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The exact cause of Misophonia is unknown and there is no completely effective universal treatment for Misophonia. Public awareness helps bring the symptoms and difficulties of Misophonia to light and encourages research to be done. This website publishes invitations from researchers to participate in their data gathering. People with misophonia are asked to partake in surveys and questionnaires. In this manner, the search for effective treatments can be studied and hopefully a treatment will eventually be found.
Members of our support forum may have some suggestions to help reduce the intensity of triggers and discuss possible treatments. You can find the Support Forum here
Some people avoid triggers to reduce their stress and others think that exposure to triggers may desensitize one from the negative effects of trigger events.
Paying attention to the basics may help. People who have a healthy and balanced diet, engage in consistent and adequate exercise and manage stress may have less intense or less frequent problems with sensitivity to sounds.
Some possible treatment are: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Neurofeedback (NFB), Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) and psycho-therapeutic hypnotherapy. There are other treatment methods as well.
The use of sound machines, ear plugs and sound masking by other methods can help in some cases.
Some people have had success with the suggestions listed above.
More than one treatment method may be necessary. One might try to combine different coping mechanisms to find a beneficial regimen to help manage the stress and associated problems with Misophonia. Don't give up!
In the support forum, there are suggestions of possible methods that can be employed to help people with Misophonia cope with problems they encounter in daily life.
If new treatment methods are discovered, they will be added to this page. If you have a treatment or symptom management plan, share it!
My daughter was diagnosed with this last year. We have been working on behavior therapy with her since. She can't stand breathing, chewing ( even her own chewing), and general noise. We discovered if we keep her actively engaged in conversation during mealtime she does better. We allowed her to use headphones at the table but slowly have been weaning her off on days when we are eating more quiet foods. We informed the school of her condition and that has helped. She has stress balls she can squeeze when feeling overwhelmed. She advocates for herself with her friends and they are pretty tolerant. The idea of earplugs at the movie theater sounds great. I understand how difficult it must be. I would suggest people talk about it with their families/friends/coworkers. I would also ask misophonia sufferers to be patient with others. We try to accommodate my daughter but she needs to realize also that noises are a general way of life and most of us don't hear them the way she does. I hope everyone on this site finds a form of relief.
I would consider myself to be level 9/10.
Typing on a keyboard, eating (surprisingly not the crunch as much as the liquidy sound), low whispers, pen tapping and many others are all triggers for me; many which I can't escape.
Hearing these noises reduce me to tears on many occasions and make me claw my skin. I lose all concentration and the sound becomes my focus. I shout and swear at the people that I can i.e. Friends but for teachers I have to keep the anger to myself which normally leads to inflicting pain to take the attention from the noise to myself.
What I do to deal with these sounds are not reccomended to others however I like to place one foot down on the ground and kick it with the heal of my other foot as hard as possible without attracting too much attention to refocus myself on me; clawing, pinching and punching are also different methods of doing this. Also, I like to tense up all my muscles as hard as I can which gives me the feeling of a release of energy when I let it go.
Hello everyone,
I'ts really great to know that I'm not alone in this. I'm 15 and I've been dealing with this for at least four years, at this point in my life level nine fits me perfectly. Often I'll come home from school/ another public area with self inflicted bite marks on my hands and arms that usually bruise and even after that I'll still be seething with rage. Putting on my headphones and listening to music usually helps, though there are some triggers that I can still hear even after I put on my headphones and turn them up to a blasting level. can anyone give me some advice on what to do for these particular triggers?
I'm also 15 and have been dealing with this for a similar amount of time. Level 8 or 9 is where I can place myself. I've actually resorted to harming myself to keep from lashing out. In school, when someone next to me is chewing gum, I lean my ear on my hand, dimming out the sound. It sort of works, except when your hand starts to hurt or you have to write. Another thing that sometimes works is earplugs. Like musician earplugs, they block out some noises but you can still here people talk to you.
I am 19 and have had misophonia for as long as I can remember. We initially believed that it was just part of general SPD(sensory processing disorder) but, while I eventually became more acclimated to other sensory problems related to physical sensations and noise levels, I have not "grown out" of my misophonia. My mother's breathing is the fist trigger I remember and caused significant stress between us but we have a great relationship now. Every once in while I still stand up and yell at her to "STOP BREATHING!" but the stress goes down a bit and I immediately tell her I love her before I leave the room. It was really hard with my grandparents who chew gum loudly, and they have in general refused to accept a lot of my mental health problems as real and used to blame my parents for, "raising me wrong." School is really hard for me. I carry earplugs with me everywhere (the purple foam kind you can find at rite aid are the best). I keep pairs in a bunch of different jackets and my backpack just to be safe. I class I almost always have one earplug in usually in my right ear. I'm right handed so if I need to I can cover up my left ear with my hand and continue to write with the right one. When it gets really bad I leave the class and pace for a bit. It's a huge relief to have a name for this disorder. Knowing that this is a real problem with a name has given me some confidence in actually talking to people I know and asking them to stop certain behaviors around me if they can. I had no idea this website existed and am exited to find a support system and others who understand what it is like!
Add to this the word "Huh?" when it's blurted out in conversation for no reason. Tapping on a bar, or clicking incessantly. Food and gum smacking…it all comes down to simple manners. I realize I have an extreme reaction (the desire to eradicate the offender) but doesn't some responsibility lie upon the rude smacker, clicker or slurper? My dad was a renowned public journalist and if I dared crunch a piece of ice I was told to "Leave the table!"
I'm the same.Slurping crunching smacking sniffing snorting,sends me demented! It's a manners thing for me too.
But loud noises also,vibrational noise too.
I ware earplugs all the time they are my saving grace.
Sorry you suffer too:((
this is definitely me im 14 and have had this problem since i was 6 or 5 my misophonia is getting so close to a 10 right now i usually just hit myself or kick something and start crying but now i want to actually hit the person who makes the noise and 90% of the time people make noises on purpose to make me mad and they say misophonia isn't real and i am definitely like sabina i always hear water dripping from the toilet clocks ticking and i just want to scream and people at school are always smacking and clicking their tongues and i just want to kill them it always happens during my longest period 7-9th lang arts and i just hate that class so much i can't focus while hearing them make those noises
From a partner perspective cutting out triggers can be hard if not impossible, but it when it involves simple and necessary things like breathing and drinking.
Having just come across this site it fits my fella perfectly. I don't exaggerate noises to annoy him, I do some times in frustration suggest he needs head phones. I love him very much but it is hard to live with.
I appreciate the partners aren't the ones 'suffering' from the condition, however I have found that I am now paranoid about eating and swallowing in front of others as apparently I'm so noisy – no one else has ever noticed. We sit as far apart as possible during meals and when at home we never sit at a table. We have walked out of restaurants if they are too quiet, allowing eating to be heard. We don't go to the cinema… Popcorn, rustling sweet bags, breathing, sniffing, drink slurping etc. I get tutted at during the night if I drink water. I am frequently told to stop fidgeting – never done on purpose. I ensure I close the bathroom door when teeth cleaning and nail clipping – but this is still too loud.
I just wish there was a little understanding and recognition of how hard it is to live next to this problem, when you constantly get negative responses from just living a normal boring life. And yes quite often the emotional response is missing or cold, possibly as trying to refrain from being irrationally angry. Either way it is not fun to live with and if you're not in love with him Deborah, run away, the condition does not improve or become easier to live with…. Unless you can not breath…
One thing I don't understand and maybe someone can help with… How come he can not hear me talking in the same room but can hear me clear my throat or eating crisps in another room? And why is it OK if he is heavy breathing or snoring as falling asleep, or eating loudly. Please understand this kind of anomally or hypocrisy makes it even more frustrating and harder to understand.
I understand what you are saying. I am the one with miso, but I get how annoying it could be for my husband. He has tinnitus and will tell me that he doesn't hear things – like me talking to him – because he is so consumed with the noise from the tinnitus. His snoring drives me completely bonkers at night, and I have suffered greatly from lack of sleep due to his snoring – yet if I happen to snore just a little (and I wear ear plugs to bed, so I don't hear myself snore, if I do) – he will roll over and bounce in the bed to wake me up because he says I am bothering him! So, yeah, I get it. I guess you just have to decide if you really want to be with that person when it comes right down to it. Do you have enough good times to make up for the bad/annoying/frustrating/hurtful times?
While reading the biography about a Canadian comedian, she mentioned she had misophonia, and described some of the triggers that I have-I was so happy to learn that I am " not crazy"- for years I have been telling friends that I am highly dis tractable. The clicking of the ball point pen, the flipping of the pages in a magazine, clipping toe nails, swinging of a crossed leg, jiggling of a foot, clearing of a throat repeatedly, shuffling of cards on an airplane, chewing gum, ticking clocks, water dripping, someone with long hair twisting it around while talking with me , ANYTHING THAT DISTRACTS ME FROM FOCUSING ON THE EVENT AT HAND. Let me say that I have always made fun of my condition telling people it is not them, it is my problem; however, just knowing that there are others out there like me makes me feel a lot better !!
Had no idea. I simply made a few social media comments, and a friend pointed out Misophonia. I work in an office where most of my "annoyances" originate. It does happen in public at times though. I feel like I was classifying or being appropriate, but I do realize it angers me a bit too. For example, I never bring foods to work like apples, chips, etc. I have a co-worker that eats an apple at 9:30 EVERY DAY!! I have to leave or use earbuds/music to drown the sound. On teh other hand, someone eating an apple appropriately is not so disturbing to me. I can hear chips crunching, but open mouth eating is extremely irritating. I don't sit at intersections with my turn signal on because the clicking gets to me. A woman's heels poundign on the floor is bothersome. Finger nail clipping is a HUGE one. I had a co-worker that did this almost daily. I waited until after work, and took his clippers from his desk, I was so disturbed.
Most sounds are OK unless they are inappropriate. I don't notice keyboards at work except one guy who pounds the @%^ out of his and it clicks loudly. Pen clicking is another that bothers me. I had a co-worker that jingled the change in his pocket while talking. It was so severe that I rarely comprehended what he was saying because of the distraction.
Coffee slurping is a bad one. One that really pisses me off to the point of I tend to mimick them in annoyance is when smokers pound their cigarette packs on their hand.
I am a musician, so my sensitivity to sounds and picking out specific sounds is heightened. I hear frequencies that others tend to blend, and can identify them as a certain frequency. Poor signing, bad sound, or a bad chord is noticeable to me and "wrong," but does not draw nearly the irritation as someone eating or sounds I mentioned.
I almost always sit in the last row of the movie theater so there is no one behind me slobbering on popcorn. In live theaters I have not hesitated to ask people sitting around me to stop making so much noise with their gum. Some people are polite and comply with the request but others do the opposite. I find it extremely difficult to be at the table with my husband during meal times and I know it hurts him. Suggestions anyone?
I just saw this on Facebook today, and cannot believe there is an actual name for what I've been dealing with these last several years. I'm a 19 year old college student, and I began noticing that the sound of people eating around me, more so when they chew with their mouths open, drove me CRAZY. Not just a "oh thats annoying", but in many situations I would have to get up from the table and eat else where, or listen to extremely loud music so I couldn't listen to my family chew their food. Even people who weren't super loud chewers made me so irritated. That began in fifth grade, and only got worse as I got older. I can think back to MULTIPLE times where someone by me would be chomping their gum in class, snapping it, etc, and for the rest of the class period I couldn't focus on anything but that noise. I've been in the middle of tests and someone by me would be chewing their gum super loud and I'd quick fill in the rest of my answer sheet, turn it in, and immediately ask my teacher if I could use the bathroom, just to escape that noise for even the SHORTEST bit of time. It's affected many of my friendships, and definitely my relationship with my family. I can't even count how many times my dad told me "just get over it". But it wasn't something that would ever go away, and it still hasn't. And people who don't experience this same disgust and kind of anger whenever you hear someone CHEWING FOOD, they'll never understand. I'm relieved to know I'm not crazy, this is a real thing, and many others deal with it in some way.
I have an 11year old son that definitely suffers from this. It's gradually getting worse and I feel so helpless. It bothers him to the point where everything drives him crazy. Any kind of breathing, chewing, moving around because he can see it out the corner of his eye. It's affecting his school because I think he can't concentrate and fixates on things happening around him. He just went with friends of ours snowboarding in the mountains and he came home to tell me that he had a great time, but oh my god mom you should hear them eat, as he's imitating them, it bothered him so bad he said he had to go to the bathroom till they were finished eating and he couldn't sleep all night because their daughter was making noises. It's gotten to the point where it's affecting his daily living and it makes me sad that I can't change that for him!! Please help!!!
I really feel for you. You really need to leave the place you are in. I live in a house and had neighbours who used to blare their music loudly. Had many an argument with them to turn it down. One night I threaten to call the police and then they started lowering their music. Just about had panic attacks every time they played their music. Now I have wonderful new neighbours. I still need to block outside noise and use a combination of different tactics to get away from it all – White noise (TVs, fans, air conditioning), ear plugs and construction headphones. I have a wonderful noisy air con in my bedroom that is my sanctuary.
Yes! He letapping thing drives me nuts! I always seem to end up with someone sitting next to me at work who taps their leg or foot and it drives me crazy! I have to completely rearrange how I'm sitting so that I can't see it out of the corner of my eye!
OMG Robyn what you are saying is so true. I too have been able to de-stress by getting away from the noise that now it doesn't effect me as much. Don't get me wrong it can return at a drop of a hat. I had a relative stay for 3 weeks who whistled, at first I thought it was cute, by 2 weeks it was turning into a problem for me. That last week was tough for me.
Lucky for me I have quiet neighbours and I love white noise that I use my tv, fans and aircon to get away from it all. I'm also a stay at home mum so no dealing with coworkers.
I agree with you, you need to go back to nature, also exercising helped me when it was really bad.
Reading these comments is overwhelming. I am 47 years old and have suffered from misophonia since I was about 10 years old. Until I accidently stumbled upon an article on Huffpost last week, I had no idea this was a "thing." I am about a 7 or 8 on the scale. Misophonia has significantly affected my life. How? I have spent all this time assuming there is something "wrong" with me; that the people I love and are closest to must have all somehow "let me down," and I'm taking it out on them in a passive-aggressive manner by being so extremely irritable. My self-esteem has suffered as a result, as I've always assumed I was just a bad person, to a degree. I am so envious of friends who have close relationships with their mothers–I can barely stand to be in the same room with mine, even though I love her dearly. But leaving after a visit feels like I've been sprung from jail. Needless to say, this has always been a source of great guilt for me. Now my husband is taking the brunt of it. Thank God for this website, and thank God for him–he has taken the time to learn about misophonia with me, and takes it seriously. He is making an effort to tone down the triggers as best he can. I have said to him on many occasions over the years that I would give almost anything to switch off this crazy thing in my brain. I guess I was pretty much on target, recognizing that it was a glitch in my brain! My heart aches for the people whose triggers include sounds their children make–I live in fear that one day my brain will seize at something my 8-year-old son does and I will not want to be near him. My advice to the young people here is to try to NOT let it negatively affect the most important relationships in your life (parents, siblings, good friends, significant others) by sharing this information with them. I pray for your sake that they take it seriously and try to help you. May the support we find here help us all in some small way.
This is like living with a disability. Going to university was a nightmare with the gum chewers pen clickers and sniffers was insufferable. But not everyone does this. If everyone was conscious of the comfort of those around them life would be more bearable for everyone not just sufferers of misophonia. How often have you caught a flight next to someone sniffing chewing gum or someone behind you kicking the back of your seat constantly
I'm 50 and have had this since I was a teen. I actually know how this started. My sister was walking around the house making a whistling sound and my mother told her to stop it several times so when she did it behind her back I told on her, lol. Ever since then she would make different noises just to get on my nerves, and it worked. Now we both have this condition but at least we're much closer. I'm not sure what stage I'm at but I have to wear headphones constantly at work and when my girlfriend eats I have to just suck it up and prey for her to fill up quickly.
Hi I'm 29 when I was 11 that's when the sound of eating started to affect my life in the end I would eat my dinner in my room coz the rage I got from hearing my family eating scared me coz I wonted to scream an hurt them ,in2008 I became very unwell I have a auto immune condistion ,an since an small baby iv suffered with recurrent shingles ,I don't know were to get help iv sat with some of the best consultants an proffesers an I have told them about this problem an it just got laughter at an dismissed as nothing ,if there r any doctors out there that won't some one to stuffy me An my illness I would jump at the chance ,it's making my life hell please is there someone out there that can help me xxx
I need help bad I can,t stand to here anybody chewing gum or food sometimes TV gets on my nerves my husband sleeps on the other end of our house I can,t stand to here him breath ,I try to tell my brain not to lison but that's all I can hear .i can,t set with my sister at church she chews gum all I hear is her chewing my mind don,t hear the pastor .this is offel and with my age it is a lot worse ,,please help me
I'm 22, the first time I remember myself getting irritated by the sound of chewing was when I was 17 while I was studying and my mother was eating. Since then, it had happened countless times and it always makes me want to hit something. I found out about misophonia just a week ago. I'm quite happy to know that my problem can be explained and I'm not the only one. I hope a treatment will be found soon enough.
HEADPHONES! They help me a lot. Especially in my cube farm with the worst human noises I have ever heard in one room.
I just started crying when I read this. I have been suffering with this for over 20 years. I didn't know what it was. I only know this article describes me…down to anger and my intent on stopping whatever is causing the noise. When there is no noise, I'm the most quietest person people know. NOW I know what it is. NOW I can tell my doctor. NOW I can set out to help myself.
Thank you so much for posting this.
I saw an article about this on Facebook today and someone posted the medical name of it which led me to here.
God bless,
i am 22 years old and just found out that this is real. i always thought i was crazy and so did my friends and family. ever since i can remember i have had a level 9. from clicking of the mouse on a computer and a keyboard to breathing loud i have always had it bad. especially when i am trying to sleep i dont like complete silence but i cant have any noises from Rain to beeping so i have a loud fan.. i hope that helps everyone cause it really helps me. thank you
I have had this my whole life. I always thought that it was my Mother's fault. She would go crazy over mouth noises and I felt that it was her that brought my attention to these noises. Now I realize that she was suffering from this as well. It must definitely be in the genes because one of my four children has it really bad as well. And as I have always thought that my Mother made me aware of the noises, I have always felt that I must have done the same to my daughter. I carried a lot of guilt over this. Anyone who has this will identify with it immediately. Mealtime has always been an issue for me and my Daughter. The movies, going there makes me crazy. I wanted to start a petition that makes it illegal to eat popcorn and wrinkle the candy bags. The sound would actually become louder than the movie in my head. Hopefully down the road there will be something to help those of us that suffer with this.
…or maybe someone that is actually coughing or throat clearing every twenty seconds is in fact actually annoying…especially when they know it is not appreciated and they could seem to care less…is it you that needs a disorder diagnosis really? Or is it instead a normal reaction from a reasonable person that cannot get relief from an annoying situation? Someone is being callous to you so you need to be "diagnosed as having a problem" that doesn't seem right to me.
Finally! I found people with a similar condition as mine. For as long as I can remember (probably all my life) I've been annoyed by certain sounds: chewing, lip smacking, straw slurping, coughing, pets cleaning themselves, kids fighting, just to name a few. I seriously thought my hearing was over-sensative (like the bionic woman's) only to discover that I would actually get angry at the source/person/pet who was making the noise. OMG, there are times I feel like crawling out of my skin. I am even sensative to moving/swinging limbs or my daughter bouncing on her exercise ball.
Headphones work for me at the office but it's not practical to wear them at home. Many times I must physically remove myself from the vacinity of the irritant or walk around the house with my hands cuppoed over my ears, yelling "I can't take this any longer!".
My wife and I thought I was losing my mind. Now, I have a name to hang on my affliction.
i'm a level 10…I cant go to social gatherings because of it
I just hate my dad chewing out loud and my sister coughing. I also hate when my dad snores. I can't believe i am not alone! Unforturtunately my parents doesnt believe in this "gimmick", they just tell me to bear with it. and good to know that I am only group 3. thank god.
Who can do the diagnosis of this condition? I am going to occupational therapy tomorrow for ways to deal with this condition but my health providers aren't sure who can diagnose it. Any suggestions?
Something that is the best treatment for me is listening to ASMR on YouTube! Type in:
Fairy char ASMR.
It soothes your misophonia. It helps me go to sleep and just calmed me down and it is the one thing that helps a lot!! I really think you should go on YouTube and listen to videos but turn it up load and pop head phones in and let the relaxation begin!
Stephen I am the same way it's getting worse I dread Friday saturdays and school holidays incase my neighbours might play their music in all honesty they don't play it really really loud but I can hear it when they do they also don't do it all the time but I am always waiting tonight I nearly had a breakdown I can't keep living like this or I will go mad has hypnosis worked for you I am so very desperate for help
Hi everyone. I am 16 years old and im almost positive that I have misophonia. I haven't been professionally diagnosed but I have all the problems. I used to share a room with my older sister and I HATED the sound of her breathing because she has allergies and was always stuffy and breathing heavily. I had to sleep listening to music, i went through headphones like crazy and my ears would hurt all day from having them in all night. I can't be near my mother when she eats an if i am i get really angry and sometimes i start crying and it makes her mad as well there have been times that she would scream at me and tell me to control myself but i cant. but theres also certain people that dont bother me as much like my dad and some of my friends… its really confusing for me. i need help.
My daughter has this and takes it all out on me. Its so very difficult to live with. I'm disabled and at times I can hardly breathe without inducing extreme sometimes violent or self harming reactions from her. She's nearly 11 and this has been getting worse for several years. Yet she loves me most and feels safest with me, often not leaving my side so I'll often go hungry. I heard her father on the phone a few weeks ago and he seemed to purposefully exaggerating the sounds of eating whilst talking to her. I felt so angry at him. He thinks its funny cos she attacks me and he hates me but the poor girl can hardly control herself and feels awful for being this way. She says she holds in all the stress from hearing sounds all day at school and will come home and pour it all out. Its truly awful for her and I so wish I could help her overcome it. When everything is calm at home and we all work towards supporting her it doesn't affect her as badly. Under pressure she literally screams and kicks at me not to breathe. It can hurt so much x
Glad to know I'm not alone. In relationships I try to handle the problem by moving a little farther away when the noise is bothering me. But I don't get to see my significant other very often so his noises don't have much of a chance to bother me.
At work I use headphones and listen to music or books on tape depending on how distracted I need to be. Mild is music, serious is a favorite book. The speaking in my ears of my favorites kind of cancels out the annoying stuff.
The beauty of living alone is I can avoid most of my triggers at home.
It is nice to have a name for this and I too wonder if it is linked to tinnitus in any way.
This drives me mad.
I can not cope with the noises, it's mainly my husband, he tells me iam only eating but I hate home and want to put a pillow over his head when he makes noises.
From picking his teeth to snoring, I hate it.
I am glad it is actually called something and known as a condition.
Please how do you sufferer get through the day?
Help before I commit a murder!
I just found this site and am so happy to see see I am not alone in this. Like most of you, I thought I was crazy. I don't have to tell any of you how no one understands exactly what it is I go through when I hear certain sounds. I've had this since I was 10. I can remember when it started. I am now 29. It's been rough but I've found some stuff that works.
Earplugs. Bring them everywhere. Don't be shy about wearing them. If your hair is long, no one will notice you have them in anyway. If someone does notice, tell them. It's really hard to do, but most people do not want to disturb any peace or cause conflict. Even if they don't understand, they will just say "oh." I like the kind that actually go in your ear because you can feel them blocking noise.
If the sound is just too loud for earplugs to block. Headphones work beautifully. Wear them both at the same time. Earplugs and headphones. When I do both of these, nothing bothers me. Sometimes I might miss when someone addresses me, but I'd rather that happen then fly into a panic attack or into a rage.
To parents and spouses of people with this, keep being patient and understanding. Especially if you have a child with this. It's very hard for children. It pretty much destroyed any academic success in the classroom for me. But I made it. They will too, if they have wonderful guidance like I did.
've known about Misophonia for a few months now, but haven't really done any research on it. I've always not been able to handle eating sounds but now it's getting worse. I'm 15 and still in school. A lot of my teachers let kids eat food in class, their choice of food usually being chips from the vending machines. The chips are the worst part. Everytime I hear that 'crunch', I just want to cry. My anxiety levels sky rocket through the roof. Its getting so bad, I can't deal with it anymore. Usually I can just plug in my earphones, but even then it sometimes gets through. I've resolved to turning up my music way high, but thats been giving me huge headachs. Another worse thing is when it's during a lecture, when I can't plug in my earphones. I literally cannot ask them to stop either. I get all clammy, tougne tied and it just makes me want to cry even more. I'm already the weird quite girl that sits in the corner, I don't want to be labled as crazy. I can hear the crinkle of the bag from way across the room and it makes me want to scream. Smells are starting to affect me too. A girl brought popcorn into first hour one day, and the smell was so bad for me, it made me sick for the rest of the day. I try to explain it to my friends, and they don't believe me and just taunt me for it as they keep doing it, day after day. My little sister is the only one that gets it, as she can't handle forks scrapping teeth. I work in a restaurant, and its never really bothered me there, as I can escape into the back when the need arises. But at school during a lesson, I can't. I can't handle this anymore, I'm afraid I'm going to hurt someone or make a scene. Going to school is such a fight in the mornings. I use to love school. I don't want this for my sister either, hopefully she'll grow out of it or it wont get as bad as mine. Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to block out the sounds? I'm at a loss and don't know what to do.
My boyfriend has just introduced me to this. I can't believe this is actually what's been going on with me. I get extremely frustrated with any heavy breathing, low whispers, swallowing, lip smacking, licking, general food noise (especially luquids). I can't believe it! Really hope they find something to help, I'm finding it so hard to keep on good terms with people where I can't help but shout at them when they do this stuff!
So glad to know im not the only person in the world with some of these problems. The trigger and reaction that brought it to my attention that there was a problem was over lip smacking from cotton mouth. I had noticed how irrationally angry I would get over it and one day i actually struck my mother over it before realizing what I was doing. I felt horrible later, but so angry at the time.
Now ten years later I have examined my life and found my others. Loud sounds in particular i have problems with. Music, peoples voices, cars with heavy bass, screaming, babies screaming and crying is not only annoying but sometimes PAINFUL. Sometimes I cringe and have to cover my ears. Dogs barking loud and for a long time makes me, an animal lover, want to shoot it. When people snore i have to leave the room or the anger builds and i want to shake them silly.
My own brother didnt want me holding his baby because he was afraid I would hurt it because I "cringed" when I heard the baby cry. He was more concerned over that reaction then the fact I have seizures…
Wow- all these years that people just thought I was being bitchy when I would ask them to close their mouth while chewing or ask them to take their gum out… I work with a person that slurps her soup everyday and I have to leave the room from completely going off the deep end!!! I had a boyfriend that didn't like loud food so no eating chips and other crunchy food so that must have started it- some are just general manners… don't they teach manners in school anymore!!! I may be still bitchy but at least I know that I am not alone in this!!! Thanks to my friends that posted this!!!
WoW! This is amazing. Now, I do not feel alone or crazy. It is an actual condition. My family gives me such a hard time and do not understand why things drive me crazy. I cant stand to go to movie theaters, etc.. and be near someone chewing gum. I literally want to get up and leave. I have the same issue at the kids sporting events. I have to move chairs downstairs at night when we are watching tv because my daughter is constantly fidgeting. It actually can take over your life. Tuning it out does not work.
Hello to my fellow sufferers…
I am 61, and have had this since I was about 9. It was first the chewing of my step-father. Then my list grew exponentially. Slurping, tapping, crinkling of cellophane packages, gum popping, keyboards, those who constantly swirl their ice in a drink(UGG) and sniffing. Sniffing being the most "upsetting" for me. I almost quit a job, as I had a coworker who sniffed ALL day. I used to count her sniffs. I finally had to say something. Of course she thought I was crazy. I used earplugs, and listened to music (my "double muffle) (I had an understanding boss)…and that was the only way I could make it through the day. My newly acquired problem is with those who whistle when they talk. I cannot watch or listen to President Obama..he's one heck of a whistler. And now, Carly Fiorina. She's worse. I have to change the channel when they are on…and forget Sean Connery. Love him, can't listen.
My sister actually told me about Misophonia, and that my condition had a name. It's great to know, that I'm not crazy. I spent many years wondering and psychoanalyzing myself. There's safety in numbers
People that don't have this condition have no idea how miserable your life can be. When I was 6 years old I was laying on the living room floor relaxing and watching my favorite show Laverne and Shirley. My dad came in, sat in his recliner and started snacking on a piece of fried chicken that he snuck from the kitchen when mom turned her head trying to finish getting dinner ready. The crunching completely pushed me over the edge. I tried not to say anything, the harder I tried the worse it became. By the time he was finished I was sobbing, crying, couldn't even tell him what was wrong. My mom rushed in and thought I was hurt. When I finally got the words out and told them his crunching was the reason for my melt down…. they looked at me like I was crazy. He apologized and gave me a hug but they thought I was tired and just being emotional. It wasn't their fault for not understanding. I knew then something was wrong and I didn't know anyone else that had this problem. Crunching isn't my only trigger. I have several. I can't stand it when people say I'm exaggerating, it can't be that bad, just ignore it. I wish it was that easy. I'm now 40 and it has been getting worse, think my hysterectomy helped with that LOL. Glad to know I'm not alone. This really made me feel better. Good luck everyone. I haven't found any treatment literature that I think would help. If anyone has more info they could share would be greatly appreciated.
I'm 49 and just recently realized that I'm not alone.
Around 7 years old I remember (VIVIDLY) the rhythmic sounds of a spoon in a cup from my mother making gravy in the kitchen. She had a pattern of "clackity-clackity-clackity" that was like nails on a chalk board to me… she made gravy often too. I can add my brother chewing with his mouth open, crinkling bags, dry-food crunching, loud grunts and groans, and many more since then.
I've silently coped by using many of the methods I've seen here like head phones, leaving the area, and drowning out the sounds with other sounds.
My frustration is that these don't seem to be getting to the root of this issue and instead are treating the symptoms rather than the cause. I've seen therapy mentioned here but if anyone has any other treatments I would love to know of them. In the mean time, I will search for solutions.
I'm 34 years old and have been suffering from Misophonia for as long as I can remember. I honestly thought I was insane until I stumbled across an article on it last year. I showed my girlfriend, and forwarded the link to my family as a sort of explanatory apology. Of course, not two days later, It took everything I had not to snap at my girlfriend for chewing gum. Which I will be the first to admit was not loud or invasive at all.
Have you ever found yourself stifling your anger because of what someone is ordering for delivery? Like the anticipation of them eating is going to send you overboard?
I feel so bad because I know I'm the one in the wrong. So much so, that recently I've even made it a point of fighting this thing head on. The other night my girlfriend and I ate chips together, side by side, and miraculously with the exception of a few urges to explode, I was able to get through. I'd be lying if I said things are any better, though. Not sure I could do it again. In fact just the thought of it has me grinding my teeth.
Misophonia has been the driving force in my life-long introversion. I can't sit close quarters, or at dinner tables. Thanksgiving is a nightmare. I can't stand when other people eat– especially salad, apples, chips, pickles, pizza crust, toast, gum, carrots, etc etc It's enough to make me leave the room… Even more so when it's my mom, brother, father, grandparents, girlfriend etc
It's like I'm most disturbed by whoever is in my inner circle. Why is that??
Also can't stand general annoyances like slurping, moaning, groaning, nasal breathing, clicking jaws, cracking knuckles, loud talkers, nail biting, typing, repetitive clicking of a computer trackpad, muffled music etc etc. Worst of all, It only affects me when other people are the source, making me feel like a hypocrite.
I try to empathize as much as possible, but it's no use, no matter how much I explain or apologize, my frustration always takes over. I've tried every approach imaginable, but in the end, It's just Ryan having to go to the other room, pretending to be okay while psychoanalyzing himself. I prefer not to eat in front of anyone either- It's like I feel like I'm being rude or something. So weird.
Obviously I can't go around hiding every time I eat or someone else does and over the years have had to cope with it as best as possible, but I think my definition of a nightmare would be a quiet family dinner with no way out.
Although not nearly as bad, fidgeting, and unanswered questions can get to me as well. I've also always had an extremely tough time looking at people when talking to them. Small talk could very well be the death of me.
My heart goes out to those of you that for whatever reason take to harming yourself as a response. I don't pretend to understand what the cause of misophonia is, but rest assured, I wish everyone the absolute best in overcoming it. It has really taken a toll on my relationships– especially with regard to family. Imagine what it must be like to sit unaffected while eating with your loved ones?
As for my level? I do remember reaching a 9 at one point, but could probably curb myself to a 7 or 8.
PS. I'm more interested in finding out the cause than some newly developed drug. Firm believer that once we know the origin, we can overcome anything. Even this.
I am seventy years of age and suffered from the curse of misophonia for over fifty years. I was raised in a home where as children we had to creep around the house making as little noise as possible.
When we closed a door we could not pull the door shut, we had to pull the door then use the handle so there would not be any noise closing it. It was the same with cupboard doors etc. Consequently when I entered the real world banging doors including car doors became a problem.
I have lived in sheltered housing for five years, my flat is located opposite a Mormon church with thirty-five parking spaces in the car park. The majority of the church-goers have no consideration for us elderly folks opposite. About two thirds of them slam their car doors. As these people have so many children, it is not unusual for a four door car to have its doors slammed shut six times, kids often have to go back for something they left behind.
If you multiply 25 (35 cars minus 10 cars with considerate occupants) by an average of four doors being slammed, multiplied by two for arrival and departure, that is two hundred car doors being slammed on a Sunday.
I have 10mm thick sheets of Plexiglass acting as double glazing which helps a little.
Yes, I am looking to move away, but that is not so easy when you live in sheltered housing.
It's so good to know I'm not alone. Was starting to feel like a bad person because of the things that drive me nuts. Someone clicked a pen during a meeting at work and I snatched it from his hands without even turning my head…he laughed, thank goodness. They've moved a man to the other side of a shared cubbie wall that's CONSTANTLY clearing his throught or making other snot noise. My ear buds are turned up so loud I think I'm damaging my hearing trying to make it through the day here. Very sad.
Thank you all for sharing your experiences…it's really, really good know I'm not alone. If you come near me, I PROMISE to sit still and keep noises to a minimum!!!
I am so glad i am not the only one, i have had this issue since i was little and i always felt there was something wrong with me. my biggest issues are anything eating related (crunching, slurping, open mouth eating, gum chewing…you name it i cant stand it). i feel horrible because my husband will not eat in the same room as me and if he does the sound on the TV has to be turned up so that i cannot hear him. at work i have to have earbuds in around lunch time otherwise i go crazy. it is good to know that i am not alone in this.
i have this, i found out when i was 8 and im 9 now it is the most annoyigost thing ever, when im playing ps3 my bro eats an apple then i leave the room and cry
Like everyone here I've felt these things for ages but never been able to put a name to it. My main triggers are eating and drinking – lips smacking, chewing noises, swallowing, gulping, the little exhale people do after drinking that I know they can't help but drives me insane. Yawning and burping as well. I don't know what it is that causes it but I'm going crazy. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.


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Edith Piaf tribute visits Pius
Leslie Fitzwater will bring back her Edith Piaf show, a hit at the Skylight last season, as a benefit Sept. 12 and 13 at Pius XI High School.
Proceeds from the performances will support the Paula Foley Tillen Scholarship Fund, which Pius uses to help young singers and musicians pay for private lessons. Tillen, a local pianist, arranger and composer who's worked with Fitzwater on many projects, will accompany the singer for these shows, too. Both women are adjunct faculty members at Pius. »Read Full Article
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Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are joining forces for a new album. Associated Press photo by Andy Kropa. »Read Full Blog Post
Scripps, Journal merge broadcast, spin off newspapers
Journal Communications and Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps are merging broadcast operations and spinning off newspaper operations, it was announced Wednesday.
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Vans Warped Tour at Summerfest grounds
Two days before Chicago becomes the center of the music-fest universe for Lollapalooza, the 19-year-old Vans Warped Tour took over the south end of the Summerfest grounds Wednesday with 86 bands. Here's some of what went down.
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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre turning 40 with special season
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White Rock Vineyards Red Bordeaux Blend Napa Valley Claret 2006
White Rock Vineyards:
White Rock Vineyards produces world class Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, using only the fruit from our own vineyard. Our 36-acre family run estate is situated in its own small valley in the southern foothills of the Stag's Leap Range on the historic site of White Rock Vineyards which dates back to 1870. The Land and the Vines The estate is a small valley consisting of 22... Read more
White Rock Vineyards produces world class Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, using only the fruit from our own vineyard. Our 36-acre family run estate is situated in its own small valley in the southern foothills of the Stag's Leap Range on the historic site of White Rock Vineyards which dates back to 1870. The Land and the Vines The estate is a small valley consisting of 22 acres of terraced hillsides and 14 acres of benchland. The soil of our hillsides is white volcanic ash, distinct from the typical Napa Valley alluvial soil. The combination of mature vines, volcanic soil and varied exposures create complex and age-worthy wines. The hills are planted predominantly to Cabernet Sauvignon, with blocks of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. These varietals combine to produce Cabernet Sauvignon blends in the Bordeaux tradition. The cooler benchland is planted to Chardonnay using a variety of Burgundian and old California clones. These vines produce small berries at 1.5-3 tons per acre resulting in wines of intense fruit and spice flavors, a distinct minerality and a long balanced finish. The Winery and the Wines The winery is located underground, in the caves that were bored in 1988--one of the first winery caves dug since the 1800's. Our red wines are aged within these caves, under ideal temperature and humidity. The "Laureate" Cabernet Sauvignon is our flagship wine, sourced from the upper hillside vines. These vines produce a dense, structured wine that offers delicious flavors now, and rewards further aging with even greater complexity. The "Claret" blend emphasizes forward fruit and a balance of flavors crafted to complement food and age gracefully. The Chardonnay grapes are hand-picked and hand-sorted, then transferred directly into the press. From the press the juice goes directly to French oak barrels, 5-10% of which are new. Here it ferments and ages on the lees for 10 months before bottling. Only a small percentage of the wine in barrel undergoes malo-lactic fermentation, resulting in a finished wine that is complex and flavorful while still remaining bright, crisp, and refreshing. Sustainable Farming Practices Since establishing our vineyard in 1977, we have been committed to sustainable natural farming. We have never used herbicides, pesticides or fumigants in our vineyard. We practice an integrated soil management program designed to ensure the health and fertility of our soils. Elements of this program include: Permanent native cover crops with tillable nitrogen-fixing crops where needed. Weed control is accomplished by mulching and hand hoeing around each vine. Fertilization is through our own composted winery pomace and targeted use of organic fertilizers. The Label The upper label is a reproduction of a woodcut depicting the property as it was in 1870. The original stone building shown in the center is the old White Rock Vineyards cellar. Read less
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Waste Management
Using Waste Heat From a Refuse Incinerator to Grow 5,000 Tons of Tomatoes
A small town in France, Bessières, is implementing a widely replicable project: using waste heat from the incineration of unrecyclable municipal waste in a cogeneration plant to heat nearby greenhouses that will produce 5,000 tons of tomatoes a year, as well as saving greenhouse gas emissions.[read more]
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Should Cities Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags?
Should cities ban single use plastic bags or keep them but charge a fee? Plastic bags are definitely a scourge on the environment, particularly once they get into the ocean, but does banning them outright make sense, or is there a better way to phase them out?[read more]
LEGO to Spend $150m to Make All Its Products Sustainable by 2030
LEGO says it is looking for a way to find sustainable alternatives for making its cute little building blocks and it is putting its money where its mouth is. It will spend $150,000,000 to create a "LEGO Sustainable Materials Centre" that will research new raw materials. The company has pledged to make all of its products from sustainable sources by 2030.[read more]
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The capital and largest city of the Republic of Maldives is on Malé, one of the most densely populated islands in the world. It faces a host of challenges arising from the fact that everything needed in terms of infrastructure has to be located in the city. It can therefore be seen as a paradigm of any city trying to become sustainable.[read more]
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Artists Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, A Tribe Called Quest
February 06, 2013
Some of my favorite tracks from the group of artists known collectively as the Native Tongues.
Best of 2015: Qtr I by jeff_a
My 10 fave tracks from the first 3 months of 2015.
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Broham by jeff_a
Some of my brother's favorite songs.
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Women Rock! by jeff_a
In my opinion, there is a distinct difference between women singers & women rockers.
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WORDS playlist (personally selected by the band) by jeff_a
Here are some of our own favorite songs, plus two songs that we recorded ourselves for CD tributes to The Records and The Bay City Rollers.
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How did three Danes end up being tortured in Lebanon?
The human cost of the Greek financial crisis
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Brega, Libya - In the distance and high above, a Libyan air force jet circled over the town of Brega, a key oil port in eastern Libya around 330km from Sirte, one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds.
As scores of rebel fighters armed with AK-47 assault rifles, shotguns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers watched from their staging point on the main road into town, the jet dipped and dropped its ordinance. A plume of smoke rose from Brega, and the sound of the explosion washed over the assembled crowd.
Somewhere near the town, anti-aircraft guns opened fire. The jet ascended and disappeared into the glare of the sun, though its hum could still be heard in the sky.
A minute later, it reappeared and descended rapidly, coming straight for the road. It swooped low and sped overhead. A moment after it passed, an explosion erupted from the desert 80 metres away, shooting black smoke and sand into the air and scattering the rebels in different directions down the road.
It was a rare event: a Libyan military airstrike witnessed directly by foreign journalists.
The bombing left no casualties, but a co-ordinated raid on Brega on Wednesday that witnesses said involved at least six jeeps and heavily armed troops left at least 10 dead - one of them a 12-year-old boy - and injured at least 21 more.
The attack and the large mobilisation to counter it illustrated how the conflict between Gaddafi loyalists and opponents has in three weeks escalated from street protests to armed rebellion.
Little training
Early on Wednesday morning, reports of an attack on Brega reached Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city and the heart of the uprising. Gaddafi forces had retaken the town, airport, and refinery and petrochemical plant, witnesses said.
The claim seemed plausible: during a visit to Brega and nearby Ajdabiya on Monday, Al Jazeera found the oil-rich front lines of the rebellion lightly defended by irregular fighters, ill-equipped and undisciplined, more prone to firing their weapons in the air than setting up defences.
The number of Gaddafi troops was unclear, but they reportedly arrived before dawn and easily pushed the rebel troops back with fire from assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and air support.
At the main checkpoint outside Ajdabiya, close to Brega and around 160km south of Benghazi, hundreds of opposition fighters heeded the call to come to the town's defence. Civilian cars filled the desert around the checkpoint. Their occupants milled around the main road, cheering as armed rebels drove by in vans and pickup trucks, heading for the front.
Some cleaned weapons and loaded ammunition into belts, while others manned the defences. Fighters had positioned several 14.5mm anti-aircraft guns behind dirt embankments on either side of the road. On one side, a multi-barreled rocket launcher sat loaded and primed to fire.
Farther ahead of the checkpoint, two 105mm M40 recoilless rifles - essentially tank barrels mounted on tripods - pointed toward Brega.
A tank commandeered by the opposition arrived, then left. Inside a storeroom, around 10 surface-to-air missile launchers leaned against a wall.
The stream of reinforcements continued toward Brega throughout the morning. Men wore plain clothes, tan and green camouflage and a wide assortment of gear that opposition forces said has been donated from the army. Body armour was nowhere to be seen. One man in a purple sweatshirt wore an outdated helmet too large for his head and carried a bazooka with no ammunition.
It remained unclear whether the rebel fighters, the majority of them civilians with little or no training, would be capable of repelling a serious assault by Gaddafi loyalists. Defected army officers at the checkpoint and down the road at the staging point outside Brega attempted to give tactical direction and training on the spot, but the opposition's military efforts on Wednesday seemed to be in nobody's control.
Civilians approached former colonels, still dressed in camouflage uniforms, to offer excited reports from the field and sketch out manoeuvres in the sand.
Lack of training
The lack of training had serious ramifications. Rebels returning to the checkpoint from the road toward Brega complained about the number of friendly practice rounds fired in their direction.
At one point, a man assisting with one of the recoilless rifles suffered severe injuries to his legs and back when someone fired the weapon, possibly exploding another unused round stacked nearby. Dozens of men rushed to the scene, and the injured man was carried to a car and driven away, his legs covered in blood.
At the opposition staging point outside Brega, before the air strike forced the rebels to flee, Colonel Bashir Abdul-Qader, dressed in a tan camouflage uniform, attempted to co-ordinate a counterattack on the town.
He spoke with colleagues on a mobile phone and exchanged ideas with members of the opposition waiting on the road, but neither he nor they seemed prepared, and it was unclear who among the fighters in civilian clothes had authority to lead.
Abdul-Qader said that the rebels planned to surround Brega and overwhelm it at night. The ultimate goal, he said, was a march on Sirte. But events outpaced the colonel's lofty plans. As the Libyan jet circled above, opposition fighters were already pushing Gaddafi supporters out of town.
Some of the fighters on the road claimed that around 200 or 300 Gaddafi troops had become trapped in Brega University. But each story differed from the next. Some said the pro-Gaddafi forces had attacked with 50 vehicles; others said a Libyan air force pilot had ejected rather than bomb rebel positions around Ajdabiya.
A car approached from Brega and a man jumped out to excitedly claim that the university had fallen. After him, another car heading back from town bore a wounded man.
Kilometres ahead, the gunfire and explosions continued. According to witnesses, pro-Gaddafi fighters had fired indiscriminately during the morning rampage inside the Brega University compound, which also houses family residences.
By early afternoon, no fighting could be seen in Brega itself, though a small crater, apparently from the airstrike, still smouldered at the entrance to the university. Trucks and jeeps loaded with opposition fighters pushed into the scrubland south of the road, driving away the last remaining Gaddafi troops.
Celebrating fighters
As celebrating fighters shot automatic AK-47 fire into the air, a convoy of three large transport trucks inched through the crowd, carrying dozens of Egyptian workers who had been trapped in Sirte and were now making their way east toward the border.
They waved and cheered as the fighters tossed them water bottles.
On the seaside road from the university to Brega Hospital, men perused the sand dunes where fighting had raged earlier in the day, picking up spent shell casings and packages for 81mm mortars, though it was unclear whether they had been fired by Gaddafi forces or rebels.
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Outside Brega Hospital, a large crowd had gathered. Six bodies filled a small, one-room morgue. The man keeping watch inside said the two lying on the floor were pro-Gaddafi fighters.
One appeared to be middle-aged, the other perhaps in his early 20s; neither seemed to be wearing a standard army uniform. Three other dead civilians were being kept at a nearby clinic, he said.
One of the civilian dead, a man with a white-and-black checkered kaffiyeh, bore a gaping gunshot wound to his neck - likely the result of a high-calibre machine gun round.
Sand covered his face, and blood pooled around his collar.Inside, staff treated the injured.
One man receiving stitches had been hit by gunfire; the bullet had entered the front of his left thigh and exited the buttock on the same side.
Adult men were not the only casualties. Nurses wheeled in two small boys on gurneys. They were brothers, a doctor said. Seven-year-old Faraj Omran had been hit in the nose by a piece of shrapnel, possibly a bullet fragment. He laid flat on a gurney, shaking and staring fearfully at the crowd around him.
His 14-year-old brother Hussein lay nearby, a bandage over his forehead where he too had been hit. Another brother, 12-year-old Hassan, had been shot to death, the doctor said.
Some rebel witnesses claimed that Gaddafi's forces had dragged families out of their cars on the main road, using them as human shields once they were pinned down inside the university grounds.
Throughout the day, vans and taxis could be seen taking families down the road away from Brega towards Benghazi, the occupants waving the victory sign to onlookers.
Alleged loyalist
In the hospital, doctors showed the identification card of Hassan Ahmed Mukhtar, one of the dead men alleged to be a Gaddafi loyalist.
They were eager to point out the line that said he was an immigrant from Niger. But the card was issued by the Libyan government, and it was impossible to know whether the man was one of the supposed "mercenaries" recruited by Gaddafi to put down the uprising.
The early-morning assault on Brega may have been an attempt to probe the revolution's front lines and measure the rebels' ability to respond. It clearly indicated Gaddafi's ability to strike hundreds of kilometres from his power bases. Yet despite the show of air power, rebels repelled it easily.
With thousands of young men reportedly signing up to join the new army of liberated eastern Libya, and defected army officers working to bring organisation to the front lines, Gaddafi's ability to regain a foothold in the strategic lands east of Sirte appears to be shrinking.
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