Does the Sound of Noisy Eating Drive You Mad? Heres Why

[elleng]

Misophonia—a hatred of sounds such as loud eating and chewing—is real.

'If you’ve ever been tempted to confront someone slurping their soup in a restaurant, or if a person breathing loudly next to you in the movie theater is enough to make your blood boil, then you’re not alone: You’re one of many people suffering from a genuine brain abnormality called misophonia.

Misophonia, a disorder which means sufferers have a hatred of sounds such as eating, chewing, loud breathing or even repeated pen-clicking, was first named as a condition in 2001.

Over the years, scientists have been skeptical about whether or not it constitutes a genuine medical ailment, but now new research led by a team at the U.K.’s Newcastle University has proven that those with misophonia have a difference in their brain’s frontal lobe to non-sufferers.'>>>

https://www.realsimple.com/syndication/misophonia-noisy-eating-science?xid=social-bonappetit-rs-052&mbid=social_facebook



Guess I shouldn't laugh, but I felt like it.

[True Dough]

1. I read your OP while eating chips!

[Bladewire]

2. Video of eating sounds...

Like nails on chalkboard to me

[elleng]

5. HAHAHA!

Rather over-played, imo.

[3catwoman3]

3. Two sounds that drive me nuts are...

...the crunching noise of plastic water bottles being crunched, and my young pediatric patients kicking their heels against the cabinet doors of the exam tables.

[Bradshaw3]

4. All this time I thought I was normal

Now I know I have an abnormal brain.

[Bladewire]

7. Me too!

I still think I'm normal. Who want to hear someone eat? Yuck

[Bradshaw3]

8. Those things drive me nuts

A guy down the row from me at a movie once spent the ENTIRE movie eating a big carton of popcorn. From beginning to end for chrissakes! Last week a kid at the doctor's office kept popping his pen over and over. I went over and took a trash can and slammed it on his ... naaah didn't do that, but thought about it.

[Phentex]

11. Just yesterday

my husband told me that a lady at work clicks the end of her glasses together when she stands near his desk to tell him something and it drives him crazy.

[MLAA]

6. Wish they gave tips on how to deal with it!

[Warpy]

9. I've long envied friends with partial hearing loss

who could turn their hearing aids off in theaters. Since the sound is LOUD, they enjoyed the movie without the candy wrap crinkles, the crunching and slurping, and the morons describing the action on their cell phones.

Alas, my hearing has always tested as "much better than predicted for age."

[Phentex]

10. This issue was a source of angst for my family for many years...

My husband's affliction of this is extreme. I am not sure low long we were together before he told me about it. He gets it from his mom who hated if anyone made noises or accidentally scraped a fork on a plate.

Now, there's noise and then there's noise. We did tell our children to chew with their mouths closed. We told them slurping can be rude. Don't shovel their food (which makes the scraping sounds). ETC.

But my husband would get upset with the kids when they ate an apple. Or ate chips. Or carrots. There are some foods that are nearly impossible to eat without some noise. Yes, you can minimize by not openly crunching but come on!

Married 25 years and I still will NOT eat a salad, an apple, or carrot in front of my husband. I leave the room (even though he says not to worry about it).

[elleng]

13. Sorry, sounds like a difficult situation.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. I have it. The one that drives me nuts is crunching ice.

[OregonBlue]

14. I think it's cultural. There are many Asian cultures where it it a sign of respect to make lots of

noise, to slurp and burp, to show appreciation for the food. Being silent would be considered an insult.