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Swallowing/chewing sounds

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I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but anybody got any tips on how to cope with it? Certain sounds just drive me up the wall, one of them is swallowing/chewing…it drives me absolutely mad to the point I’m literally pulling my hair out, what’s left of it. 
I find my partner to be particularly loud when slurping/seallowing drinks, and I often have to sit blocking my ears with my fingers or using earplugs, it drives me insane, and to be fair I probably drive her insane too with my unreasonable reaction.

Anybody got any long term solutions? Or psychological tricks I can use to try manage it? There’s plenty of other sounds that drive me absolutely insane, but because involves my partner I want to be able to try and manage it better.

thankyou

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  • I think this is one of those classic Autism sensitivities. It is the sensory equivalent to the "special interest in trains" stereotype. My daughter won't sit directly across the dinner table from me because she says my chewing is too loud. She eats all other meals alone on the couch.

    Comedian Pierre Novellie published a book about his Autism and writes that chewing noises really set him off. Let me go remind myself if he has any solutions ... [goes to get book] ... nope, nothing helpful, he just observes that, "if you chew with your mouth open you have failed as an adult".

    Tips?

    I suppose sit further apart while eating, or maybe side-by-side, so the noise is projected away from you.

    Play music while eating together at the table.

    Take the stoical approach and accept that it is going to happen, tell yourself in advance that it is just a natural sound that is to be expected and that, as you cannot do much about it, you should just endure it with dignity. And ... breathe. (That's been helpful for me for lots of things.)

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  • I think this is one of those classic Autism sensitivities. It is the sensory equivalent to the "special interest in trains" stereotype. My daughter won't sit directly across the dinner table from me because she says my chewing is too loud. She eats all other meals alone on the couch.

    Comedian Pierre Novellie published a book about his Autism and writes that chewing noises really set him off. Let me go remind myself if he has any solutions ... [goes to get book] ... nope, nothing helpful, he just observes that, "if you chew with your mouth open you have failed as an adult".

    Tips?

    I suppose sit further apart while eating, or maybe side-by-side, so the noise is projected away from you.

    Play music while eating together at the table.

    Take the stoical approach and accept that it is going to happen, tell yourself in advance that it is just a natural sound that is to be expected and that, as you cannot do much about it, you should just endure it with dignity. And ... breathe. (That's been helpful for me for lots of things.)

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