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    mipakrStephanie Lee
    9/08/16 12:39pm

    oh please let there be a support group for us poor souls with misophonia.

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      lonelyinmynightmaremipakr
      9/08/16 3:23pm

      Hi. I have that. It’s fucking awful and I want to kill everyone when I hear them eating.

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      TheOtherHalfmipakr
      9/09/16 9:15am
      He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses; the most insipid food was alone endurable; he could wear only garments of certain texture; the odors of all flowers were oppressive; his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror.

      The Fall of the House of Usher - E. A. Poe

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    jenwillisStephanie Lee
    9/09/16 9:35am

    Thanks for this. I have dysautonomia and daily migraine, which can be both debilitating and demoralizing.

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      BTSKYjenwillis
      9/09/16 3:07pm

      I have weekly (1-2 days per week) debilitating migraines. Absolutely awful. I can’t imagine what it is like having them daily.

      Also, I get the feeling that my colleagues just think I’m lazy. I’ve heard of a few talking trash about me when I’m not there. It’s so demoralizing and frustrating to have an invisible disease that is not taken seriously.

      I hope you find some help and a treatment that works for you.

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      jenwillisBTSKY
      9/09/16 8:20pm

      I understand where you’re coming from, and I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had such an experience.

      Apart from the pain and other issues, the impact of chronic illness and migraine on personal and professional relationships can be rather severe. I have lost friendships and experienced a distancing with family members because of misapprehensions about my health and because I simply can’t do everything they feel I should be doing.

      And it’s easy for me to be hard on myself about all of it as well. I grew up with the belief that I was lazy and avoidant and a prickly wet blanket, when it turns out I was literally sick and tired all along. It’s hard to let go of those stories we have been told about ourselves—and which we retell to ourselves—even in the face of new information.

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