Misophonia, or selective sound sensitivity syndrome (S4), is something that people should be more aware of. Some say it is the worst mental disorder that an average person doesn't know about. Basically, for me, and other misophoniacs, your background sounds, are our worst nightmare. Our sense of hearing is heightened, so if we are saying there is a sound, and you think that I'm lying, me and other miso sufferers, aren't. We hear some of what you don't. Some people think that it is funny if they make noise, or if we come out as misophoniacs, they say it is just an internet thing. It is actually very easily self diagnosed. It is more of an opinion thing that doctors don't have a test developed for. Scientists don't have many answers for it, but believe that one certain connection in the neurological system is too strong. You can develop this, maybe have it for your whole life, but it can go away naturally, or you can get therapy. They say that it seems pretty rare. It can run in families, which is most common. You can't see every body's reactions, and you never know when a sufferer is around you. Some people don't tell you that you are triggering them because a lot of people will say that there a crybaby, overreacting, or just sensitive. Sometimes people even make their sounds louder. We can't help our feelings. By using coping methods around a trigger caused by a person, where not trying to be rude. Just like how somebody with epilepsy can't control their seizures much, we can't control our mental and some physical reactions. Making fun of somebody with a mental syndrome is bullying. Triggering us is the same thing. It is selfish. If you were to tell somebody that you are scared of dogs, and then they brought all of there dogs to your house, same thing. If you tell somebody you can't have peanut butter and then they throw there PB&J at you, same thing. You can't control an allergy. I can't control my miso. Imagine taking a test, and getting distracted by the sound of a pencil tapping, with S4, we experience that sound the amount you do, and not just during tests, all the time. Please consider these triggers and reaction, and keep in mind that some cases are worse than others. You never know, it could be you with the selective sound sensitivity syndrome.