Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond

I am a counsellor (LCT-C), advocate, and writer. I serve as the Director of The International Misophonia Foundation, and I am the owner of S. Raymond Counselling and Media Inc. My advocacy and mental health journey started in my teen years when I had to navigate my own depression and anxiety, whilst advocating for school policies that were amenable to my accessibility needs. I’ve always been a writer, and passionate about sharing stories with the world as well as ensuring that mental and neurological health is not stigmatized. In 2015, I wrote my first book on misophonia Full of Sound and Fury: Living with Misophonia. Misophonia as a condition was new to me at the time – my reason was that misophonia was taking over much of my life.