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Hi everyone,

I'm a guy in my 30s living in the midwest of the U.S. I had not heard of 4S or

misophonia until yesterday, when I posted a question on a social networking site

if anyone else had heard of this phenomenon I experience regularly of certain

sounds causing a sudden anger response in me. A friend posted a link to a site,

and a relative posted a response, " because you're crazy. " Nice.

I think I must have a milder experience of this than a lot of people here.

Certain noises trigger a very sudden anger response in me, but I'm quite aware

that this is strange and irrational, and I feel able to recognize the response

for what it is and move on.

Dragging, shuffling feet, high heels, gum snapping, corduroy and nylon rustling

(a BIG one), bicycle sounds, people talking quietly behind me are all triggers.

Also, sounds coming from behind me or outside of my field of vision will always

create a much stronger sense of hostility than sounds coming from sources I can

see. When the feeling is triggered, the predominant mood is intense hostility

for the person creating the sound. I often begin to sweat, and my heart will

beat a bit stronger, like a fight-or-flight reaction.

Possibly related - when I was young, if I would think of a song, I would swear

that I could hear it. It was as if the sound was being generated in my ears as

I thought about it. Also, when I was younger, the boundary between sound,

smell, taste, touch and hearing was much more blurry. As a child it would make

sense to me if someone told me " ketchup on eggs tastes plaid. " I wonder if

others in this forum have had this experience as well?

Thanks for being here. For those of you for whom this is a debilitating

problem, my heart goes out to you. I understand how something like this can be

very troubling.