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An article found here<\/a> describes the prevalence, phenomenology, and impact of misophonia, a little known disorder characterized by decreased tolerance for and negative reactions to certain sounds and associated stimuli, which contribute to impairment and distress.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An article found here describes the prevalence, phenomenology, and impact of misophonia, a little known disorder characterized by decreased tolerance for and negative reactions to certain sounds and associated stimuli, which contribute to impairment and distress.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disorders"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcjttF-5A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":154,"url":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/14\/shift-work-and-circadian-rhythms\/","url_meta":{"origin":346,"position":0},"title":"Shift Work and Circadian Rhythms","author":"dbernstein","date":"September 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Examples of major industrial accidents in which sleepiness and\/or shiftwork disorder may have played a part: \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant incident, which occurred at 4:00 a.m. Overnight shift workers failed to respond quickly and appropriately to a mechanical problem that caused a near meltdown \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sleepiness is thought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Industrial\/Organizational Psychology"","block_context":{"text":"Industrial\/Organizational Psychology","link":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/iopsych\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":397,"url":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/23\/feeling-no-fear\/","url_meta":{"origin":346,"position":1},"title":"Feeling No Fear","author":"dbernstein","date":"April 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a link to an article describing a rare disorder that prevents people from feeling fear via the amygdala, but shows that there is a deeper source of fear reactions that can be created by inhaling carbon dioxide.","rel":"","context":"In "Biological Aspects of Psychology"","block_context":{"text":"Biological Aspects of Psychology","link":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/category\/biopsych\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":272,"url":"https:\/\/psychexamples.com\/wordpress\/2022\/10\/03\/272\/","url_meta":{"origin":346,"position":2},"title":"Cultural Influences on Defining Psychological Disorders","author":"dbernstein","date":"October 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A news article found here describes and illustrates an annual religious ritual in Thailand that involves people choosing to have their cheeks pierced by objects large and small. 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