[Don't] Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

by Kelly Jensen

It’s known as either selective sound sensitivity syndrome (4S) or more commonly, misophonia, meaning “hatred of sound.” Unfortunately, merely learning about misophonia has done nothing to fix the actual problem—I’ve found no solution to the symptoms. Yet despite the lack of resolution, this knowledge has still managed to deeply change me. I’m no longer alone, and that very fact has altered the way I see myself.