Re: Newby!

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Hello and welcome aboard! I'm so happy you found your way here.

There are about a zillion different coping methods that have been discussed on

this board. None of them are an absolute cure, but maybe you'll find one that

works for you. The best I can do is share what works for me: meditation. Some

other members of this group have also had some results with meditation- maybe

they will weigh in and tell you more. The reason meditation helps me is that

it's calming, it puts you back in control of your mind a little and it creates a

space in your mind where the triggers can't reach. If you practice putting

yourself into a trance state for a while, you may be able to do it when you

can't escape a trigger.

Good luck, and enjoy the feeling that you're no longer alone!

-Kate

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> Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum so just thought i'd say hello.

> Up until about a month ago I didn't know anything about

> 4S/Hyperacusis/ Misophonia etc in fact I never even realised

> that what I was suffering from was actually a genuine condition,

> I thought it was just me and that I was some sort of freak!

> I have recently visited my GP and we are investigating further.

>

> Because this is all new to me I would be interested to hear

> other people's experiences and if you have any method's of coping

> with the triggers, my worse trigger is keyboard typing - I share an

> office with my boss and he is a heavy handed/slow/one finger typist,

> it absolutely drives me mad to the point of rage, in fact i've had

> to have three replacement keyboards in the last year

> (try explaining that to the IT department!) My other triggers

> (open mouthed eating, continuous whistling, groups of people

> all talking at once.) are all controlable because I can walk

> away but I can't do that with my boss so I would be interested

> to hear if anyone has perfected any control techniques because I

> am genuinely worried what I will do if I do snap on day!

>