When I started writing Full of Sound and Fury: Suffering With Misophonia and Auditory Over-Responsivity, it was a journey for myself. I do not say this lightly. When I say…
I have never felt ashamed of my anxiety and depression. I have suffered, tread through, and rejoiced in its remissions for the better part of ten years. Since I was…
Dear St. Thomas University, They say the most cathartic thing you can do is write down your angry feelings in a letter and never send it. But, as a Politically-Minded…
A large problem with misophonia is the lack of public awareness. I’ve been advocating to fix that in every way I can. There’s not a lot I can do –…
“Everybody gets annoyed by certain noises.” “You just need to get over it, you can’t change the way the world works.” Welcome to Misophonia. Like other conditions, those of us…
It can start as early as four in the morning. Your neighbour stomps his feet around. All of a sudden you go from half-asleep and calm to a nervous wreck….
The title of this blog is about as important and controversial as what I’m about to tell you. I’ll start by saying that no, I do not agree with the…
I have Misophonia. It’s a new disorder (which a lot of people have) that affects how sounds are perceived. When you hear nails on a chalk-board or whistling, you may…
I don’t know what possessed me to live in an all girls dorm. I think it was the only place that I could get a single room. I met some…
For those of you wondering what was actually said in the letter I sent to the school here it is. To Whom It May Concern, Today, Tuesday January 7th, I…