At this point, no one can say for sure that it's a mental disorder. They're still researching what causes it, treatments, etc. I think there are psychiatric complications that arise from a lack of recognition, accurate diagnosis, and treatment within the medical community, maladaptive coping methods in part due to the aforementioned, no hope of a cure, and social backlash.
Most people with psychiatric disorders...
Cannot control their emotional responses or behaviors as a result of them. People with misophonia may not be able to control the emotions that come up when confronted with a noise that disturbs us, but we can -usually- walk away or use things like pink noise to mask the sounds.
The emotional response is worse if there is mockery; deliberate exaggeration of the noise, or someone knows it is an issue and does it all the more (which is pretty immature in itself). At that point, it is like a psychological assault.
When you are being assaulted...let's say someone was trying to mug or rape you...would the psychiatric professional community claim it is "abnormal" or the product of a "mental illness" for the one being assaulted to fight back?
Well, this is the same thing, except the assault is on your mind and ears. I don't mean that it can always be considered an assault; only if someone is aware of the issue and continues to do it to be a dick because they're ignorant.
I'm a very calm sort without the intolerable noises and people who do it just to get under my skin. I like to read, paint wooden items (boxes, plaques, etc), and things of that nature. I like to joke around when I'm with people and have a silly sense of humor; I'm easily amused, which sometimes gets me into "trouble" around those who don't understand what's so funny.
One of the few things that I don't find funny are assaults on the psyche - because the health and well-being of the psyche affects everything else in the body, including other people around the one whose psyche is being attacked or injured.
I don't look up to or have respect for anyone who engages in malicious manipulations, brainwashing techniques, psychological harassment, and similar. It's one thing for someone to be "mentally unbalanced" without anyone's "help"; quite another to be a contributor to said imbalance.
Most people with psychiatric disorders...
Cannot control their emotional responses or behaviors as a result of them. People with misophonia may not be able to control the emotions that come up when confronted with a noise that disturbs us, but we can -usually- walk away or use things like pink noise to mask the sounds.
The emotional response is worse if there is mockery; deliberate exaggeration of the noise, or someone knows it is an issue and does it all the more (which is pretty immature in itself). At that point, it is like a psychological assault.
When you are being assaulted...let's say someone was trying to mug or rape you...would the psychiatric professional community claim it is "abnormal" or the product of a "mental illness" for the one being assaulted to fight back?
Well, this is the same thing, except the assault is on your mind and ears. I don't mean that it can always be considered an assault; only if someone is aware of the issue and continues to do it to be a dick because they're ignorant.
I'm a very calm sort without the intolerable noises and people who do it just to get under my skin. I like to read, paint wooden items (boxes, plaques, etc), and things of that nature. I like to joke around when I'm with people and have a silly sense of humor; I'm easily amused, which sometimes gets me into "trouble" around those who don't understand what's so funny.
One of the few things that I don't find funny are assaults on the psyche - because the health and well-being of the psyche affects everything else in the body, including other people around the one whose psyche is being attacked or injured.
I don't look up to or have respect for anyone who engages in malicious manipulations, brainwashing techniques, psychological harassment, and similar. It's one thing for someone to be "mentally unbalanced" without anyone's "help"; quite another to be a contributor to said imbalance.