FabSwingers.com forum: Silence

By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

Is anyone else disconcerted by silence, or am I just weird? I'm on leave this week and home on my own. I came back from the school run earlier, sat in the kitchen and, apart from the hum of the fridge, nothing. Silence.

I've never lived in a quiet household. As a child, there were always people coming and going from our house, visitors, friends etc. I did my A levels with a newborn baby for company (that's not quiet!) and my degree with a child age 3-6 (even less quiet!) I can't study or work in complete silence, I will put on the radio or have the TV on in the background.

Attempts to do things like mindfulness in silent spaces have been abortive!

Is it just me? Or am I a weirdo?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Silence is deafening.

Birds singing, sound of the rain, quiet music.

Anything is better than silence.

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

I embrace the sound of silence

Sometimes life is just so chaotic that you just need to have silence to rest yourself.

That said, I've got Nirvana blaring out at the moment

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

I never get silence. The tinnitus screams at me.

Would be weird without it though.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

Silence indoors makes me anxious, so I always have background noise on.

I'm perfectly fine with silence outdoors though. I'm a strange thing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like silence, but I think it's easy to identify awkward moments of silence?

Nothing better than quietly being in sync with another, enjoying a peaceful moment in a tranquil spot.

But it's always rather awkward when you're sat with a stranger making polite small talk to pass time and it drys up. Ends up with people feeling responsible to break the silence !

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By *ntrigued32Couple
over a year ago

Nottingham

I also am a weirdo...

I like the sound of nature. The birds singing the trees ruffling in the wind.

I need white noise to sleep because silence is creepy.

Jo.Xx

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

I am very easily distracted and cannot focus on a task with background noises going on so silence or task related music (Bouncy House on doing the washing up) If I have the tv on I tend to sit down and watch it instead of doing what I was originally going to do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't do silence I hear my brain ticking away

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By *affron40Woman
over a year ago

manchester

I LOVE silence and need a lot of it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

silence. I enjoy the house when it's quiet. And I find it very hard to focus on work with any noise.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

So far, we're erring on the side of me being weird

I've got the tellybox on for company

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I'm the opposite. Noise irritates me and my tolerance to noise can vary. If I've been busy and spent a lot of time in noisy environments I often have to go and shut myself away on my own in silence. I also can't read if there's background noise.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I'm the opposite. Noise irritates me and my tolerance to noise can vary. If I've been busy and spent a lot of time in noisy environments I often have to go and shut myself away on my own in silence. I also can't read if there's background noise. "

Mr KC is very similar, Lacey. I have no idea how we've managed to live in harmony for 18 years!

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

I am with you. I love nature's sounds like the birds, the waves by the sea, the cicadas on the trees on holiday. However I am not keen on very noise environments or excessive disturbance from others and will remove myself from that situation and seek some peace and quiet. At least for a little while.

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

Mr KC is very similar, Lacey. I have no idea how we've managed to live in harmony for 18 years!

My nesting partner is more like you and often has the radio on. Sometimes the radio and the TV

I'm lucky that he likes to go out to the pub or to watch football and I get to stay home alone with the cat. I honestly don't know how I'd cope with kids. Otherwise I end up staying up late. Not so great for getting a good night's sleep but I do love the quiet of night time.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

I love the silence and grew up with it, the quiet time zoning out reading a book or drawing has continued into adulthood. I equally like noise though at the appropriate time.

The only time I struggle with silence, oddly, is when I go to sleep. I need low background noise whether that be music, the TV or an audio book, it probably stems from boarding school as it was never silent when it was sleep time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Silence is golden.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

I have too many birds nesting in my front garden, and noisy neighbours, who tend to let their children play in their front garden until late in the evening, to ever have silence (ignoring the tinnitus).

If I'm lucky I might get half an hour between traffic noise abating and the birds getting up, but I'm usually asleep at that time.

If I'm really lucky, on the occasional warm Sunday afternoon the neighbour at the back of me will give his skill saw a rest and I'll get a little silent time in the back garden, before dogs chat over the gardens and kids come out to play.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

Mr KC is very similar, Lacey. I have no idea how we've managed to live in harmony for 18 years!

My nesting partner is more like you and often has the radio on. Sometimes the radio and the TV

Mr KC often retires to the dining room, where he can do his modelling and maybe play a PC game, while I might have the TV on in the living room. He sometimes takes the odd random day off work to do very little and to be quiet at home. When I'm working from home, I have the radio or TV on in the background.

Our son is now rarely home but he will often be playing music in his room. Our daughter is fairly constantly outputting some kind of sound. She's not terribly loud, just low level, constant chit chat as she plays...

I'm happy with nature sounds too, it doesn't have to be mechanical noise that keeps my brain ticking. The moo of cows or baa of sheep is perfectly good background noise for me!

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I love the silence and grew up with it, the quiet time zoning out reading a book or drawing has continued into adulthood. I equally like noise though at the appropriate time.

I've always been an avid reader. But as a child, I read a book curled up on a chair while someone else had the TV on, or on my bed with my stereo or Walkman on.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on my mood.

Sometimes I crave silence, things can get very loud in my work and silence is what I need for my adrenaline to settle and gather myself.

On the flip side though silence can sometimes allow my mind to wander in itself and then I need to get away from it before it becomes deafening.

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By *merald Eyes XWoman
over a year ago

Can you find me….

I love silence

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You're not alone, I can't stand silence either. Never lived in a quiet household, always have to have some kind of background noise which is usually music or the news.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"You're not alone, I can't stand silence either. Never lived in a quiet household, always have to have some kind of background noise which is usually music or the news.

Px"

Hurrah, you can join me in the noisy room

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

I love the silence. Work is often so noisy that the silence is a welcome relief when I get home. I'll often be at home with no TV or music on and just be happy pottering about and enjoy how quiet it is. But then I've never had children and I suppose I'm used to the quietness at home.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Total silence is good but I much prefer the countryside when all I can see is fields and the gentle sounds of wildlife and running water around me.....unless there's a naked lady with me of course then sod the silence!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love the sound of the birds etc or just something on in the background. Being at home all day means I do have the TV on bit I have to put it off as eventually I need some quiet time x

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

I just make my own noise.

Hum, sing or use my body as a drum kit.

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By *entBarryUKMan
over a year ago

Ashford

I just hear the voices.....

I actually have tinnitus so i never have silence.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Who need an alarm clock when the birds can wake you up at daft o’clock

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I cant cope with it iv purposefully made myself super busy to fight the silence to stop the darkness taking me

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I don't think I've ever experienced absolute absence of noise.

I love the quiet though, no road or plane noise, no shouting just birds singing or children playing

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By *iBBW and hubbyCouple
over a year ago

oxford

"I never get silence. The tinnitus screams at me.

Would be weird without it though."

Same here as ^

Amazing how you get used to it always ringing

That said, I used to love silence (pre kids and tinnitus lol)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You're not alone, I can't stand silence either. Never lived in a quiet household, always have to have some kind of background noise which is usually music or the news.

Hurrah, you can join me in the noisy room

Yay!

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I just hear the voices.....

I actually have tinnitus so i never have silence. "

I have tinnitus too, but the kind of "white noise" it generates for me, isn't the right kind of noise! I'm now headed for the gym, where the high tempo music will be music to my ears (and possibly one reason I have tinnitus!

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

It depends on my mood. Sometimes silence can be awkward and feel stifling if I’ve got a busy head and negative thoughts. I need noise to crowd those out.

Other times I enjoy silence and revel in the peace.

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Tinnitus ensures that I will never know what silence is

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

A fellow tinnitus sufferer here...luckily I only notice it when I notice it

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Tinnitus ensures that I will never know what silence is

For reasons I don't entirely understand, I don't distinguish between "tinnitus silence" and actual silence. If it's just tinnitus and me, that's my silence and it's more often than not disconcerting

I'm sorry if your tinnitus distresses you.

(Corrected typos from previous effort!)

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By *icassolifelikeMan
over a year ago

Luton

The lost art of doing fuck all. No phones, telly. Laying there and doing absolutely fuck all. In silence. Magical!

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By *he Mac LassWoman
over a year ago

Hefty Hideaway

I always have the radio on. I don’t get along with silence.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"The lost art of doing fuck all. No phones, telly. Laying there and doing absolutely fuck all. In silence. Magical! "

I've never been a do-er of nothing. Anyone who sat still long enough in my childhood days would be set to work doing some hoovering or peeling potatoes or ironing. Or anything that wasn't sitting doing nothing

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

School run it's half term or do your kids go to school during Easter?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We love silence, but you never need to be in silence if you don’t want to. Love living I a quiet street on the woods

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"School run it's half term or do your kids go to school during Easter?"

It's no longer Easter hols for my daughter's school. First day back today. There were about 150 other kids in uniforms all agreeing with us this morning. I DID once try to send my son to school on a holiday day though

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By *aiseiMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Very happy with silence most of the time

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

I love silence. Probably why I choose to live alone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like silence now and then. Not all the time though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The voices, they keep me company and keep the silence at bay !!

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Hate silence x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely love peace and quiet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I adore periods of silence - the perfect opportunity to reset mentally, clear my thoughts. I find it essential - along with changing my environment from time to time. Mental space and physical space - I love escaping to the wilderness once every few months

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By *uxaxMan
over a year ago

London

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By *ayHaychMan
over a year ago

Leeds (Home) / Sheffield (Work)

In my profession we’re trained to tolerate and be comfortable with the most awkward and difficult silences, especially with other people. Naturally I’ve never really minded silence.

I do like sounds and music though. I listen to a lot of ASMR or cityscape videos on youtube.

I love being in the middle of a busy city and just listening and people watching however sometimes solitary silence is much needed!

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

I enjoy the peace that silence brings. But it doesn't always deliver for me because I feel silence is a false anticipation of nothing. So I'm left hanging.

Posh mentions tinnitus and I think most people do experience some form of white noise which I'm able to disregard.

I do savour the moment of silence but in London silence is a rare commodity.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have lived on my own for the past 8 years and I know that I couldn't go back to living with anyone as I enjoy the silence to much.

The wonderful peace and quiet.

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

Love it!

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

I don't like silence. I have the TV on in the front room and music in the rest of the house.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

I love silence.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

People who listen to ASMR or white noise, how does that differ for you to listening to music or the radio or something? I've never particularly "got on" with noise that has no purpose (if that makes sense?) even if I'm not properly listening. For example, I often put the lunchtime news on while I work from home but rarely actually LISTEN to it. However, I don't think white noise would give me the same (weird) benefit? I like hearing voices having a (any) chat. It feels more like a workplace, where there are often conversations in the background, but that I'm not concentrating on.

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By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

I do love a bit of silence when things have been a bit too much and peace and quiet is bliss.

However when the kids are in bed, I come downstairs to an empty room, the silence is deafening. Just miss having someone to natter to

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By *ayHaychMan
over a year ago

Leeds (Home) / Sheffield (Work)

"People who listen to ASMR or white noise, how does that differ for you to listening to music or the radio or something? I've never particularly "got on" with noise that has no purpose (if that makes sense?) even if I'm not properly listening. For example, I often put the lunchtime news on while I work from home but rarely actually LISTEN to it. However, I don't think white noise would give me the same (weird) benefit? I like hearing voices having a (any) chat. It feels more like a workplace, where there are often conversations in the background, but that I'm not concentrating on."

People who feel the ASMR may listen to it for that reason, which differs to other background noise.

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over a year ago

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

I enjoy silence. Sadly it's vanishingly rare.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Hello darkness my old friend...

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Hello darkness my old friend..."

Swing, how many times have I asked you to keep our pet names secret. I'll have to come and talk with you again...

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Hello darkness my old friend...

Swing, how many times have I asked you to keep our pet names secret. I'll have to come and talk with you again...

I can't wait

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Hello darkness my old friend...

Swing, how many times have I asked you to keep our pet names secret. I'll have to come and talk with you again...

I can't wait

Coffee? We can drink in silence

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Hello darkness my old friend...

Swing, how many times have I asked you to keep our pet names secret. I'll have to come and talk with you again...

I can't wait

Coffee? We can drink in silence

I'm not sure I'm capable of that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am amazed at the amount of people that can’t stand silence.

The constant need to be entertained by music or chatter.

How do you ever stop and think?

When do you take some time to ponder the great questions or be self aware?

I suppose that’s the point. Evasion.

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By *uper SaiyanMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Depends on what you mean by silence. Silence as in an empty area where the sounds are normal i.e. hum of machines, sound of the wind blowing, empty house - all perfectly fine. Unnatural silence to me is off putting, it doesnt sit right and makes me wary, since it doesnt fit the situation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to meet with you again....

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By *ixenforfunWoman
over a year ago

banes mask

With the kids off for hols the house is bedlam. I look forward to the moments i have total peace and solitude

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I am amazed at the amount of people that can’t stand silence.

The constant need to be entertained by music or chatter.

How do you ever stop and think?

When do you take some time to ponder the great questions or be self aware?

I suppose that’s the point. Evasion. "

Wow. There's so much assumption in the content here, that I don't even know where to start.

"To be entertained by...." No, that's not what I've described. I've described working, studying etc (to very high standards) with music or TV on in the background. I've stated that I'm rarely paying attention to what is actually being said, though I will often sing along with the radio. My brain does not focus on tasks in silence. I believe it's a function of my upbringing, which again, I have described.

As for suggesting one cannot be self aware or ponder "great questions" without silence. Well. A typical light hearted chit chat in this house might centre around whether Man will ever live on Mars, or tonight's topic "what is self compassion?". All discussed with the radio on.

I've worked in research labs in the past and, contrary to popular portrayals, are not quiet, studious places. They're usually large multi-user spaces, with "write up" areas that centre around open desk space. Maybe the more senior researchers will have their own private offices, but the lab rats doing the donkey work will be working in busy, definitely not silent places, pondering on the big questions.

Finally, to suggest people who find silence uncomfortable are therefore not self aware or evade it, I think that says more about your assumptions than it does about anyone who has stated a preference for non-silent spaces. You will note that no-one who DOES prefer silence has been ridiculed or teased and no random assumptions have been made about those preferring silence.

If you prefer silence, then that's great for you. Some people like Marmite and others think it's the devil's smegma. We don't all find the same things pleasant/nice/appropriate or whatever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I am amazed at the amount of people that can’t stand silence.

The constant need to be entertained by music or chatter.

How do you ever stop and think?

When do you take some time to ponder the great questions or be self aware?

I suppose that’s the point. Evasion.

Wow. There's so much assumption in the content here, that I don't even know where to start.

If you prefer silence, then that's great for you. Some people like Marmite and others think it's the devil's smegma. We don't all find the same things pleasant/nice/appropriate or whatever. "

Oooh!

Someone’s triggered easily.

Take a little calm time sweetie.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to meet with you again...."

I think Swing was singing that earlier

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Depends on what you mean by silence. Silence as in an empty area where the sounds are normal i.e. hum of machines, sound of the wind blowing, empty house - all perfectly fine. Unnatural silence to me is off putting, it doesnt sit right and makes me wary, since it doesnt fit the situation."

The "silence" the other morning was a completely empty house, in which I didn't have to work (that combo is very rare indeed!) I found the empty house silence unpleasant so stuck a news channel on. Then I did some admin for my Grandad's Estate, which I felt I could focus on with the chatter in the background.

I went to a spa today and found that the pan pipes type spa "music" was enough not-silence to allow me to read my book. I'd chose later to carry on reading in a café rather than anywhere quieter.

Mr KC does like more quiet time, although not necessarily silence. He has his quiet places to go and hole up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was the first thing that popped into my head.think I prefer the disturbed version

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"It was the first thing that popped into my head.think I prefer the disturbed version "

Wasn't the original Simon and Garfunkel? I'll listen to the Disturbed one tomorrow. I'm currently in bed with a sleeping man next to me (but not silence, because of his breathing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Silence is golden. Just making yourself comfortable grabbing a good book and enjoy the peace and quiet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It was the first thing that popped into my head.think I prefer the disturbed version

Wasn't the original Simon and Garfunkel? I'll listen to the Disturbed one tomorrow. I'm currently in bed with a sleeping man next to me (but not silence, because of his breathing

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I guess his breathing is more comforting than him not breathing

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

I adore silence. I find it cathartic and calming. I work in silence most of the time.

I also find it ridiculously easy to "blot out" other noises around me. Too easy sometimes. I just zone out and double down on a task at hand.

To the extent that if I am "in the zone", I will not even hear my mobile phone 2 feet away from me. Mrs DS had to come and investigate why I wasn't answering the phone, which she heard from another room.

All I remember was being engrossed in a deeply technical issue, and suddenly I was being prodded and yelled at.

And in that split second of having to change focus, I was adrift. I didn't know who I was, what I was doing, or where I was. As I entered reality, it felt like opening and stepping through a door in to another world. Like going somewhere you have never been before. It was...strange.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Silence is golden. Just making yourself comfortable grabbing a good book and enjoy the peace and quiet. "

I read with music on

So long as you are happy and enjoying your book, that's the main thing!

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"It was the first thing that popped into my head.think I prefer the disturbed version

Wasn't the original Simon and Garfunkel? I'll listen to the Disturbed one tomorrow. I'm currently in bed with a sleeping man next to me (but not silence, because of his breathing

)I guess his breathing is more comforting than him not breathing

I'll confess that I do very much like him breathing, yes

I'd also accept the reassuring sound of little snores.

I'm sure I'm not the only parent who has felt the need to look more closely at a sleeping child, because they do an uncanny impression of completely silent breathing?!

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I adore silence. I find it cathartic and calming. I work in silence most of the time.

I also find it ridiculously easy to "blot out" other noises around me. Too easy sometimes. I just zone out and double down on a task at hand.

All I remember was being engrossed in a deeply technical issue, and suddenly I was being prodded and yelled at.

I'm sure lots of other people feel similarly to you about wanting or needing silence to focus. Our brains all work differently...

Do you do well with multi tasking generally? I ask because I'm fairly sure part of my no-silence-ness is related to the constant multi tasking I was brought up with or was conditioned to do. If I sat down quietly in the living room at home, my mother would have had a mop or a hoover in my hand before I "developed cobwebs" or some similarly disparaging comment about it being lazy to sit and do nothing.

We're all products of our upbringing, to a greater or lesser extent...

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

^^^He's quiet as a church mouse.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It was the first thing that popped into my head.think I prefer the disturbed version

Wasn't the original Simon and Garfunkel? I'll listen to the Disturbed one tomorrow. I'm currently in bed with a sleeping man next to me (but not silence, because of his breathing

)I guess his breathing is more comforting than him not breathing

I'll confess that I do very much like him breathing, yes

I'd also accept the reassuring sound of little snores.

I'm sure I'm not the only parent who has felt the need to look more closely at a sleeping child, because they do an uncanny impression of completely silent breathing?!

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No I remember having to have a closer look just to make sure my little one was still breathing,I think it's a built in reaction to being a parent

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By *mashingPumpkinMan
over a year ago

Carmarthen

Silence is golden, my ex wife never stopped talking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hate total silence !!! Rather have some sort of noise, whether it’s a fan going or music or whatever.

I love by a fairly busy road and generally I don’t mind it at all x

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By *uckslut and MCouple
over a year ago

Poole

I love silence. Having had 4 kids, dogs and animals its so nice just to be quite. School runs we're bliss, driving home radio off, only the engin noise.

Plus cheaper on electric, having nothing on..

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

Do you do well with multi tasking generally? I ask because I'm fairly sure part of my no-silence-ness is related to the constant multi tasking I was brought up with or was conditioned to do. "

I don't multi-task generally or even specifically. It's one task at a time.

I remember when I was 12 being asked to clean the bathroom. After an hour, Mum came in to see how I was doing. I was still working on the bath and tiles around it. She said it shouldn't take that long. I said "It will if every tile and all the grouting in between needs cleaning, and each mm of the bath needs cleaning, each groove, each recess, etc etc." She left me to it and I finished 4 hours later. That room was clean, almost to a surgical degree. Anything else, to my mind would have been a half-arsed attempt.

For some reason, she never asked me to clean again, which did upset me as I really enjoyed the task and the level of effort and detail needed to do it.

As you say, we are all products of our upbringing to some extent, at least.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I send huge swathes of my day in silence.. Just with external noises, such as birds /traffic punctuating my day or the cats meowing for food

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"I am amazed at the amount of people that can’t stand silence.

The constant need to be entertained by music or chatter.

How do you ever stop and think?

When do you take some time to ponder the great questions or be self aware?

I suppose that’s the point. Evasion.

Wow. There's so much assumption in the content here, that I don't even know where to start.

If you prefer silence, then that's great for you. Some people like Marmite and others think it's the devil's smegma. We don't all find the same things pleasant/nice/appropriate or whatever.

Oooh!

Someone’s triggered easily.

Take a little calm time sweetie. "

Your condescension is delightful, isn't it?

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

I quite like the "Devil's smegma". Especially when it's spread ever so thinly like veneer over warm buttered sourdough.

But I digress.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

My relationship to silence or near silence has changed over time - used to avoid it, then appreciated it, now it's something I like in a limited quantity.

I know why in my case. Can't speak for others.

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I quite like the "Devil's smegma". Especially when it's spread ever so thinly like veneer over warm buttered sourdough.

But I digress."

But do you like it in silence? That's the key question!

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

"I quite like the "Devil's smegma". Especially when it's spread ever so thinly like veneer over warm buttered sourdough.

But I digress.

But do you like it in silence? That's the key question!"

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Ssh! I am in quiescent mode...but yes, to answer your question. X

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By *ayHaychMan
over a year ago

Leeds (Home) / Sheffield (Work)

Oooh!

Someone’s triggered easily.

Take a little calm time sweetie. "

The thing is people do judge others in this way and it is annoying. Old (as in previous job) colleagues have said the same thing “when do you get time to think” or “can’t you stand your own thoughts”. As a psychologists I have to embrace silence all the time. Silence is a tool to psychologists. I do enjoy silence too, but I also enjoy music.

Your condescending reply kinda reinforces the point.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love silence... and being the weirdo I am I will put the radio on or YouTube 'calming music for dogs' before I leave for work and turn it off when I get home

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I love silence... and being the weirdo I am I will put the radio on or YouTube 'calming music for dogs' before I leave for work and turn it off when I get home

I thought I was the weirdo for NOT liking silence

We shall all be weirdos together, but with quiet and noisy rooms for all

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

"A fellow tinnitus sufferer here...luckily I only notice it when I notice it

Same here. I noticed it as soon as I stumbled upon this thread!

The odd thing about my tinnitus is that it takes the form of a steady high pitched tone something in the order of 15KHz or so which would have been way out of my hearing range since about my late 20s. At that time I could hear a 625 line TV whistle.

One day when I can be bothered I will try beating it with a swept signal generator to see if I can establish the exact frequency of it.

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over a year ago

"I love silence... and being the weirdo I am I will put the radio on or YouTube 'calming music for dogs' before I leave for work and turn it off when I get home

I thought I was the weirdo for NOT liking silence

We shall all be weirdos together, but with quiet and noisy rooms for all

I am deffo a weirdo and that sounds good to me

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By *inky_couple2020 OP Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I love silence... and being the weirdo I am I will put the radio on or YouTube 'calming music for dogs' before I leave for work and turn it off when I get home

I thought I was the weirdo for NOT liking silence

We shall all be weirdos together, but with quiet and noisy rooms for all

I am deffo a weirdo and that sounds good to me

Weirdos shall rule the world!

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