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Little House on the Prairie alum Melissa Gilbert reveals she has misophonia and confesses disorder made her feel like 'a bad person'


People with misophonia experience intense fight-or-flight reactions to triggering everyday sounds such as chewing, slurping, crunching, throat-clearing, and clapping

The 60-year-old Emmy nominee (L, pictured in 1976) recalled to People on Tuesday: 'If any of the kids chewed gum or ate or tapped their fingernails on the table, I would want to run away so badly. The former SAG president eventually reached out to Duke Center for Misophonia & Emotion Regulation director Dr. Zach Rosenthal, who finally diagnosed her: 'I sobbed when I found out that it had a name and I wasn't just a bad person.' The former SAG president eventually reached out to Duke Center for Misophonia & Emotion Regulation director Dr. Zach Rosenthal, who finally diagnosed her: 'I sobbed when I found out that it had a name and I wasn't just a bad person'

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