‘My 11-year-old daughter cannot tolerate the sound of her sister’s breathing or the voices of her mother and teacher’I think my daughter who recently turned 11 has developed misophonia . For a couple of years, she has been very sensitive to certain sounds.
Firstly, her younger sister’s breathing – who can be a bit nasal – used to bother her a lot to the point it affected their relationship. We had to put them in separate bedrooms and since then the problem has subsided. I know, at face value, this may seem trivial or normal not to like voices of authority, but the scale of distress it causes my daughter is extreme. She struggles to calm herself, fidgets to try to regulate and, at home, inevitably lashes out at her mother.No, Irish women don’t need to ‘breed more’.
In the first instance, it might be useful to contact your GP for an assessment to out rule any physical causes. Your GP could make a referral to an audiologist who is familiar with assessing hyperacusis and misophonia or to another specialist if you feel your daughter might benefit from another developmental assessment.In helping your daughter, the most important thing you can do is respond with understanding and compassion.