Misophonia Freedom Project
This project is dedicated to finding misophonia success stories to learn more about what works and to identify common themes worth exploring so more people can find freedom! We hope the stories inspire you to persevere and help you see the bigger picture. All of us would love a "magic bullet" cure for misophonia, but so far the stories highlight how a collection of strategies/work/practices eventually make freedom possible.
These interviews were conducted by Sara Bidler, LMFT, Kresta Dalrymple, LMFT, and Sipora Wiessman, LCSW for the purpose of finding out more about the multifaceted factors that go into finding freedom from misophonia. No two stories are the same, but common themes/areas of experience and exploration are starting to emerge. We will continue to add to this project as we find more success stories!
You will see how each interviewee defines "freedom from misophonia" for themselves, but by and large we're looking for those whose misophonia severity was a 7 or higher (out of 10) and now is a 2 or lower (and the change is not due no longer being exposed to one's triggers). If you fall in this category and are open to being interviewed (option for it to be anonymous), please email us at [email protected], k[email protected] or [email protected].
These interviews were conducted by Sara Bidler, LMFT, Kresta Dalrymple, LMFT, and Sipora Wiessman, LCSW for the purpose of finding out more about the multifaceted factors that go into finding freedom from misophonia. No two stories are the same, but common themes/areas of experience and exploration are starting to emerge. We will continue to add to this project as we find more success stories!
You will see how each interviewee defines "freedom from misophonia" for themselves, but by and large we're looking for those whose misophonia severity was a 7 or higher (out of 10) and now is a 2 or lower (and the change is not due no longer being exposed to one's triggers). If you fall in this category and are open to being interviewed (option for it to be anonymous), please email us at [email protected], k[email protected] or [email protected].
Brooklyn
Free from misophonia since Feb. 2023, Brooklyn shares about her journey and what helped her find freedom. Here is her story with no-triggers named and with triggers named. |
Kim
Kim experienced misophonia while in the midst of multiple other health issues of both body and mind including dystonia and dysautonomia. After finding solutions to the later, she experienced relief from misophonia as well. Here is her story with no-triggers named and with triggers named. |
Moxie
Moxie has been free for 10 years. Watch this video interview with therapist Sipora Weissman, LCSW as she shares her journey to finding healing in many areas, not just Misophonia. Note: Triggers are named in the interview. |
Paige
Paige can remember feeling “extreme sensitivity” to her surroundings from the age of 4. This experience that she later could identify as Misophonia was triggered by common noises found in the classroom, made by ear/nose/throat, household pets, eating, and visuals of hands and feet. Paige notes that while “every once in a while” a particular person would be a trigger, she more often dissociated from her “fierce, strong emotions” towards people and would become obsessive about the sound or motion so “it” would just happen to be triggering. Here is her story with no triggers named. |
Kresta
Starting at age 12 my family's chewing noises drove me to tears from what -- at the time – seemed to be an illogical, hard to describe sensation of extreme discomfort that felt like torture until the sound stopped. It would be another 15 years before I heard someone describe my experiences on a radio interview. I can remember the relief in knowing I wasn't alone and that what I was experiencing had a name - Misophonia - or "Select Sound Sensitivity Syndrome". The relief was short lived however. As I found and connected with others having the same experience, we started to look for some thread of commonality that would explain what was wrong--and then fix it. Time and again, our hypothesis were proven wrong--some had trauma, others did not, co-occurring conditions such as Autism, other sensory sensitivities, eating disorders, physical abnormalities in the ear and brain...no common thread was ever found. All that was left was the cold comfort that others were suffering in the same way and that "coping strategies" were the only option.
Here is her story with triggers named and no triggers named.
Starting at age 12 my family's chewing noises drove me to tears from what -- at the time – seemed to be an illogical, hard to describe sensation of extreme discomfort that felt like torture until the sound stopped. It would be another 15 years before I heard someone describe my experiences on a radio interview. I can remember the relief in knowing I wasn't alone and that what I was experiencing had a name - Misophonia - or "Select Sound Sensitivity Syndrome". The relief was short lived however. As I found and connected with others having the same experience, we started to look for some thread of commonality that would explain what was wrong--and then fix it. Time and again, our hypothesis were proven wrong--some had trauma, others did not, co-occurring conditions such as Autism, other sensory sensitivities, eating disorders, physical abnormalities in the ear and brain...no common thread was ever found. All that was left was the cold comfort that others were suffering in the same way and that "coping strategies" were the only option.
Here is her story with triggers named and no triggers named.
Joey
Joey was interviewed by Sipora Weissman, LCSW to find out more about his healing journey from serious health issues and mental health struggles as well as Misophonia.
You can watch the interview here.
Please note, there was not the strongest internet connection, causing a slight delay in responses.
Joey was interviewed by Sipora Weissman, LCSW to find out more about his healing journey from serious health issues and mental health struggles as well as Misophonia.
You can watch the interview here.
Please note, there was not the strongest internet connection, causing a slight delay in responses.
Sara
Sara suffered from misophonia for 25 years. She pursued a number of therapies and enlisted several lifestyle changes that ultimately balanced and gave her agency over her nervous system, ending its reactivity to everyday stimuli.
Here is her story with triggers named and no triggers named.
Sara suffered from misophonia for 25 years. She pursued a number of therapies and enlisted several lifestyle changes that ultimately balanced and gave her agency over her nervous system, ending its reactivity to everyday stimuli.
Here is her story with triggers named and no triggers named.
Emanuel
Emanuel had a number of triggers and rated the severity of his misophonia at a 10 out of 10 prior to doing Sequent Repatterning and Parts Work (IFS) with a trusted and skilled therapist in 2024. He now rates the severity of his misophonia at a 1.
Read his inspiring story with triggers named or with no triggers named.
Emanuel had a number of triggers and rated the severity of his misophonia at a 10 out of 10 prior to doing Sequent Repatterning and Parts Work (IFS) with a trusted and skilled therapist in 2024. He now rates the severity of his misophonia at a 1.
Read his inspiring story with triggers named or with no triggers named.