Around 11 is when it started. I have a vivid memory of my sister frowning at me for mimicking my Mum swallowing- 1 of the few triggers I had back then. If that’s when it started, it has escalated hugely over the past decade and a half.

I’m done damaging the people who matter to me—and that has to include myself.

“I'm someone who just so happens to deal with misophonia. It’s hard, being a high schooler, stressed out about college applications and homework, stress eating, but struggling to chew a piece of bread without wanting to throw something.”