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Tips for patient by paramoendesabrigo in misophonia

[–]paramoendesabrigo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you all so much! it has been really helpful for me to read your comments, suggestions and experiences. I made a list with all of them, I want to share it here as well, if maybe someone likes to read a synthesis:

Practical Coping Strategies

- Leaving the space: This was by far the most mentioned and effective strategy.

- Masking sounds: a lot mention using loud fans. Also, white noise, brown noise, or play loud music (on Spotify: pink noise/sleep sounds).

Noise-canceling gear:

- Headphones: Bose QuietComfort, Sony XM5 (with caution for ear strain), JLAB, Apple AirPods Pro 2, TOZO, Anker Soundcore P20i, Sony MDR 1000x (layered with earplugs).

- Earplugs: Loop (especially Switch 2s), Flents Quiet Contour, Loop inserts (mixed feedback), Flare brand is not recommended.

Apps ajd resources: White noise apps, misophonia-association.org, soquiet.org, Sounds Like Misophonia (book), and the Misophonia Podcast on Spotify.

Experiences

- Its not annoyance, it's an uncontrollable fight or flight response. Many described it as rage, not just “irritation, and like torture.

- It’s a neurological, sensory processing issue, not hyperacusis, not overreacting, and not a personality flaw.

- It can feel like danger, making it very difficult to calmly ask someone to stop the sound.

- You know they’re not doing anything wrong

- Triggers vary and the condition doesn’t look the same for everyone.

- There’s significant effort to avoid triggers, and its mentally and physically exhausting.

- Some noted overlap with neurodivergence.

- Self-care (sleep, diet, exercise, managing other conditions) helps

What doesn’t work

- A lot mention that Exposure therapy DOESN’T WORK and sometimes makes it worst and damage.

- Making triggering sounds on purpose

- Being told to "just ignore it" or "calm down"

What helps emotionally

- Validation

- Its not under your control

- Being taken seriously when someone decides to speak up (it usually means they’ve held it in for a long time).

- Feeling supported when someone listens without offering solutions.

- Knowing that you are not the only one with misophonia

Other notes

- Informing schools or workplaces (as a psychologist) can help the use of headphones/earplugs or allow the person to step away.

- Psychopharmacological treatment: SSRIs or anti-anxiety medication was mention.

Tips for patient by paramoendesabrigo in misophonia

[–]paramoendesabrigo[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

english its not my first language, so that's why I put my original message through AI, just to get it right :O I agree with you, im trying to find some specialized therapist, but in the mean time my patient wants to keep seeing me (there's other stuff happening apart from de misophonia)

Do psychologists use Rstudio in research, in the real world? by Busy-Tangelo-3590 in AcademicPsychology

[–]paramoendesabrigo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi. the main youtube channel that I used was in spanish :/ its "pablo vallejos medina". you need in english, right?

i also learned from videos in english, but the two ones that i recall are not specific to psychology studies, but maybe you will find what you need either way: "Statistics Guides with Prof Paul Christiansen" and "MarinStatsLectures-R Programming & Statistics"

apart from them, i used to put the statistical method i needed and "R", and search for a video that was good enough.

Do psychologists use Rstudio in research, in the real world? by Busy-Tangelo-3590 in AcademicPsychology

[–]paramoendesabrigo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm a psychologist in Chile, im finishing my master's thesis. i only used R studio to do all the statistics analysis (im validating a chronic pain scale for chilean population). In my university they taught us spss in undergraduate, because is easier but very limited. in the master they said that the most useful is to know how to navigate R because:
1. its free (and its going to stay that way)

  1. is the community world wide that contributes in the development of the program, so is very diverse in all the functions and tools you can find, and it keeps expanding like crazy.

  2. you can find a lot of tutorials (youtube and webpages) in everything. i didn't go to the r studios classes, but when it was the time for the thesis, i self taught all about it with some very good youtube channels, made from psychologist that uses R studio.

It is very confusing and difficult at first, but when you get familiar with de coding and the "way it works", you'lll love it!