Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Misophonia isn't only about chewing. (Photo: Getty Images) My boyfriend reaches for the cheese, and I look on with dread.

If you feel irrationally angry or upset at certain sounds, particularly the noises that result when someone chews with their mouth open, you may have misophonia. Though the hypersensitivity to these ...

Researchers for the first time have identified the parts of the brain involved in a less-commonly studied trigger of misophonia, a condition associated with an extreme aversion to certain sounds. The ...

Everyone has that one sound that makes their skin crawl. Maybe it is a colleague who keeps clicking a pen during a meeting, or someone chewing loudly beside you on a quiet train. These everyday noises ...

Previous studies investigating misophonia have shown connections between the auditory cortex and orofacial motor control areas in the brain in people with sound aversion. In a new study, scientists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to a new study, about one in five people have misophonia, a condition that causes a negative reaction to harmless ...

Shortly after her parents’ divorce at 13 years old, any time Lindsey Baatz would hear a person chewing gum or a speaker playing music with heavy bass, she bubbled with rage, disgust and panic. Sixteen ...

People who are annoyed by the sound of chewing are less likely to be vexed if they think it is made by an animal or other non-human source, rather than a person. “I think most people can relate to ...

It was the salads that got me. On nights when my parents started off dinner with some leafy greens, I left the room. The habit quickly became a ritual, and to my family’s credit – or not – no one ever ...

For Jeffrey Gould, the feelings would often arise at the dinner table. Surrounded by people eating their meals, drinking their drinks; he'd often get these feelings of rage, panic and utter disgust.

Dear Meghan: My 6-year-old daughter can’t tolerate the sound of her 4-year-old sister’s chewing. The moment she hears her sister eating, my older one immediately gets upset. But here’s the thing — she ...