Guess no one is normal anymore.
Can’t stand the sound of someone biting into an apple, slurping soup, or chewing popcorn? Experts say you may have a bona fide psychological condition.
People who have an extreme aversion to specific noises — most often “mouth sounds” such as loud chewing or lip-smacking — may suffer from a condition called misophonia, the Wall Street Journal reports.
While many people find some everyday sounds annoying, misophonia can disrupts a person’s life, and may affect up to 20 percent of the population, researchers say.
A study of 483 people, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, found that misophonia sufferers say their lives are most impaired by their sensitivity to eating sounds at work and at school, but also at home. Read more
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