Megan Carlson, LPC: The Sound Was Easier Than the Feeling

The Misophonia Podcast

The Misophonia Podcast
Megan Carlson, LPC: The Sound Was Easier Than the Feeling
Sep 15, 2026 Episode 235

In this episode, I speak with Megan Carlson, a licensed therapist in the Denver area who also lives with misophonia. We discuss her own experience with sound sensitivity, sensory motor psychotherapy, EMDR and memory reconsolidation, and how misophonia can relate to boundaries, nervous system activation, relationships, and early experiences. Megan also shares how this work has shaped the way she approaches misophonia with clients and the resources she is developing for the community. 


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Megan Carlson, LPC: The Sound Was Easier Than the Feeling 1:00:48 Emma (New Mexico): The Mountain Escape That Made It Worse 1:06:15 Emma: When Misophonia Feels Like Exposed-Nerve Pain 9:40 Emma: Reparenting the Rage She Hid Since Childhood 56:32 Nimrod: CBT Without Forcing Exposure 56:44 Pia: The Closet, the Mask, and a Calmer Nervous System 1:12:27 Lila: From Triggered Musician to Clinical Hypnotherapist 1:02:10 B: When Substance Use Becomes Sound Protection 58:31 Lorin & Eric: Turning Trigger Rage Into Dark Comedy 1:04:54 Steve & Diane Miller: Funding Misophonia’s Moonshots 1:00:36 Fay: Making a Comedy-Horror Film From Trigger Rage 57:26 Michelle G.: Printing Misophonia in Layers of Ink and Sound 39:44 Michael C.: Rewriting the Memory Behind the Trigger 55:16 Gabriel: When a Parent Tries Exposure at the Dinner Table 57:35 Esty: The Londoner Who Moved to a Farm for Quiet 47:16 Beverly: The Movement Practice That Became a Misophonia App 1:04:46 Andy: Leading a Factory Floor You Can’t Tune Out 1:00:16 Sara Barrick, LMFT: The “Iceberg” Beneath a Trigger 51:54 Jo: The Apartment That Made Every Trigger Louder 55:12 Between Two Ears: Inside an MRI With Trigger Sounds 7:27 Stacy: Joining a Misophonia Study Before It Had a Name 50:48 Carlie: The Job Loss That Unmasked Her Nervous System 55:02 Dr. Lauren Harte-Hargrove: Who Decides What Gets Researched? 1:02:50 Dr. Jaelline Jaffe: A Misophonia Protocol Beyond the Trigger 1:18:00 Dr. Jaelline Jaffe: Can Family Trauma Change Gene Expression? 1:14:06