Guest guest Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Hi, . I would be willing to be a subject in your misophonia project. I would be very interested in seeing the finished product. In fact, if you want, you can send me the plane fare and I'll go to Wales to meet you. Just kidding! Seriously, though, I would be glad to answer any questions you have. It sounds like a very interesting and worthwhile project. Good luck! Hope to hear from you. Subject: Re: Psychology projectTo: Soundsensitivity Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 2:47 PM Hi Tara,That sounds absolutely terrific and how wonderful you are for having such a passion for misophonia. I live in Wales, would it be at all possible for us to work together on the project? I have no idea how these things work and if this would be a possibility but I am hopeful that there is a way. At the moment, my main concern is finding enough subjects to form a valid study. I don't know anyone in 'real life' with misophonia and I'm not sure how many people I will be able to recruit from the message board but I definitely think mindfulness-based CBT could make quite a difference.>> Hi, , > > All absolutely wonderful thoughts, and just what is needed. I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist/ Psychotherapist living in England. I am presently in California, interested in doing research, and in touch with a graduate student in SF who, too, wants to present her thesis on misophonia. We all have the same problem with lack of resources and info, so I guess we are the leaders! > I am interviewing 2 misophonia sufferers in Feb, and will hopefully meet the grad student as well. It would be great to all put our heads together and help one another. If we can get 3 papers out, it would be an amazing beginning, and get others on board. > All very challenging and exciting. > Please stay. In touch!> With regards,> Tara> www.lastingchanges.co. Uk> Let your email find you with BlackBerry from Vodafone> > Psychology project> > Hi everyone,> I'm studying a masters in clinical psychology for which I have to complete a research project, which is like a miniture PhD. I thought that, since there is very little research in this area, I could focus on sound sensitivity/ hyperacusis/ phonophobia and hopefully produce a paper that is worthy of publication or that sparks some interest in the field. However, I am looking for your input as to what I can study as I only have access to first year subjects (very few of whom are likely to have this problem) or a population that I come up with myself. Does anyone have any idea on what aspect of this I could study? At the moment, I am thinking of a project regarding mindfulness and providing subjects with a home-based course in mindfulness over 6-8 weeks to see if this has an impact on their difficulties. Would this be the sort of thing you guys might be interested in? Does anyone have any other ideas?> Your input would be very much appreciated!> x> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hi Tara, Great to hear from you and good to know I have your support. Yes, I am a member of the UK Misophonia network so when I have a better idea of what the study will entail, I will email him to ask for his permission to recruit for sujects. I'm not sure if I'm able to construct a list of questions myself, I think I'd have to use a validated scale. I agree that insight can be very useful. When I learned that my unease in my own home may be the result of childhood trauma, it made me more aware that my unease didn't represent an objective sense of danger but more the leftovers from things that had happened in the past. I also agree that misophonia may require a multifaceted treatment approach but I do think mindfulness might go a long way in easing the symptoms. I very much hope to be proved right! I would be interested to find out how your pilot study went. I'm not entirely sure how many subjects I'd need. Other people in my class are using up to 100 but I think that would be impossible in this case. I suppose as many as I can get really! > > > > Hi, , > > > > All absolutely wonderful thoughts, and just what is needed. I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist/ Psychotherapist living in England. I am presently in California, interested in doing research, and in touch with a graduate student in SF who, too, wants to present her thesis on misophonia. We all have the same problem with lack of resources and info, so I guess we are the leaders! > > I am interviewing 2 misophonia sufferers in Feb, and will hopefully meet the grad student as well. It would be great to all put our heads together and help one another. If we can get 3 papers out, it would be an amazing beginning, and get others on board. > > All very challenging and exciting. > > Please stay. In touch! > > With regards, > > Tara > > www.lastingchanges.co. Uk > > Let your email find you with BlackBerry from Vodafone > > > > Psychology project > > > > Hi everyone, > > I'm studying a masters in clinical psychology for which I have to complete a research project, which is like a miniture PhD. I thought that, since there is very little research in this area, I could focus on sound sensitivity/ hyperacusis/ phonophobia and hopefully produce a paper that is worthy of publication or that sparks some interest in the field. However, I am looking for your input as to what I can study as I only have access to first year subjects (very few of whom are likely to have this problem) or a population that I come up with myself. Does anyone have any idea on what aspect of this I could study? At the moment, I am thinking of a project regarding mindfulness and providing subjects with a home-based course in mindfulness over 6-8 weeks to see if this has an impact on their difficulties. Would this be the sort of thing you guys might be interested in? Does anyone have any other ideas? > > Your input would be very much appreciated! > > x > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hi Tara, Your pilot study sounds really interesting and seemed to get great results. I'm not sure of any misophonia scales apart from the US misophonia scale which I'm aware only has limited use. Mindfulness is fabulously helpful for so many things, as I'm learning from the course I'm currently undertaking. The problem is that it takes practice and can be frustrating at times. I also don't know how I would teach it to people with misophonia as part of the study. I am also interested in the fear aspect of misophonia and the extent to which the limbic system is involved. I have noticed that my own problems are very much related to my fear or fear and my intolerance of anxiety and panic, which inevitably makes things worse. In all honesty, my supervisor at university has been less than helpful. I have a meeting with her on 7th February and will report back. If I continue to feel that she's not invested in the project, I'll find someone else. I strongly feel that this project requires people who really care. I am beyond eager to get this started as there are people suffering when there could be a cure out there and I feel like those involved should want the same thing, as you clearly do. I love Erkhart Tolle. I have all of his books and they've really affected me. I agree that our minds are often racing off into the future or ruminating of the past and I like the idea of 'getting our money's worth from the present moment' as my mindfulness teacher put it. Also, I would be delighted to contribute my own experience to your research and talk about my emotions, triggers etc. Please let me know if I can be of help. > > > > > > Hi, , > > > > > > All absolutely wonderful thoughts, and just what is needed. I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist/ Psychotherapist living in England. I am presently in California, interested in doing research, and in touch with a graduate student in SF who, too, wants to present her thesis on misophonia. We all have the same problem with lack of resources and info, so I guess we are the leaders! > > > I am interviewing 2 misophonia sufferers in Feb, and will hopefully meet the grad student as well. It would be great to all put our heads together and help one another. If we can get 3 papers out, it would be an amazing beginning, and get others on board. > > > All very challenging and exciting. > > > Please stay. In touch! > > > With regards, > > > Tara > > > www.lastingchanges.co. Uk > > > Let your email find you with BlackBerry from Vodafone > > > > > > Psychology project > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > I'm studying a masters in clinical psychology for which I have to complete a research project, which is like a miniture PhD. I thought that, since there is very little research in this area, I could focus on sound sensitivity/ hyperacusis/ phonophobia and hopefully produce a paper that is worthy of publication or that sparks some interest in the field. However, I am looking for your input as to what I can study as I only have access to first year subjects (very few of whom are likely to have this problem) or a population that I come up with myself. Does anyone have any idea on what aspect of this I could study? At the moment, I am thinking of a project regarding mindfulness and providing subjects with a home-based course in mindfulness over 6-8 weeks to see if this has an impact on their difficulties. Would this be the sort of thing you guys might be interested in? Does anyone have any other ideas? > > > Your input would be very much appreciated! > > > x > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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