‘Your Chewing Sounds Like Nails On A Chalkboard’: What Life With Misophonia Is Like

I look forward to the Golden Globes and the Oscars the way sports fans countdown to the Super Bowl. But for me, going to the movie theater was always moreof a sport than an art.I’d go armed with earplugs to block out the sound of potential popcorncrunching and candy wrappers rustling. I’d dress in my standard uniform: ahoodie to block out my peripheral vision so I didn’t actually catch anyone inthe act of eating (yes, even the visual of someone…