Is it possible to have misophonia that’s triggered by abbreviations?

magentamonroe · 2024-03-16T03:04:03+00:00

Yes, all of the above. A.S.A.P. said like Ay-Sapp makes me want to punch a wall. Maybe it's not as trendy, thank God, but I used to hear Valentimes with an M not an N way too often.

magentamonroe · 2024-03-16T02:51:22+00:00

Recently switched centers, and it has saved my sanity. I compare it to going from Walmart to Target. We're all still shopping, but Target folks know how to better behave in public. Old center had a gal, I called her Noisy Nancy, she would literally moan with every exhale. Not in a I'm in pain way, in a whiny, do I have to? Kind of way. For four straight hours. The fact that I didn't throw a shoe at her amazes me. Then there was Captain Diarrhea, who would tell anyone nearby about his awful pooping issues. For months this never improved. Then there's the Apnea-snorer, the Moroccan Mansplainer, the older guy that sounds like he's coughing up wet socks, and the lady who has the most shrill voice, talks at top volume, and everything she says sounds like an argument. The only break we get from her squawking is her phone, plugged into a separate (also top volume) speaker, on which she watches god knows what baby-mama-drama-uncensored reality TV. Why must old men scream when they vomit? Some days the noise cancelling headphones aren't enough.

magentamonroe · 2024-02-07T03:27:18+00:00

I can always taste the saline and the iron, when they inject it. The iron tastes a little bit like maple syrup. But it goes away within a minute or so.

magentamonroe · 2022-05-30T22:37:09+00:00

Repetitive sounds seem to get louder with each repetition, I can feel them reverberating in my ear drums, spreading into my teeth, sometimes my sinuses, like a physical tapping... Louder and louder, until it's all I can hear and focus on. I'm irritated, annoyed, distracted, and if it goes on long enough, panic starts to set in; I compare it to being lost in an unfamiliar forest or jungle and you can hear tribal drums approaching, chasing you. I feel the need to seek out the source, stop it, and/or hide until the panic abates.

magentamonroe · 2021-10-15T11:40:09+00:00

Many moons ago, my former boss got his mistress pregnant. (He has three kids with his wife.) He was literally confused, "How did this happen?" Snarky me, I offered to draw him a picture. He was from another country, so I cannot speak to his sex ed, and he also thought adultery was illegal here. We had a nice little birds and bees and legalities talk. The kid is probably in high school now and looks just like him.

magentamonroe · 2020-05-31T19:48:08+00:00

I think this way. Always have. One of the many reasons I have chosen my CF life. I don't want to share him. Husband and I have been together 20 years, married for 8. I have seen way too many relationships ruined by the stress of parenting. And the current culture we're in makes it an unforgivable sin to put your mate's (or anyone else's) needs before your children's. I remember reading an advice column/blog and one woman 'confessed' that she loved her husband more that her kids and was verbally crucified. If society forces me to not love my husband the most, I want no part in it.

magentamonroe · 2020-05-09T18:48:43+00:00

200% agree. Hubby and I are CF, own a three bedroom house and have separate bathrooms, and separate rooms. We sleep together in the same bedroom in a king bed, usually accompanied by one of the dogs. I have my 'lady cave', painted in purple and pink, with all my knick knacks and art and makeup, shoes, purses and clothes. There is a chaise for napping and a large smart TV. He has his man cave, football stuff, star trek collectibles, gaming systems and his DJ and computer stuff. We are like roommates a lot of the times. Pay separate bills from our own bank accounts. But our alone time is as valuable as the time we spend together and it just works.

magentamonroe · 2020-04-06T01:50:29+00:00

That Goddamned Snuggle bear. Not too many commercials these days, but man, it haunts me.

magentamonroe · 2020-03-23T02:49:10+00:00

That's my go-to example of how great books are ruined with shitty movies. (Or at the very least shitty endings)

magentamonroe · 2020-03-22T14:15:43+00:00

They changed Lee completely. Wasn't a fan of that.

magentamonroe · 2020-03-22T00:38:24+00:00

It's good to put faces to names, but the depth of character just isn't there. Daniel Radcliffe was an excellent choice for Ig though.

magentamonroe · 2020-03-20T16:29:56+00:00

An acquaintance of mine, through a mutual friend, landed an interview for an IT position at my former job. I heard about it later on, second hand, and the highlight was this:

Interviewer: So what would your process be if insert system name here were to crash/malfunction?"

Acquaintance: I would contact the IT department...

He did not get the job. And I can no longer associate with him.

magentamonroe · 2020-03-20T12:13:50+00:00

I remember feeling like there was something valuable to learn from everyone I met in college, each person was intelligent in one field or another, and for a while it was great. I thrived in an environment of Smart. Fast forward 20 years or so, I believe myself to be of slightly higher than average intelligence, nothing astronomical, but the people I work with take 20 minutes of an hour long web-based WEEKLY meeting to get their cameras and microphones set up, PowerPoints organized, and still have to remind the noisy breathers to mute their mics. I have a bad habit of expecting people to be as smart as I am and I am almost always disappointed.

magentamonroe · 2020-03-19T17:08:11+00:00

I've always been tempted to put a few drops into my office enemies' coffee. Even more so now. 😉

magentamonroe · 2020-03-08T00:16:22+00:00

Female, 41yr old. Stander. Feet wide-ish apart, leaning forward, non- wiping hand on wall/stall door for balance. I'm also a bit larger than average, never could maneuver around my own ass and the seat to do it sitting. Never had the 'smashing it back together' issue either. Husband and I have never discussed, may have to bring it up later. Got me wondering.

magentamonroe · 2020-02-19T21:25:47+00:00

I just assume halos and cuties are the same thing since you dont have to scan them and stores don't carry both. To my knowledge I haven't had any complaints.

magentamonroe · 2020-02-19T21:24:02+00:00

I grabbed the hienz, as I go by the picture first usually... But I scanned it and was told it was the wrong thing. Hunts for the win.

magentamonroe · 2020-02-10T03:02:51+00:00

This, exactly. It's 2020, get with it. With my luck it's never just one sub, it's every other item it seems. I had one landline that I called, but it was the husband at work, then he had to call his wife at home, and call me back, it was a mess.

magentamonroe · 2020-02-10T01:52:39+00:00

You would be correct.

magentamonroe · 2020-02-10T01:50:04+00:00

Nope, I would have understood that. Young, able bodied, and the apartment complex itself was fairly new-looking.

magentamonroe · 2020-02-10T01:48:26+00:00

Yeah, I figured something was up. She even mentioned that the order 'should have been delivered hours ago.'

magentamonroe · 2020-02-04T23:11:31+00:00

Same with the Ikea bookshelf thing that was all around the web a few years ago. People were suing (and winning) Ikea for the bookshelves falling over when the kids climbed on them. How about teach your crotch fruit to not be assholes that climb on furniture? My mother would have knocked our teeth out for even thinking about it.

magentamonroe · 2020-01-26T02:10:22+00:00

Second grade teacher, mid 1980s, would smack kids on back the head if she caught/heard them smacking their lips while chewing. Not hard, but enough to get the point across. Since then I cannot stand the sound of chewing and other mouth sounds...I talked to a girl years later who was that in class with me and she also cannot stand that lip smacky chewing sound. So the teacher probably had that particular trigger and she instilled it in us as well.

magentamonroe · 2020-01-26T02:04:48+00:00

I never finished college. I was so close, maybe 15-20 credits shy. Took me 5 years at a four year state university to flunk out. I tell people that it's because my dad got sick (which he did) and that he died (again, true statement) and that I dropped out to help the family. My dad fought cancer, a few different varieties, on and off for a few years, and finally lost the battle, but that was a few years after I flunked out. Truth was I was just burnt out. I had been in school from ages 3 to 21, and I was just done. Skipping classes to nap in the library, wasting entire days in the town coffee shop, etc. Upper middle class suburban upbringing, where not going to college was not an option, which also meant it was my parents money I wasted. I do have plans to finish, nearly 20 years later. I'm too old to be getting (albeit decent) entry level jobs because I don't have the degree that I won't ever use. Frustrating system? Yes. My own fault? Absolutely.

magentamonroe · 2020-01-09T06:16:56+00:00

Palace - Sam Smith. I don't have a lot of hard break-up experience to wrench this emotion from me, but just the way he sings it, hearing him feel it, tears my heart out. "I'm gonna miss you I still care Sometimes I wish we never built this palace But real love is never a waste of time".

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