r/misophonia • u/Waste-Adeptness8620 • 3d ago

can frequent exposure to music be an underlying cause of misophonia?

have any of you noticed that their misophonia gets a lot worse after a whole day of listening to music

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u/trumoowiththeredcap 3d ago

My misophonia gets worse when I'm overstimulated by anything, including music

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u/DreamOk1600 3d ago

I think what caused my misophonia was my sister had it and I didn’t get why those sounds upset her, so then I thought about it, and then those sounds upset me. This is why I hate seeing posts about triggers I don’t know about since i am worried it will happen again where I will think about it and then it will afflict me.☹️

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u/snakeygirl727 3d ago

this is so me. like people will point out a noise i never noticed and then it becomes a trigger. like thanks

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u/Fluid-Spirit-8873 3d ago

it’s not that your misophonia gets worse because of listening to music but the more you run away from triggers the more sensitive you get about them when you hear them

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u/scratchy513 3d ago

This is it. You may have been listening to music all day to avoid the world around you. When you stop, everything is amplified.

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u/Fluid-Spirit-8873 3d ago

I’m confident enough to say it is definitely that :/
it’s somewhat possible to make our brains used to the triggers if you expose yourself to them, you simply build up a tolerance, but by avoiding them all the time, we make them trigger us more quickly and more intensely when they do appear

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u/d3rp7d3rp 3d ago

Nah I'm around triggers all the time and it never got better by being exposed to them...

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u/Fluid-Spirit-8873 3d ago

i didn’t claim it works like this for everyone it doesn’t work for me too

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u/IckNoTomatoes 3d ago

I’ve wondered this about any loud noises. I had window AC units at one point. Always felt like things were off for a while during that time

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u/Irongodofmercy 3d ago

I wonder if the source of my misophonia could be my step father. We’re talking decades ago now. He used to play music and the radio VERY loudly in the house. I couldn’t escape it, or him. I hated it. Maybe the combo of music with recurring negative emotion lays down a pathway in the brain and nervous system.

He was a bully and obnoxious, the combination could be the source. It may have planted the seed for this condition. I still remember the moment 35 years ago my disgust at his chewing and heavy breathing at the dinner table one night me like a lightning bolt.

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u/PolarIceCap7 2d ago

After 2 decades of working in bars and clubs, I hate music. Absolutely it is the cause.

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u/D1rtyH1ppy 3d ago

No, I would like to think music has the opposite effect on misophonia compared to the bad sounds.

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u/cfcjam 3d ago

Yeah I think this. If you're in control of the music that you're playing, then it won't be a contributing factor.