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Seems all the sufferers of this have come out in this thread. I really wonder how much of this is cultural. It's considered polite in many east asian cultures to eat and slurp loudly - it means you appreciate the food.

I have to imagine the occurance of eating misophonia is much lower there.

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> I have to imagine the occurance of eating misophonia is much lower there.

Anecdotes suggest nope, which is a bummer given the cultural norms you mentioned.

I spoke with a Chinese man from the mainland who went to Europe to study in his 30s and by his account it's a low-class thing really. It's just that there's a lot of new money in China.

I'm curious about the onset. Every person I know who has it can specifically relate it to one of their parents.

Def. related to my parents. I cured it by exposure aka living in Asia

I have had it since early childhood and the parent connection is pretty clear in my case:

My father spent a month in a warzone as a civilian and that necessarily meant he went through a period of hunger. That, combined with two generations before him each suffering a world war made him particularly difficult at the dining table.

Anyway, nowadays I use my oversensitivity to gauge if I have any unspoken, subconscious grudge against a person, because my reactions are amplified by that.

Not at all in my case.

I have a map of sound:person which is not long but surprisingly diverse

My business travel in that part of the world is torrid for this reason.

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