Do you like silence?

Do I like silence?

YES, YES, and more YES.

Though, actually, there is very rarely silence even in quiet places. I'm happy to hear birdsong, the wind in the trees, the noise of running water, baas from sheep, etc. I do not need canned noise of any kind. I tend to prefer music live – even the best recordings are not as good. Even (especially!) the Goldberg Variations or The Art of Fugue can be irritating if not consciously and purposefully listened to.

For me, listening to music or a podcast is a deliberate action and requires my full attention.

Loathe silence, takes me back to my childhood when parents’ rows would last for days the silence was scary. Need voices, music even when in bed!

I surround myself in silence due to having developed Hyperacusis. I've grown to love and appreciate silence.

I’m the youngest member of a large and noisy family. I love silence.

As I've gotten older, there are times when I do crave silence especially after a working day...I think my choice of work very much influences that.

When I'm off or at weekends etc, I do tend to have music on as I potter around, simply because I do love my music!

I love silence and my own thoughts. I have several hobbies and always but always work in complete silence. It is joyous. I am never still and silence is my companion.

Depends on my mood, how agitated or anxious I am. Sometimes quiet background music soothes. Other times peace and quiet suits me more. When I’m happy I like to hear music.

I love silence, unfortunately DH has to have music or TV on at all times 🤬

If he has been out and I am sitting enjoying the quiet his first words are do you want the radio on my reply is always if I wanted it on I would have put it on 🤬

I’m another who suffers with tinnitus, but I find if I’m concentrating on something, I can tune it out. This morning I’ve been drawing and didn’t notice it. I don’t mind silence; it’s a case of not having to these days. If it gets me down I put a bit of Bach on my phone and let it soak into me! There’s currently no noise around me at all - even the birds aren’t singing; it’s too hot!

I like silence. It’s not often I have music on at home but it’s always on in the car quietly unless I have my HA in.

I love silence but don’t mind the bustling noise of a big city, as long as is just for a short break.

I’m so pleased I’m not the only one who not only loves but needs silence.
Noise causes me so much anxiety, and I know I react badly to it because I am always the one to ask for the. ‘music’ to be turned down in restaurants when we are having a meal and trying to chat to family or friends.

I’m not an anxious person but noise of any kind is the one thing which distresses me to the point of needing to escape it.

I have been the same all my life but it’s getting worse the older I get.

It’s silent here at the moment and all I can hear is the rushing, whooshing and whistling of my tinnitus which is why I have my radio on all day and a lot of the night too. It’s something to focus on when the tinnitus fades a bit, until I turn the radio off, like now.
So r4 is back on now and all is right with my world

I love silence and can't stand background noise or music.

I also love and need silence. Sometimes I just have to shut myself away from the world and feel the silence. Often that's after my GS has been with us - I love him to bits, but he literally does not stop talking from the moment he wakes up until he goes to sleep, so once he goes, I need that silence to reset. I'm an only child too - so I was often surrounded by silence.

As a young woman, I had to have music on constantly. Now I prefer silence, apart from having my radio on low at night to sleep. Tinnitus sufferer here too.
Classic FM/Radio 3 when driving and I found recently that classical music when painting gave me more impetus.

I love and NEED silence. I hate sudden, high pitched or loud noises. Even background music can aggravate me. I have my ideas on why I'm like this; brought up as an only child (with strict parents who didn't allow squealing and loud noises and certain health conditions I have. Sounds like you have some real concerns going on Stillness. I think if I lived alone, I would take it too far - just now I retreat to the solitude (and control) of my room. For me, it's a bit of a control issue too.

An only child I lived in a remote farm for the first five years if my life. Just the sounds of nature - or of me being summoned out of a tree for a meal! Family life was noisy, as was a lot of my working life. I never minded. Now I much prefer quiet, it’s a struggle to concentrate with background noise, although there is never silence as tinnitus keeps me company. Mr C doesn’t like a lot of noise at home, he likes peace to read. I do like to clean the kitchen to music, otherwise it’s very quiet here.

Silence is good to meditate /pray/nap/sleep .otherwise I like a bit of background noise.. I'm actually listening to my fridge freeze hum while typing this .have such an exciting life ..

I live not far from Heathrow, and one would expect it to be very noisy here, but it is like living on a field in the middle of nowhere.

I cannot stand background noise, so if I go out for a meal, I loathe music playing in the background because it is usually too loud.

I spend a lot of my time alone, in silence, which is not everybody's cup of tea.

It is 432 Hz.

Listening to music tuned to 432 Hz is believed to offer a variety of health and wellness benefits. While some of these benefits are only supported by anecdotal evidence, others have been the subject of scientific studies.

I'm still getting used to wearing hearing aids so normal every day noises,which I haven't heard for a long time, such as traffic, the washing machine spinning even DH just scraping his plate is enough to drive me insane. So grateful that I can remove my hearing aids for a bit of silent relief now and then. I'm very grateful though that I can now hear the grandchildren.

I too love silence. I hate any background noise but on the other hand I do not like the silence you get snorkelling or wearing noise cancelling headphones - they make me feel cut off from the world.

I like silence sometimes, but if I’m working in the kitchen I’ll ask Alexa to play something. Always have music in my car, unless I’ve a passenger.
On balance, I prefer a little background noise.

I love silence 🔕. The stiller, the better.

On another note, I went into "The Hive" sculpture/installation at Kew recently, it emulates the buzz sound inside a beehive. My mind went absolutely quiet! It was bliss. It has something to do with specific kilohertz, will look it up now.