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a theme of Anger & Defensive Rage in Misophonia

Dibb et al. (2026) explored the lived misophonic response through 24 semi-structured interviews with adults screened for misophonia using the Misophonia Response Scale, analysed with reflexive thematic analysis, and found that the immediate emotional reaction was dominated by intense anger and disgust accompanied by intrusive aggressive thoughts toward the trigger source. The authors concluded that these strong, involuntary emotional reactions are a defining feature of the misophonic response as it is subjectively experienced (Dibb et al., 2026).