Ah yes indeed the condition we are suffering from does have a name, misophonia. Have you noticed the unpleasant sounds are easier to tolerate if you are making the sound yourself too? I find I can just about eat in company without stabbing the other person with a fork but if I’m not eating myself we are in dangerous water. The condition is also greatly heightened if I’m tired.

My partner has a dog so I now live with a dog and while she was adjusting to the new house, I nearly lost my mind when it kept barking at night and she has a very high bark. I can tolerate the barking outside at daytime because it’s muffled enough to soften it.

It would be interesting to know if we could somehow determine the exact range of noises that hit the spot.

My sister is the same with me, brother and dad sometimes too. Mom is totally clueless and thinks that we are all probably cray cray for getting so extremely irritated by sounds.