not a snowflake

Wise4myage · Answer

Only if its done at an inappropriate time.

RuthlessAggression · Answer

Unfortunately, no, it doesn't

TallAnon · Answer

Nope, it's not pleasant, but mostly don't care.

Flower7 · Answer

B and C

EaterPeter · Answer

Somewhat

jimmy2 · Answer

No glad I not

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