New research reveals that the intense rage triggered by everyday sounds like chewing isn't a mere personality quirk.

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To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Research suggests that people with misophonia — the condition defined by intense emotional and physiological ...

Shortly after her parents’ divorce at 13 years old, any time Lindsey Baatz would hear a person chewing gum or a speaker playing music with heavy bass, she bubbled with rage, disgust and panic. Sixteen ...

Everyone has that one sound that makes their skin crawl. Maybe it is a colleague who keeps clicking a pen during a meeting, or someone chewing loudly beside you on a quiet train. These everyday noises ...

From Melissa Gilbert to Kelly Ripa and Kelly Osbourne, here are the celebrities who can’t stand certain sounds due to misophonia Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She ...

Have you ever found yourself so annoyed by a certain sound that it makes you feel almost violent? The sound can be anything from someone chewing with their mouth open, coughing, to clicking their pen ...

Q Ever since I was little, I have absolutely hated the sound of other people chewing. Whenever I try to explain this to someone, they think I’m overreacting or even making it up. Is this something you ...

Q Ever since I was little, I have absolutely hated the sound of other people chewing. Whenever I try to explain this to someone, they think I’m overreacting or even making it up. Does anyone know why ...

For some, it's nails on a chalkboard — either the literal kind or the figurative kind. For others, it's people humming. And for scores of us, it's that one most hated sound of all: the sound of ...