His children who eat cornflakes or popcorn;
her husband brushing his teeth;
a stranger on the train chewing gum;
his mother who is breathing a little hard;
a colleague blowing his nose… All these noises, Fanny, 41, can't stand them.
"I'm going mad
," admits this auxiliary of justice.
I can tell myself that it makes no sense, it's stronger than me.
I feel it rising inside, between anger, helplessness and exasperation.
My whole body is exhausted! ”
Fanny is not crazy: she is misophone.
“Like
about 10% of the population
, estimates Dr Anne-Marie Piffaut, former ENT practitioner now working in psychosomatics in her specialty and author of
Misophonie
(Éditions Leduc).
It is an intolerance to the sounds of the body of others, not to be confused with hyperacusis, which is intolerance to the noises of everyday life (the purring of the dishwasher, the ticking of the alarm clock) , or misokinesia, intolerance of body movements (tapping
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