Sound Sensitivity and Misophonia w/Dr Jane Gregory (Ep 033)
Disordered: Anxiety Help
Josh Fletcher and Drew Linsalata
4.9 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Extreme sensitivity to sound and misophonia (yes, it has a name) is a topic that doesn't get nearly enough attention in the mental health community so this week on Disordered we were lucky enough to have Dr. Jane Gregory stop by to talk about this often under-represented challenge.
Dr. Jane has struggled with misophonia since childhood so not only is she academically and professionally well-versed in the topic, she's lived this experience herself. Dr. Jane has immersed herself in misophonia research which is revealing some amazing insights into this issue and how it can be addressed by clinicians, and has even written a book on the topic ("Sounds Like Misophonia").
Today's discussion touches on not just anxiety triggered by sound, but also on the emotional, social, familial, and cultural impacts of this issue. People struggling with misophonia can often find themselves feeling isolated, and questioning themselves when triggered. Misophonia sufferers may find themselves confused as to why it feels like there are misophonia and non-misophonia versions of themselves.
Even if you do not struggle with misophonia or extreme sound sensitivity, this episode is worth a listen because it is chock-full of great information applicable across many of the topics we cover on Disordered.
Oh, and apologies for the fact that Josh was out rubbing elbows on celebrity podcasts rather than recording, and for the absence of the now traditional screaming American eagle sound effect in this one. I'm sure he'll bring it back next week. ;-)
Find Dr. Jane Gregory online:
https://instagram.com/drjanegregory
https://instagram.com/soundslikemiso
https://soundslikemisophonia.com
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| 0:00.0 | With the misophonia reaction, there was a little bit of a feeling like I might snap and say something I regret. |
| 0:08.0 | It's so overwhelming that it's unbearable. What will I do in an unbearable situation? |
| 0:13.0 | Either crying or snapping at someone with the two main things that I feared. |
| 0:17.0 | Just in this particular context, the trigger would be sound. |
| 0:19.0 | Generally, they're good at regulating their emotions. |
| 0:21.8 | Generally, they're good at paying attention and focusing on things. |
| 0:24.4 | But when it comes to these specific sounds, it's like all those skills go out the window. |
| 0:28.9 | And it's almost like the contrast between normal you and misophonia you is so vast |
| 0:35.0 | that it feels unexplainable and out of control. |
| 0:38.9 | Most people can't understand with misophonia is that it can get to that point because you |
| 0:43.4 | can't filter out the sound and it stays there at the same if not worse intensity over time. |
| 0:52.1 | Welcome to Disordered. This is episode 33, the podcast entitled Sound Sensitivity and Mizzafonia. |
| 0:59.2 | Today we have a special guest, Dr. Dane Gregory. It is just me today. I'm Drew Linzalada, a graduate student in clinical mental health counseling, therapist and training here in New York in the U.S. of A. |
| 1:12.8 | My esteemed co-host is not here today, Josh Fletcher, but he's here in spirit. And today we're going to talk about sound sensitivity |
| 1:17.4 | and something called Misophonia. And sitting next to me on video, if you ever get to watch |
| 1:22.7 | his video, is Dr. Jane Gregory. Dr. Jane is coming all the way from, you're in the London area, right, in the UK? Oxford. Oxford. Oxford, okay. But yeah, so Dr. Jane is a misophonia expert. I think her. Your content is really so interesting to me because no one else talks about this. I've never seen anybody else talk about this. And she just wrote a book called Sounds Like Misophonia. Yeah, look, I'll put it up on the screen. |
| 1:46.0 | Or maybe I will. We'll see. |
| 1:47.0 | Anyway, welcome, Dr. Jane. |
| 1:49.0 | Thanks for coming. |
| 1:50.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:51.0 | And Josh, I forgive you for not being here, even though you have asked me many times to talk to you. |
| 1:57.0 | And I'm so sorry. |
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