I was sitting on a quiet train. The car was nearly empty. Just the low hum of the tracks and a man across the aisle ...

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“The noises have been pretty overwhelming,” the teen said of loud chewing and talking at the dinner table Brian Anthony Hernandez joined PEOPLE as a writer-editor in 2023. He was promoted to a staff ...

If certain sounds send chills up your spine, you might be struggling with misophonia. Here’s a questionnaire to help you know. Have you ever heard a certain sound and become overwhelmed with anger, ...

I’m a fairly calm person, but one thing that launches me into a fit of rage is the sound of my husband chewing. I can’t say whether his chewing differs in a demonstrable way from other people’s ...

Everyone has that one sound that makes their skin crawl. Maybe it is a colleague who keeps clicking a pen during a meeting, or someone chewing loudly beside you on a quiet train. These everyday noises ...