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Misophonia: A connection between sounds and emotions?
Author(s) -
PoorePariseau Cindy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30687
Subject(s) - anger , connection (principal bundle) , hatred , panic , anxiety , psychology , panic disorder , social psychology , psychiatry , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , law , politics
Misophonia, which literally means “hatred of sounds,” has been in existence for longer than anyone knows, but was first “officially” named by Dr. Pawel J. Jastreboff when he noticed a connection between certain “soft” noises (chewing, tapping, ticking, etc.) and a rise in stress levels and emotions that seemed over the top (anger, anxiety, panic). A question to be addressed is why are we now seeing a rise in accommodation requests for this disorder? One possibility is that, due to the nature of the disorder, individuals with this disorder are often isolated, seemingly angry and intolerant, and unaware that this condition is not just a “me quirk.”