The Misophonia Podcast

This is a very powerful conversation with Matt, a young man who lives just outside of Chicago. Matt is just out of high school but he’s already lived through a lot of darkness and pain brought on by his misophonia, having effects on family, friends, school, work, and ultimately culminating in a hospitalization last year to treat his mental health. Matt now has close friends that help him, his fami...

I talked to Jess shortly after the most recent Misophonia Convention. We talk about the positive feelings you get after meeting so many people with miso. She faced resistance from her family about her miso as she was growing up and we talk about those struggles in communicating the condition then, as well as through friendships, relationships, and how she has dealt with it now at work... where she...

Rachel came to my attention when I found an excellent short story she wrote (under the pseudonym Rebecca Campbell) called “Golden”, which revolves around a misophonia incident. We talk about that, her background with misophonia and misokinesia, her career as a children's author, growing up in a family with miso, as well as dealing with miso as a mother of two young children.   Golden on Amazo...

Clare is on a mission to find more misophones around her and spread the word. We talk about that, synesthesia, how miso has affected her family, living in a world designed for neurotypicals and of course a whole lot more.    ---   Web: https://misophoniapodcast.com Email: hello@misophoniapodcast.com Send me any feedback! Also, if you want some beautiful podcast stickers shoot over your address.  S...

André Felipe is in Brazil, happens to be a podcast producer, and is of course suffering from misophonia. He’s also a Highly Sensitive Person, a term that has come up in some previous podcasts. We talk about that, we talk about cultural differences in Brazil and how they affect misophonia, we get really deep into how miso has scarred family relationships, and we also talk about self-triggers, which...

Ashton is a television journalist based in Kentucky. You may have seen her requests for interviews since she is also a grad student working on a documentary about misophonia. We talk about all that, her family’s experiences with miso (she’s definitely not the only one in her family), and a lot more.   ashton.jones@wbko.com Twitter Facebook   --- Web: https://misophoniapodcast.com Email: hello@miso...

Jennifer is known to many of us as Miss Misophonia through her popular and very informative Instagram. We talk about themes she is hearing in the questions and feedback she gets, her coping mechanisms and how they’ve evolved over the years, and we get to hear about the book she is writing about misophonia.   Miss Misophonia:  Instagram More links     --- Web: https://misophoniapodcast.com Email: h...

There was a young woman from Cork  Who hated the scrape of a fork  If anyone dared  She’d throw her death glare    And leave them alone with the pork  -- A. Ahmad    Claire is my first guest from Ireland. She has lived on both sides of The Atlantic but is now back home. This was a really fun conversation. She actually comes from a large family of misophones, which you’ll hear about. She has tons o...

Marcus is an award-winning standup comedian based in Australia. He tours the world (when there is no pandemic) with his show, which now also incorporates jokes and experiences about his misophonia. We talk about advocating for misophonia and mental health, how he copes with traveling to so many new places and not always being able to control his environment, and much more. Don't miss this fun...

Erica is a teacher, among many things, but currently her main gig is teaching gymnastics virtually from home. We talk about all the things she works on, how her partner is extremely sensitive to her misophonia, and how miso gets easier in some ways, but more difficult in other ways going from childhood into adulthood. She also gives some great advice toward the end on how to manage miso mentally a...

John runs a couple of the Facebook Groups devoted to Misophonia support. You can find links to them below. He's passionate about misophonia support and advocacy. I met him a couple years ago at the first Misophonia convention I went to. In this episode we cover the online groups, the convention, mini-reviews of ear plugs and Airpods, plus his life and times with miso.    https://www.facebook....

Excited to bring you this episode with Heather, maybe better known to some of you as That Girl With 4S - @chewwithyourmouthclosed , her social media account. She’s also quite active in forums helping people make sense of their miso and the the miso of family members. She’s been doing this for years. Heather came on and actually brought, her boss Michael. So we get to talk all about their experienc...

This week I’m talking to Melody, an artist living in Israel. I haven’t talked to enough people outside of North America or Europe so this was really cool. It’s a really interesting conversation because she talks about some unusual triggers and coping mechanisms due to her problems handling sound volume and vibrations more generally. Melody's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/melomarshmelo    Anot...

If you were expecting this episode a couple days ago my apologies, I got over extended on a number of projects that I’m trying to finish off by the end of summer and had to slip this week’s episode. I assure you we’ll be back on schedule every Wednesday next week. I’m particularly bummed because Wednesday my guest’s birthday, so a very happy belated birthday to Samantha, a longtime listener of the...

Brianna is a psychology student at San Diego State and an advocate for all mental health issues. In the vein of last week’s episode with Malya, here Brianna and I talk about the support system she has in place and how she got there, her supportive parents, her boyfriend and her friends circle. Now she is very confident and proactive telling anyone about her condition, including sometimes educating...

Malya is a high school student in Utah. A lot of students, and parents of students write in wondering about how to survive at school with miso. Malya is a strong advocate for herself at school and has great support from her family. She does some work for an amazing youth mental health advocacy organization called Hope Squad. She talks about her tools and techniques, plus how she explains it to fri...

Christos is yet another resident of England, though originally from Greece. We talk about everything from metalcore music, telling our friends and partners about miso, anxiety attacks, mandatory army duties in Greece, and how to badly injure your hand when punching a door after a trigger.  I want to do a shout out from Misolist again, this week it’s RescueSquad Design , a Creative Services Agency...

Some of you may be familiar with Dorian after she posted a beautiful, raw Instagram Story @dorianlouise where she talked about her misophonia publicly for the first time. It got a great reaction and hopefully inspired others to speak out and share their experiences. I immediately wanted to get her on the show and we were able to finally chat a couple months ago.  A couple quick notes, just a remin...

Cory is an artist living in Long Beach, California, as well as a teacher. In this episode we talk about art as not just therapy, but a form of meditation, grief and loss as an aggravator of triggers, and we discuss the still very relevant topic of working from home and its pros and cons. Check out Cory’s art on Instagram at @artistcorybilicko . Plus here is the documentary Cory talks about:  Sensi...

Maisy is an art history student who took a few years off before starting college, in no small part due to misophonia. We talk about healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms, sleeping arrangements, and other ways to live with a partner. Maisy is a big fan of the podcast and says it has really helped to listen to all the past guests, so thank you to everyone who has come on.   Instagram @maisy_made  ...

Natalie is a student at UCLA and is the founder of the Misophonia Support and Awareness group at UCLA. I’m really excited to have her on because I noticed her student group last year and really see her as an inspiration hopefully for other schools and institutions.    Miso List shout-out this week to Old School Screenprinting & Design . They offer screenprinting, embroidery, and design service...

Ella is a high school student in Washington State and we talk about life at school, her miso origin story, meeting Dr. Marsha Johnson, ADA accommodations and her plans for the future.   Shout-out to the 2020 Misophonia convention! This is the annual convention I sometimes talk about which was actually the place I thought of starting this podcast. It was going to be in Philadelphia this year but it...

Tim works as an LGBTQ advocate professionally and we talk about, many of his common experiences as someone with misophonia but also some interesting similarities in the life experiences of bring an LGBTQ person and a misophone. Both are very personal experiences that are often difficult to understand and talk about. Also want to say happy pride month to everyone out there.   Check out my new proje...

Ana is an active misophonia advocate. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about her coping mechanisms which include changing her thought process during triggers, breathing exercises, meditation, journaling, and living a healthier life. We also talk about her family and her home country of Russia, which are both in total denial on misophonia.   Check out my new project, The Miso List . A site...

Dr. Storch is a clinical psychologist, vice chair of Psychology at the Baylor College of Medicine, and leading a study at Baylor on misophonia. I'm usually speaking with other misophonia sufferers on this podcast but once in a while I like to bring great conversations with experts. We talk about his research (funded by the Misophonia Research Fund), his clinical observations on misophonia and...