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Home › Forums › Coping Skills › What do you do daily to cope with misophonia?
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Let’s discuss and share are coping skills.
One way I cope is by knowing my limits, and trying to have a lot of alone time.
I cope by using constant low-level (45dB) background noise throughout my home. Radio static, brownian noise on a loop, the app Rain Rain. It cuts out about 80-90% of my trigger sounds.
But I’m here to look for ways to cope with or deal with the 10-20% of trigger sounds that are loud enough to cut through my protective cocoon of good sound?
(But I suppose it would also help to understand what other people’s trigger sounds are, because I don’t have “classic” misophonia triggers.)
Lucky for me it’s only the sound of people chewing. Depending on the circumstances will determine how I cope. For instance, if I see it’s coming I will distance myself to a place it will no longer bothers me, that general means leaving the room. If that’s not an option, I hope there’s something I can chew on so the sound of my own chewing will mitigate the outside chewing sound.
Hi,
I’m usually triggered when my husband chews around me so I wear headphones or leave the room. Thankfully, he understands but not everyone does.
Happy to hear that you, too, have an understanding husband. One point of contention for us is he loves snacks during movies. He will ask my permission which snacks he can have. We have settled on softer foods (pudding, yoghurt, cheese puffs), and this negotiation made a huge difference.