"If he spots someone chewing gum in a car next to him during his commute, he stares straight ahead."

Sloane Crosley for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/15/for-people-with-misophonia-everyday-noises-can-be-agony

#Misophonia #Sound #Health

For People with Misophonia, Everyday Noises Can Be Agony

Sloane Crosley, the author of “Grief Is for People,” reports on misophonia, the neurophysiological disorder characterized by a severe aversion to sound.

The New Yorker
The best song ever because it celebrates murdering someone who pops their gum. #tonyawards #misophonia

I love rain

& lightning & thunder.

A little break

from being aurally assaulted

by lawn & construction

& other such equipment.

#NoisePollution
#Misophonia

Uncomfortable music subject: some tracks can trigger my #misophonia. Usually very glitchy music, or clicky sounds in the upper register, basically anything that gets close to nail biting or nail clipping (it is physically intensely uncomfortable to even write this toot!).

Some videos can be too hard to watch due to photo sensitivity, basically bright flashing colors on a dark background are the worst, and can induce discomfort and migraines. Certain movements can trigger motion sickness.

1/2

Sitting in the break room absolutely twitching with rage at the person eating carrots across from me.

#misophonia

Just taught my office friend about misophonia. His is the crinkly sound of plastic bags, but is more distressing the more taut the plastic is at rest. So cellophane crinkling is apparently the most distressing.
#misophonia
Bike tour...

- The cherry (apple? something else?) trees at Helsinborgsvägen in #bloom.
- The Carmelite Nunnery in Rydebäck south of #helsingborg . One of the more strict and introvert orders there are. They like quite and solitude and they are actually packing their bags and moving due to too many houses being built near by. Too much people. As an #autistic person with #misophonia I can kind of relate. #nuns #convent
- I do love me some dilapidated farm buildings. :)
- I have no idea what this is but I like it.

#landskrona

I think it's time for a #reintroduction post. I've been on Mastodon since 2024 and hanging out at The Mended Drum for over a year, and I'm doing a bit of remodeling on my feed. I'd love to make some new friends, and I would also appreciate any hashtag recommendations to follow!

I'm a cis woman of the Oregon Trail Generation living in #Raleigh, #NC, US. Currently a freelance proofreader specializing in deposition transcripts. I'm (lazy) #plantbased, unattached, #nonreligious, sober-ish, and #childfree.

Likes: #reading, #concerts, #animals (especially #cats), #photography, glamping, dragons, spreadsheets, pockets, bubbles, word games/puzzles, #solarpunk, #sustainability, a little light yoga, and the Oxford comma.

Dislikes: patriarchy, bigotry, billionaires, cars, fossil fuels, ads, #misophonia, #perimenopause, summer, basketball (see: misophonia), cooking, running, clothes shopping, phone calls, and glitter.

I'll expound on some of my favorite authors, artists, genres, and titles in a thread.

#introduction

I saw a really annoying toot this morning about what music should or shouldn’t be, posted by someone who makes music that instantly triggers my #misophonia, and I had to (sub-)vent.

Alter, bitterer Rauch 🤢 ich glaub neben Kopfhörern 🎧❤️ (die Typen neben mir sind echt ne akustische Zumutung) brauch ich demnächst ne Nasenklammer. Oder so kleine minicabins wie im Nachtzug. Ein Traum.

#Bahn
#Misophonie
#minicabins
#misophonia