Hate the slurping sound that guy eating is making?

There's actually a term for that and it's called Misophonia - a person's hatred upon hearing "triggers" such as slurping, chewing, heavy breathing, blackboard scratching, pen clicking and other annoying noises.

These sounds often cause panic, disgust, or worse - violence to those who suffer the condition.

"At best it's so distracting and infuriating and all-encompassing that you can't do anything else. At worst you need to leave the room/area because you feel like you want to physically harm that person. Hearing a misophonia trigger literally puts you in fight or flight mode," said 33-year-old Tom from London.

"I vividly remember some of my earliest episodes because I felt such an intense rush of rage and it was completely alien to me. I would sit at the dinner table wanting to throttle my mum," he added.

Although a number of people actually suffer Misophonia, it was only until 2001 when scientists Pawel and Jastreboff coined a term describing the condition. Previously, sufferers who consult doctors about their situation are misdiagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety or stress.

The lack of understanding prompted 19-year-old filmmaker Alice Groves to make a video about what happens inside the mind of a Misophoniac.

According to Alice, the condition is "very traumatic. You get really angry, you just want to cry and feel like the world's ended." She says her condition is 'worse and worse' as her trigger sound - eating noises is often made by those closest to her.

Alice tried consulting a GP only to feel "ignored". "He looked at me, like 'excuse me? Do you hear voices?'" she said.

"More studies and more funding into misophonia research would be fantastic so that we can identify possible treatments and better coping mechanisms and create support networks," Tom pointed out. "If GPs knew more about the condition they could also help to correctly diagnose people."

Metro UK reports treatments for Misophonia include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT), and psychotherapeutic hypnotherapy.