Certain dialects absolutely enrage meeeeee
I’m from the Southern United States. Recently moved to an Appalachian area. My triggers are usually inconsistent but there are some things that I have ALWAYS had that absolutely make me go into instant nuclear rage mode.
Even as a southerner I don’t speak in these ways.
Does anyone else with misophonia or sensory issues get irrationally triggered by certain dialects or speech patterns specifically?
Mine are VERY specific and it’s not about hating people — it’s the actual sound patterns/pronunciation changes that make my brain feel like it’s short-circuiting. Certain dropped consonants, altered grammar structures, or heavily modified pronunciations genuinely make me feel physically agitated and unable to focus on anything else being said.
For me, Appalachian dialect features (like dropping ending consonants/sounds), some Dutch/Netherlands English pronunciations, and some AAVE speech patterns trigger it the most intensely. Once I notice it, my brain hyper-fixates and I can’t “unhear” it. It is gratingggggggg.
Examples:
- “He be working” instead of “He is usually working”
- “I been knew that” instead of “I’ve known that for a long time”
- “finna” instead of “fixing to/about to”
- consonant drops like “ol’” for “old”
- “aks” instead of “ask”
- “I seen him” instead of “I saw him”
- “goal” → “go”
- “whole” → “ho”
- “folder” → “foder”
- “accurate” → “accrate”
I know dialects are culturally and regionally tied, and I’m not trying to insult anyone personally. I’m more curious whether other people with misophonia experience this specifically with speech patterns/language the same way people react to chewing, clicking, repetitive sounds, etc.
It’s weird because it’s not ALL accents. Some accents I actually love. My brain just reacts extremely strongly to certain pronunciation structures and I’ve been this way my entire life.