How Does Misophonia Feel

Visitors to the website were asked how misophonia makes one feel.
Here are their responses:

Hatred, anger, anxiety…. just want to punch someone or I can’t get away fast enough.

Anger and anxiety. My fight or flight takes full effect.

I feel how a wet towel looks when it is being ringed dry really, really tightly

Feels like I could hit whatever the source is with a bat.

It comes in stages, first irritation, then frustration, then it quickly escalates to anger and anxiety and then if it continues, I absolutely have to take myself out of the situation or I feel as though I will lose it. If I can’t leave the room/area I have to cover my ears until I can figure out an escape, all the while feeling frantic/panic.

It feels like a state of emergency.

Physical tension, like full body.

I get heated, confused, want to punch myself or something and feel like leaving or runaway.
All because I heard a sound or see something. I try to avoid it by looking ahead.

Like I’m in hell.

Severe reaction is to flee.

Anxiety, the feeling of tightness, then just rage, then the feeling like needing to run, followed by extreme mental pain.

My blood turns to fire.

Anxiety, anger, my stomach balls up, my jaw clamps down and I start thinking very unpleasant thoughts.

Extreme anger and emotional. I lose concentration on everything and feel a wave of numb withdrawal. Sometimes if it’s really bad like my father in laws ice chewing I my face turns red and start to shake.

I get so angry that I can’t take it. I want to scream and tell the people to STOP doing whatever it is that is causing my anger. It’s very upsetting for me because I hate the feeling that I get.

Rage. Panic. Physical pain. Fight or flight. If I can’t leave the trigger, I have to spend all of my mental and physical energy squelching the urge to scream or cry. I have developed a type of PTSD about going to certain places I know will have triggers and feel panicked and sick before I even go there.

Brain static and overwhelming need to fight/run.

Extreme fear. To a point I wish I die.

Panic inside my chest and a boiling feeling in my head where I could hurt people around me if I don’t control it.

Anger/disgust. It took me a while to figure out exactly what emotion for me.

I feel sick to my stomach, get a lump in my throat, and I want to get away ASAP.

Rage/Disgust. I just instantly get pissed off and want to just scream at whoever is triggering me. I usually just glare and walk away or if I’m at work, put my earbuds in and crank the music up!

Disgust, then frustration then anger/rage which gets worse because the cause usually seems amplified where that is all I notice. I usually have to leave.

I feel like crying/very mad and can feel the heat coming up my neck. Wanna just punch something. Or someone!

Makes me think really horrible thoughts of the person making the noise.

Depends on the sound, sometimes cringe into a ball with shudders and goosebumps, sometimes near-uncontrollable rage.

Anger and panic. Fight or flight. I want to cry.

First, I’m uncomfortable. Then I get angry. Then I start shaking.

My stomach twists into knots and my chest tightens, I get a surge of adrenaline, the feeling of frustration and anger fill my head and all I can do is focus on the sound entering a feedback loop making the above worse and worse. If it goes on long enough, I’ll get a headache behind my eyes.

I hear my pulse through my ears and everything goes black for a second, until I can control it by breathing.

Agitation quickly turning into rage.

Instant fist clenching, teeth clamping rage. I’m not sure that I am aware of anything else other than how to get away from it.

Anxiety, nausea, I wanna pull my own hair out and run.

I feel like I instantly want to headbutt the closest wall.

Anxiety and annoyance, and the longer the sound continues the anxiety turns into anger/rage.

I want to scream and punch and kick. I’ll either mimic the sound or make noises in my head to try to cover the trigger.

Flash of rage. At first, I can ignore it but if it keeps happening I eventually lose my cool. Everyone thinks I’m so mellow until some repetitive noise turns me into a madman.

Intense heat and anger.

Agitated, angry, stomach turning, rage, heat, heart thumping, fear, stomach in my throat, panic, then try to calmly figure out how to get away from it.

Repulsed & angered.

Like someone sent a shock through my body, started at the base of my skull.

I cringe and want to get away from the sound & if I can’t, I press my ears so the sound is muffled.
I wince in pain. My stomach drops and every muscle in my body tenses up and I start twitching. I will literally inflict pain on myself to distract from it, leave the room, or scream at the one making the noise if it happens more than a couple of times.

I get hot and sweaty and panicky.

Like I want to scream at the person.

Feels like the snap of a rubber band! I can snap just that fast if you pull my trigger!

People’s faces become EXTREMELY punchable. the world flashes red.

I wince internally and can only describe it as my “bones shaking” but still feel that it doesn’t accurately articulate my discomfort.

My anger increases as the number of offenses increases, especially by the same offender!