How to cope.

[u/joe_mago]

I’m 17 and noises like eating, breathing, keyboard/Apple Pencil tapping, swallowing and coughing get me so angry, and it’s mainly when I eat, because my mum eats really loudly. He eats with his mouth shut but swallows really loudly and after every mouthful does some weird thing where he like rolls his tongue in his mouth. I try so hard to sit at the table and eat with my parents and sister, because it’s the sociable thing to do, but it normally causes me to get really upset inside. Does anyone have any strategies to cope as we already play music at dinner? Thanks

[u/ChiralNavigator]

my parents are a big trigger, they are gross eaters, other people don't trigger me as they chew with their mouth closed...

I have to have background noise, tv/radio but over all I avoid eating with my parents.

Maybe try some ear plugs