Misophonia: Lisa's Hatred of Sounds

Completely normal, soft sounds disgust Lisa and make her angry. She does not know what is wrong with her and her whole family is suffering with her. Then they find out that she suffers from misophonia and that she is not the only one.

Many people are affected by misophonia. However, they often only find out much later down the road that their problem has a name. It severely limits their social life and their search for help is not an easy one, because misophonia is not yet widely known among therapists and in the medical community.
Misophonia usually begins between the ages of 8 and 12. Lisa's story is a typical one, which you might identify with.

Table of contents

Part 1 - Understanding misophonia

• Meet Lisa
• Lisa does not want to eat at the dinner table anymore
• Lisa's feelings
• The exam
• Lisa can no longer concentrate in class
• Triggers
• Lisa wants to be left alone
• Lisa cannot sleep anymore
• Lisa's parents do not understand her
• The doctors do not understand Lisa
• Lisa is afraid of the future
• Lisa suffers from misophonia!
• A basic principle to begin healing
• How misophonia gets worse
• How misophonia stays the same
• How misophonia can improve

Part 2 - What can help if you are suffering from misophonia

• There are many options
• Avoid triggers - what can be done at dinner time?
• Headphones
• School
• Friends
• Jacobson's progressive muscle relaxation technique
• Dear reptilian brain, thank you for the warning
• Tapping acupressure
• Behavioural therapy
• Confrontation during relaxation
• Hypnotherapy
• Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
• Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) in combination with tapping
• Trauma and Tension Releasing Exercises (TRE)
• Progressive muscle relaxation as therapy: 3-step guideline, step 1
• Progressive muscle relaxation as therapy: 3-step guideline, step 2
• Progressive muscle relaxation as therapy: 3-step guideline, step 3
• Progressive muscle relaxation as therapy: application
• For not-affected ones: Nonviolent Communication
• Empathy helps and relaxes

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