Misophonia: Scientists crack why eating sounds can make people angry

[steve2470]

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38842561

Why some people become enraged by sounds such as eating or breathing has been explained by brain scan studies.

The condition, misophonia, is far more than simply disliking noises such as nails being scraped down a blackboard.

"I feel there's a threat and get the urge to lash out - it's the fight or flight response," says patient Olana Tansley-Hancock, 29, from Kent.

UK scientists have shown some people's brains become hardwired to produce an "excessive" emotional response

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[burrowowl]

1. Interesting!!!!

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Neat!

I absolutely hate to hear people chewing.

[True Dough]

3. Or slurping soup!

[Nonhlanhla]

4. My husband's chewing annoys me to no end

I love the dude (we've been together 25 years), but his style of chewing makes me nuts because of the sound it makes. He thinks I'M nuts! Gotta make him read this!