Hey everyone. This is the Voidway Explorer, previously known as JustPhillip. I wanted to start a discussion here regarding a connection I've been theorizing between Misophonia and Lucid Dreaming Efficiency.
For those of you who don't know, Misophonia is a mental condition which causes tension and mental distress when exposed to certain noises. It's in a range, meaning some people experience minor irritations while others go through extreme stress while dealing with it. I have had misophonia that's been getting worse and worse over the course of a year now (trigger noise being screeching birds), and recently I've begun noticing something.

The severity of my misophonia increasing, has directly coordinated with my efficiency getting lucid dreams. I have been doing the same practice I have for about a year now, but the stronger the misophonia's gotten the less I've been able to successfully lucid dream. Now you could boil it down to just the stress associated with it decreasing lucidity, but I think it's more than that. 2022 was one of the most stressful years of my life (with it being fine lucidity-wise), and my condition only began starting around the end of that year. From mid-2023 to now have I gotten a rapid increase in misophonia severity and at the same time a rapid decrease in lucid dreams and quality. I don't believe it's a coincidence, and I want to confirm my theory. If anybody has any thoughts about this, please discuss below.