{"id":66062,"date":"2023-08-17T12:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=66062"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:48:24","slug":"cant-stand-the-sound-of-your-partner-eating-you-could-be-suffering-from-misophonia-it-ruins-one-in-five-brit-lives-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/lifestyle\/cant-stand-the-sound-of-your-partner-eating-you-could-be-suffering-from-misophonia-it-ruins-one-in-five-brit-lives-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t stand the sound of your partner eating? You could be suffering from misophonia – it ruins one in five Brit lives | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
FIND it hard to sit in the same room as people chewing food?<\/p>\n
Well, you're not alone. <\/p>\n
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One in five Brits have a serious condition that makes them angry or upset at the sound of chewing.<\/p>\n
British scientists say misophonia is a real health issue which plagues 18 per cent of UK adults \u2013 around 10million of us.<\/p>\n
And it's different to the mild irritation you experience while listening to your partner chomp down loudly on a steak. <\/p>\n
Misophonia can leave sufferers feeling "trapped" or even "helpless" and can often lead to the breakdown of relationships and friendships.<\/p>\n
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To make matters worse, it's not just chewing that can trigger people. <\/p>\n
Other deal breakers include slurping, snoring, and heavy breathing. <\/p>\n
The jury is out on whether it is a genetic condition or the result of previous trauma and research continues to see if it is caused by an auditory or neurological problem in the brain.<\/p>\n
Despite it's prevalence, only one in seven (14 per cent) of people in the study had heard of it.<\/p>\n
<\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Until very recently, sufferers have lived with the condition in silence as it is so poorly understood. <\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t even granted a name until 2001.<\/p>\n Psychologist Dr Jane Gregory, from Oxford University, said: \u201cMisophonia is more than just being annoyed by certain sounds.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about feeling trapped or helpless when you can\u2019t get away from them.<\/p>\n She added: \u201cIt\u2019s about feeling like there\u2019s something wrong with you for the way you react to sounds, but also not being able to do anything about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n "It can be such a relief for people to find out that they are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n The study by Oxford and King\u2019s College London quizzed a group of 772 adults in the UK.<\/p>\n They were asked to rate their feelings towards several different everyday 'trigger' sounds.<\/p>\n It found 142 hit a threshold of \u201csignificant symptoms\u201d of misophonia \u2013 18.4 per cent.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Loud chewing triggered the most unhappiness among the survey respondents, whereas many of the other sounds triggered widespread irritation.<\/p>\n The study was published in the journal Plos One.<\/p>\nYellow heat health alert issued as temperatures climb<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n
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