What are misophonia triggers?

A misophonia trigger is any stimulus that activates a misophonic reaction.

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Common misophonia triggers include eating sounds (such as chewing or swallowing), nasal sounds (such as sniffing or breathing), and throat sounds (like throat-clearing).

If these are not your only activators, you are not alone. Misophonia activators do not need to be oral or nasal sounds, or even sounds made by humans. Nature sounds (birds chirping, for example) and other non-human sounds (such as clock ticking) are well-documented misophonia activators. So are nonoral/nasal sounds made by humans (like dribbling a basketball). Some misophones are even bothered by visual stimuli.

Read More:

• What are misophonia symptoms?

• Is there a visual version of misophonia?

• What sound sources trigger misophonia? Not just chewing and breathing [June 2021] by Heather Hansen, Andrew B. Leber, and Zeynep M Saygin [Journal of Clinical Psychology]