misophone
Noun
A person who suffers from misophonia.
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One teen couldn’t stand the sound of her mother sighing and, after going on anti-depressants, attempted suicide three times. Psychologists have begun to call them misophones—people with an acute reaction to specific, usually low-volume sounds. But because the condition is still poorly understood, sufferers struggle to convince their families, friends, and employers that their problem isn’t just a heightened form of neuroticism.
[…] [Jane Gregory] likened misophones to meerkat super guards, “able to detect the slightest hint of danger while the others forage for food and entertain the kids”.
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misophones