Your brain isn't broken: That murderous rage over chewing sounds has a name
When Jake Eaton was a teenager, he was driven to the brink of insanity by the way his father's jaw popped when the family was at the dinner table. Eaton didn't know it at the time, but has a condition called misophonia, where everyday sounds can trigger intense distress.
From his essay in Asterisk magazine called "The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing":
Ever…
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