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Candid conversations with fellow people living with Misophonia every week. Do some sounds drive you crazy? Do you feel a fight oe flight sensation?

Misophonia is a neurological condition - an extreme sensitivity to certain sounds, like mouth noises.

07/10/2025

As a student of media literacy, ethics, and cognitive dissonance, I’ll be watching to see how the people involved with this study respond to this headline. 🧐

19/09/2025

😎 About yesterday... the , in association with and put on their first Misophonia Collaboration Forum, focused on bridging research with the lived experience of misophonia. And I have to say it was an excellent day. I hope they do it again and I highly recommend participating.
Nothing can replace the magic of meeting and just hanging out with people you’ve been following for years working in this weird space.

The energy from the very first presentation, by Jamie Ward to the last interactive session with Zach Rosenthal was high and the quality of discussion was really high. I do not say this lightly, as someone who usually tunes out or dozes off at these kinds of events.

I personally appreciated the obvious interest in creative and contrarian opinions. I brought some of my many such viewpoints on causes of misophonia and future research directions. To be honest I would like to see some more fundamental changes here but I was very appreciative to see some movement and a lot of openness. I’ll be writing more about my thoughts and ad hoc research when I have time!

Thanks to the folks on my panel for a fun and robust experience that I was stressing about... moderator Dr. Julia Campbell, Dr. Fatima Husain, Dr. Andrew Guzick, Dr. Tiffany Woynaroski.

Thanks Lauren, , for running the show and all the prep that went into it.
I was especially honored to meet and get a chance to talk to Steve Miller. He and his wife Diane have supported MRF and the misophonia community for years and I was personally struck by how engaged they were every minute of the event. It is really inspiring to see people relentlessly trying to push misophonia research forward to help everyone.

Anyways... finally thanks to everyone in these pics... it was a short blast!

.siepsiak

11/09/2025

📢 Introducing LERAGE — Lived Experience Retrieval Augmented Generation Engine.

🧩 A computational framework that organizes and interprets lived experiences so they can inform research with greater clarity.

⚙️ It brings together advanced computation and AI methods to handle unstructured narratives at scale, starting with misophonia.

📄 The first white paper will be released next week.

🔗 Learn more: misophoniapodcast.com/research/lerage

👉 Link in bio

18/08/2025

Sous le bruit. 09.25

14/08/2025

We are thrilled to jump on the Swift-spoof bandwagon.

05/08/2025

September 2025.

02/06/2025

🧬 I recently came across the concept of cliff-edge fitness functions in evolutionary biology. These functions describe traits that enhance survival or reproduction up to a point, beyond which they become detrimental. For instance, birds benefit from stronger flight muscles to escape predators, but if these muscles become too bulky, they hinder flight, leading to a sudden drop in fitness. Similarly, in psychiatry, this model has been applied to schizophrenia, suggesting that certain cognitive traits—like heightened creativity or abstract thinking—may have been advantageous throughout human evolution. However, when these traits exceed an optimal threshold, they can manifest as schizophrenia, a condition that significantly reduces reproductive fitness. Despite its detrimental effects, schizophrenia remains prevalent, possibly because the underlying traits confer benefits up to a point, and the genetic variations associated with them persist in the population.

This framework might also shed light on misophonia. An acute sensitivity to certain sounds could have been beneficial for early humans in detecting threats or maintaining social cohesion. Yet, in some individuals, this sensitivity may cross a threshold, leading to intense emotional reactions to specific auditory triggers. While this is speculative, it offers a lens to understand how certain maladaptive traits might persist due to their roots in otherwise advantageous adaptations.

Anyway, I, Adeel Ahmad, am now publicly and preemptively staking my claim as the first person to connect cliff-edge fitness functions to misophonia. Should this idea, directly or indirectly, inspire a cure in the year 2047, I will graciously accept credit, citations, or extremely quiet thank-you notes. 😄

16/05/2025

Today we’re reconnecting with a guest who many of you will remember from one of our most popular episodes a couple of years ago. Sara Barrick, formerly Sara Bidler, has returned to share more of her invaluable insights. Since we last spoke, Sara has published her book “Demystifying Misophonia,” which I highly recommend to all our listeners. As a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in misophonia and trauma healing, Sara brings a unique perspective on understanding misophonia as a complex syndrome rather than a single condition. In our previous conversation, she opened many eyes to the role of the nervous system and implicit learning in our reactions to triggers. Today, we’ll dive deeper into these concepts and explore the pathways toward healing that Sara has discovered through her work.

Listen and subscribe wherever you get podcasts and the web:
https://linktr.ee/misophoniapodcast

03/04/2025

In the second episode of the series "Between Two Ears", I share my recent trip to Iowa City to participate in a groundbreaking misophonia research study led by Dr. Sukhbinder Kumar — a continuation of his earlier work on mirror neurons and the motor basis of misophonia. This new study explores the social context of trigger reactions and involved time in an MRI chamber while exposed to common misophonic triggers.I talk about what it was like to undergo the study, the misophonic challenges(!), and why I believe it was worth it — not just for science, but for personal growth and understanding. I also reflect on meeting Dr. Kumar in person, our conversation about the deeper roots of misophonia, and why this research made me hopeful for the future. I hope to have Dr. Kumar on a regular episode of the podcast in the future!If you’re in the area or able to travel, I encourage you to consider participating in studies like this. They matter. Listen and subscribe wherever you get podcasts and the web: https://linktr.ee/misophoniapodcast

20/02/2025

😒 Well, Here We Go Again...

17 states are trying to eliminate ALL 504 plans through Texas v. Becerra.

Yeah, you read that right. Those accommodations we fought for:
🎧 Noise-canceling headphones
📝 Separate testing spaces
🎯 Modified seating assignments
Could all disappear because... politics.

• Affects 8.5M students with 504s
• Legal briefs due Feb 25
• All disabilities included, not just misophonia
• 17 states involved

📱 Contact your reps
🎙️ Keep sharing stories on the podcast

31/01/2025

✨ Another instant classic - I have Dr. Jaelline Jaffe, one of the most experienced therapists working with people with misophonia, over on the west coast. Jaelline shares her journey from teaching to becoming a therapist specializing in misophonia. We talk about a ton of things, the importance of family support and school accommodations and we get into her own protocol for approaching misophonia that incorporate cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. We spend a lot of time highlighting the role of adverse childhood experiences and epigenetics in understanding misophonia, emphasizing the need for mental health professionals to be aware of these factors in treatment. There’s a ton more but I wanna mention we also talk about the Misophonia Association annual convention, for which she is a co-founder and board member. It’s happening again this October 16th weekend in Phoenix and we talk about what it’s all about and how you can learn more. Also I wanna mention her new book for clinicians called “These Sounds are Driving Me Crazy!” Training for Mental Health Professionals in Treating Sound Sensitivity Disorders. It just came out and is available at sensitivetosound.com/training. The link is in the show notes.

Listen and subscribe wherever you get podcasts and the web:

https://linktr.ee/misophoniapodcast

06/12/2024

The first newsletter in 2 years just dropped! 📆
Can’t promise the next one will be any sooner but I will try…
Sign up at: https://misophonia.substack.com
Link in profile too.

Thanks for listening and reading! 🙏🏾

#2024 #2025

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