TIPS FOR COPING

 

• Keep a miso-related diary

• Discuss your triggers and experiences

• ​Get medically diagnosed

• ​Join a support group, either in-person or online

• ​Mask your trigger noises by:

  • ​Using ambient noise (through headphones or speakers)

  • Mimicking the trigger noise

  • Synchronizing noises

• ​Purposely avoid situations or settings where you're likely to encounter trigger noises

• Control your breathing: slow and steady breaths 

• Play with a stress ball

• Go somewhere quiet and do something to take your mind off the trigger

 

 

TIPS FOR DISCUSSING MISO WITH OTHERS 

 

• ​Don't be afraid to say how you feel

• Know that people without misophonia may not fully understand what your feeling

• Explain the different triggers that can bother misos

 

 

WHAT TO DO WHEN...

• Someone is doing something to trigger your miso ➤ First, try to control yourself by breathing in through your nose, and out through your mouth. Try your best to distract yourself from the trigger. If this does not seem to be working, don't be afraid to approach the person and nicely explain to them how what they are doing is affecting you immensely.

• You are full of rage due to an occurring trigger ➤ The most important thing to remember is that you are the only one that can truly understand how you feel. Find a quiet spot, away from others and your trigger, and start to do breathing exercises to relax your body. 

• Others are making fun of you for having misophonia ➤ Well, as much as we would like to, we cannot control how other people think and act; but, we can try. Explain your disorder, and make it clear that it is not just simply being bothered by a noise. Although it may be frustrating when others do not understand what you are going through, you have to just sit back and not let their thoughts impact your life. If someone has something negative to say about your miso, try your best to ignore them. And don't forget, you are not alone in this struggle.  

 

 

HELPFUL VIDEO

 

Here is a mashup of several videos—of white noise and relaxing sounds—to help you cope with a trigger or take your mind off your misophonia.