Does the sound of someone munching on carrots drive you up the wall? You're not alone and you may be surprised there's a word ...

Misophonia can affect your daily life and cause you to withdraw socially or have trouble with relationships. You can try cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help change your responses to triggering ...

To a chef, the sounds of lip smacking, slurping and swallowing are the highest form of flattery. But to someone with a certain type of misophonia, these same sounds can be torturous. Brain scans are ...

If the sounds of chewing, crunching, slurping, yawning, pen clicking, tapping, water dripping, sniffling, whistling and breathing make you angry or even panicked, you may have misophonia. The term, ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. If there are certain sounds that ...

A little-known sensory condition can make everyday noises such as chewing and crunching unbearable, leading to stress and even panic. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High resolution close-up image of a person's mouth, eating a segment of mandarin Most of us can relate to feeling uncomfortable ...

If certain sounds send chills up your spine, you might be struggling with misophonia. Here’s a questionnaire to help you know. Have you ever heard a certain sound and become overwhelmed with anger, ...

Called "trigger sounds" by the misophonia community, the response can be an immediate and intense fight or flight feeling. Publishing today in Current Biology, the researchers report the first ...