Understanding Misophonia: Therapeutic Approaches and Personal Anecdotes

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This chapter explores various therapeutic modalities, particularly EMDR, and their potential applications for managing misophonia, focusing on emotional responses to specific sounds. It highlights the importance of understanding the psychological underpinnings of misophonia, including how past experiences shape auditory sensitivities, especially in familial contexts. Through personal anecdotes and listener inquiries, the conversation emphasizes empathy, coping strategies, and the complexities of supporting individuals affected by sound sensitivities.

Forks on teeth. Lip smacking. Metal on metal. (Don’t worry, there are no sonic examples of triggers in this episode!) Why do some of us haaaate certain noises and other folks cannot comprehend how a sound could be so irritating? Let’s meet in the middle with a professional Misophonologist, clinical psychologist, and Oxford University research fellow Dr. Jane Gregory. Dr. Gregory not only has misophonia, but has propelled research and public awareness of the condition. We lob so many questions to learn: what it feels like to have it, how many people experience it, the most common sounds that trigger it, what your brain thinks is happening, why certain people or situations may be worse than others, how to be helpful to people with misophonia, headphones, earplugs, exposure therapies, cognitive behavior therapy, experimenting on oneself, age and misophonia, and where zombies fit into it.

Visit Dr. Jane Gregory’s website and follow her on Instagram and X

Get her book, Sounds Like Misophonia: How to Stop Small Noises from Causing Extreme Reactions on Bookshop.org or Amazon

Read her papers on ResearchGate

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