Misophonia International is Officially Joining the International Misophonia Foundation!

Misophonia International is proud to join the upcoming nonprofit The International Misophonia Foundation. As of September 1^st, 2023, Misophonia International will now be operating as an extension of the IMF. We are excited to be on this journey for a better understanding of Misophonia for the public and research/clinical community.

The International Misophonia foundation is dedicated to improving research, access to resources and awareness of Misophonia, newly recognized neurophysiological disorder that impacts quality of life of sufferers.

The purposes of this non-profit are as follows:

To provide funding end help initiate research for misophonia
To engage in public advocacy campaigns and promote awareness for misophonia, and teach the public, clinicians, and sufferers, about the disorder
To provide resources for clinicians, researchers, and the public on misophonia
To facilitate research for misophonia through the development of a research journal
To facilitate research for misophonia by conducting original research

If you would like to help the International Misophonia Foundation in our beginning stages, we are offering a lifetime membership for $250—which includes discounts on all future conferences, workshops, books, and products. In the future, memberships will be between $50 to $100 per year.

You can register here: https://www.misophoniafoundation.com/product/founding-donor-membership/

Misophonia International is now part of The International Misophonia Foundation. On our journey to becoming a nonprofit, we need help from members of the community to realize our goals (funding research, facilitating research, helping sufferers, and providing info to clinicians, researchers and sufferers). If you are interested in helping us grow, you can receive lifetime membership benefits here, or make a choose-your-price donation here.

Shaylynn H.

Shaylynn is a web, graphic, and print designer (Honours Diploma in Creative Digital Media) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. In the future, Shaylynn hopes to become a clinician and follow the principles of RRR. Shaylynn is also an advocate for misophonia, mental illness education, OCD, and writes several books. As part of her advocacy work, Shaylynn helps run several online communities including an OCD and Misophonia subreddit and discord, as well as a social network for misophonia. Shaylynn and Jennifer started working together in 2015 and co-created the news and advocacy site Misophonia International. As a misophonia advocate, Shaylynn has written for numerous publications, including: The Huffington Post, Different Brains, Physician’s Weekly, The Mighty, as well as many more. Shaylynn is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books including Full of Sound and Fury: Living With Misophonia, Acceleration, How We Survive Ourselves, and the poetry anthology The World Breaks Everyone. In her personal life, Shaylynn loves books, reading, water, and the stars. She is a proud cat mom, and lives with her amazing partner in Canada.

Misophonia International is Officially Joining the International Misophonia Foundation!