Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Misophonia isn't only about chewing. (Photo: Getty Images) My boyfriend reaches for the cheese, and I look on with dread.

Most people find some sounds unpleasant, such as a baby crying or a siren, because of features such as their pitch, frequency ...

As a teen, Jaweria Syed spent countless hours every day after school lying on her bed with her eyes closed, imagining herself onstage as a backup dancer for Drake, Nicki Minaj and other hip-hop ...

If you feel irrationally angry or upset at certain sounds, particularly the noises that result when someone chews with their mouth open, you may have misophonia. Though the hypersensitivity to these ...

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, ...

Everyone has that one sound that makes their skin crawl. Maybe it is a colleague who keeps clicking a pen during a meeting, or someone chewing loudly beside you on a quiet train. These everyday noises ...

Researchers for the first time have identified the parts of the brain involved in a less-commonly studied trigger of misophonia, a condition associated with an extreme aversion to certain sounds. The ...

Shortly after her parents’ divorce at 13 years old, any time Lindsey Baatz would hear a person chewing gum or a speaker playing music with heavy bass, she bubbled with rage, disgust and panic. Sixteen ...

For Jeffrey Gould, the feelings would often arise at the dinner table. Surrounded by people eating their meals, drinking their drinks; he'd often get these feelings of rage, panic and utter disgust.

Dear Meghan: My 6-year-old daughter can’t tolerate the sound of her 4-year-old sister’s chewing. The moment she hears her sister eating, my older one immediately gets upset. But here’s the thing — she ...