One third of people could a mental health condition of which they unaware. It is a phenomenon called misokinesia. This the distress caused by watching people who . All of us know one or two people who cannot stop fidgeting. Most fidgets are children. involves making small movements repetitively, especially with the hands and feet. Most fidgets because of nervousness or impatience. Misokinesia sufferers can have an "intense hatred" of people their fingers, clicking a pen, twiddling their hair, or jiggling their thighs. Misokinesia similar to a condition misophonia. This is a profound dislike of other people's noises, such as heavy breathing, throat or loud eating.
The study is from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Researchers 21 people belonging to a misokinesia support group. After talking to the group's members, the researchers that misokinesia can so distressing as to be "life limiting". Sufferers can extreme feelings of rage, torture and disgust. One patient : "If I see someone tapping their fingers on a desk, my immediate thought to chop their fingers off with a knife." Dr Jane Gregory, a clinical psychologist, the BBC that "violent images might into the head" of misokinesia sufferers. She said people are by the tiniest of things, without why.
