In the autumn of 2022, my husband, daughter and I were driving north up the M5 motorway to fetch a puppy. We were listening to the actor Richard E Grant being interviewed on a podcast about his dream meal. When he was asked whether he’d prefer poppadoms or bread, he replied: “Bread . . . I suffer from misophonia, so the sound of a poppadom being crunched near you literally brings the red mist of rage . . . I wish I didn’t suffer from this, but I do. So the sound of a poppadom is unacceptable.”
2022年秋天,我和丈夫、女儿沿着M5高速公路向北开车去接一只小狗。我们在听一档播客,演员理查德•E•格兰特(Richard E Grant)在节目里谈他理想的一餐。被问到更喜欢薄脆饼还是面包时,他回答:“面包……我有‘厌声症’,所以有人在你身边咔嚓咔嚓吃薄脆饼的声音会让我瞬间血压飙升、怒火中烧……我也希望自己没有这种状况,但确实如此。所以薄脆饼发出的声音让我无法接受。”