For some time, I have been posting comments on various Misophonia lists and Facebook groups. It makes sense to create this Blog to gather my thoughts in one place. If you have stumbled on this Blog separate from the rest of the website, I encourage you to check out the webpages above, for a context in which to better understand these posts.
When I was in graduate school, I had a professor who used to say, “Hope is the girl next door.” In other words, he did not believe in hope. He was a Holocaust survivor. He grew up as a child wandering the streets of Poland alone feeling very helpless. I guess hope did not play a part in his…
One day, I was having a discussion with a high school misophonia client when she raised an interesting question. I decided to go to the Sound Sensitivity Yahoo group and several Facebook misophonia groups for input. Below you will find a basic explanation of the terms used, the results of my informal survey, and some…
Whenever I speak with my misophonia clients, we inevitably discuss ways to cope with this problem, at home, at school, and out in public. By far, the most difficult situations seem to be at home. I think that is for two reasons: You hold it together as well as you can and when you get…
Two of the conditions I treat (using CBT — Cognitive Behavioral Therapy — and skills from DBT — Dialectical Behavior Therapy) are TINNITUS and MISOPHONIA. There are reportedly 50 million people in the US with tinnitus (ringing or other sounds in the ears, generated by the brain and not heard by others). There are probably many,…
When you lose a loved one, you grieve. You have a funeral to honor their memory and to provide some kind of support to those who remain, to share the sorrow of the loss. When you lose your job or your home or your marriage, you are pretty much left to deal with that on…
One of my earliest introductions to Misophonia was the 20/20 story about a mother and teen daughter who cannot be in the same room together, and who have to communicate by writing. It appears these two love each other and have a very close relationship, but misophonia does not allow them to have the most…