What Is Misophonia?

Link To Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Misophonia is similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder and, in fact, often occurs concurrently with the condition. Similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder, misophonia has a different presentation in each patient. Obsessive-compulsive disorder includes unwanted and obsessive thoughts. The link to obsessive-compulsive disorder lies in the obsessive aspects of misophonia, where patients focus intently on one thing or the anticipation of it. The hatred of sound was only first labeled in the early 2000s, whereas obsessive-compulsive disorder was first described as early as the 1600s. Thus the links and relationships are still being studied, although misophonia is often misdiagnosed as obsessive-compulsive disorder or a diagnosis finds the two occur at the same time.

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