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Most of us can relate to that intense, spine-shuddering feeling of repulsion when hearing someone. But for some people such intense reactions to noise can also be triggered by much more common, mundane sounds.
Trigger sounds include things such as chewing, slurping, snoring, and breathing and responses can range from mild irritation and anger to distress that interferes with everyday life.University of Oxford clinical psychologist Jane Gregory, who co-authored the study, which was published in March 2023. King's College London psychometrician Silia Vitoratou, along with Gregory and colleagues, used an algorithm to distribute volunteers across sex , age, and ethnicity in a way that reflected UK census data to get a representative sample of people above 18 years old.
Many of the sounds that can trigger misophonia aren't exactly well loved by the wider population either. Loud chewing triggered the most disgust amongst the survey respondents, whereas many of the other sounds triggered widespread irritation.Firstly, the negative feelings towards the sounds universally disliked were more often accompanied by anger and panic in the more sensitive population subset. They reported feeling trapped or helpless and unable to escape the noise.
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