Blog Post #12 ~ What Grinds Your Gears?

One thing that really grinds my gears is people smacking gum. Nothing irritates me more than someone smacking their gum very loudly. People who smack their chewing gum are the worst offenders. And for those of us who hate it, it can be crippling. I guess you could say I have Misophonia which literally means the “hatred of sound” it is when negative thoughts, emotions are triggered by specific sounds. I absolutely hate the sound gum makes when it’s being smacked it sounds disgusting and not very pleasing to my ears. I hate that I hate smacking because smackers are everywhere in movie theaters, restaurants, on airplanes and at school. I can’t escape smackers, and I can hear them a mile away. Unfortunately for me i sit in front of one of my peers who smacks their gum right behind me. It is actually the worst 50 minutes of life ever. Another thing that grinds my gears is when people talk way too much for way too long. I have a soccer coach who loves to spend 15-30 minutes explaining a drill and just repeats the same thing over and over again. For example we will be in the middle of a soccer drill and he will stop everything and just start talking and will not stop talking until he feels like it. Half of our soccer practices my team and I are just standing listening to our coach talk, it gets so boring that we start yawning. I sometimes just start dozing off and don’t pay attention at all. My pet peeves are really hard to avoid this year mainly because I have to face them every single day.