What is MCL?
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Thatās actually misophonia - a real condition, not just an annoyance. Misophonia: When sounds really do make you "crazy" - Harvard Health
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Iām fine shopping with H. We go every week. But we take two carts, separate, and meet up at the end. My problem now is that I do self checkout. Iām very good at this if you will LEAVE ME ALONE! I glance at a cart and have a mental picture where everything is. I know exactly which objects I want to scan in what order.
If I need help, itās opening those blasted plastic bags that get stuck. I normally do bring recyclable ones, but sometimes I forget or we need more. I tell H IF he wants to help, stand by the bags and make sure they are open.
Does he ever do this? Oh no. He has to constantly shift stuff around in the cart, or worse, try to hand me something. Iāve told him 1,000,000 times this is making my job harder, but he still insists on doing this. Granted, I believe he is slowly learning as itās not every time now, but still. It drives me nuts. I say a silent cheer if he tells me he has to go to the bathroom and is gone while I checkout.
My mantra āhelping is doing what needs to be done, not what you want to do.ā
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OK Iām all in about shows and movies showing someone eating, H always looks over at me to see my expression, but I love me some mayo!
Yes. My daughter and I have been researching misophonia, there is a great Ologies Podcast on the topic.
My daughter struggles more than I do. She sometimes has to leave the room when my DH gets out a bag of chips.
He is spectacularly loud with chips. 
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I agree with most of your post. Thereās a word for a strong reaction to eating noises: misophonia. I always have my finger on the mute button to avoid chewing on TV. Itās a bit harder with H who can be a noisy eater. I tell him itās a āmeā problem and I leave the room (always to an eye-roll). If thatās the biggest issue we have, so be it.
Mayonnaise. Condiment of the gods. Gonna disagree with you on that.
(Cross post with Mjkacmom and anotheroboemom)
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Comfy? 
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Iād of responded āoh, so youāre hookers?ā
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My H eats grape nuts cereal every morning, I hate the sound of chewing grape nuts!
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Iām pretty sure that MCL was a cafeteria restaurant.
Ours was in the mall.
It was so exciting! We got a tray and got to pick out what we wanted. I always got jello or pudding with whipped cream on top.
It brings fond memories of my childhood. 
My husband used to go into Costco. Now I try to find a spot with adequate WiFi and leave him in the car. Heās happy, Iām happy! Saying that because our local Costco is next to the airport, the WiFi stinks.
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In the gym, young guy (in this instance) using the weight machines. Puts it on close to the heaviest weight. 5 reps (yes, Iāve counted), stop, scroll on phone, 5 more reps, more scrolling. Rinse and repeat and repeat and repeat. Maybe increasing weight every so often. I work around him, 4 or 5 machines later, even if I am able to do double sets, HEāS STILL THERE ON THE SAME MACHINE!
this has been going on for weeks. I was finally able to find a staff member while he was there & let them know.
Then there are the people, young and old, who donāt wipe down the machines and treadmills, and free weights when theyāre done. I donāt want to come into contact with their hand, back, butt sweat 
. The Y provides pre-moistened towelettes to do so. I wipe everything before just in case.
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Hahahah! Hahahaha!
I never knew! Seriously? What a dope! Apparently you canāt be a professional? Because you arenāt a donkeyās behind?
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I can hear every bite that man takes, and he isnāt doing anything wrong. Heāll take food in another room, even. And yet I have to use captions on half the shows we watch 
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Itās noo/clee/er.
It is not noo/cue/ler.
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There are ābest seats/viewsā at a restaurant table? Seriously? I just sit wherever the chair is pulled out for me or the chair closest to me when I walk up to the table. No thinking involved. If you really think your friends are ādoing it,ā Iām betting they have no clue you have a seating hierarchy and they are violating some rule they have no knowledge of. Yikes, maybe weāre your friends and donāt know it. You might want to say something because Iām pretty sure there is no malice intended and your friends have no clue.
The best view at any table, in my opinion, is where I can best see my friendās faces.
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I was thinking she meant like the seats that face people coming in, not just your dining partners and a wall or the seats that wonāt have the sun shining in your eyes or that kind of thing.
I feel pretty sure I have misophonia. I can remember being a the dinner table as a kid and ready to jump out of my skin when my dad slurped his soup. I too often have to leave the room when my H is eating chips or grapes or so many things! Itās kind of a trend on Insta/TikTok now where posters like turn up the volume full force and do taste tests of things with ALL the mouth eating sounds heard. Itās disgusting!!
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Weāve had several discussions about misophonia. I have lived with it all my life. There is a difference between a general aversion to disgusting table manners and the irrational anger/rage triggered by chewing that people who suffer from misophonia experience.
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Itās the tapping the nails on everything that gets me. I want to smash the screen. I get the eating noises as long as they arenāt exaggerated. But NO ONE needs to tap there nails on everything they touch.
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Actually, Iām claustrophobic, so I need a seat thatās not pinned it, and I prefer to be on an end if seating is tight. I have a little ocd issue about clean hands, nothing to do with germs, just the feeling, so I tend to head to the restroom to wash them after eating (why do restaurants sell sloppy burgers but only offer cloth napkins? Maybe to charge $20+?) I really need to carry wet ones.
Any kind of padded earphones may really help. I canāt vacuum without them. And I find that the $10 bluetooth model from the cheapest possible store (listen to music too if you want, or a podcast) work just fine. Beats and Bose are not in my budget.
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