Does anyone else just crave silence?

[Kore]

I completely relate to wanting silence. I need it. My mind feels so cluttered from the constant noise.

[Bernadine]

Yes, definitely. I hate constant noise.

[Deleted]

Yes. This is the exact reason I rarely listen to the radio in the car. It's my quiet time.

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Sept 7, 2014 16:42:14 GMT -5 deej said:

Yes. Sometimes in the car, I turn off the radio and just breathe in the silence. It's lovely.

This. I like silent car rides

[tripleshot]

Yes. When I leave work, I keep the radio off and drive 35 minutes in silence before I pick up DS.

[SKP82]

Yes, I do. H leaves the TV on when he's home (even if he's not watching it) and it drives me nuts. I like quiet.

[caddywompus]

I love my quiet time. I rarely have the radio on in the car.

[kristie]

Most of the time when driving by myself I have no radio. My 16 year old self would be appalled.

[thedude]

YES. Quiet is really important for me to recharge. Im not a hermit by any means but Interacting w people for long stretches (parties, teaching) really exhaust me.

I don't have kids yet, but I worry about how it will work then. H is seriously the chattiest person ever and it's annoying sometimes, lol. We're pretty good about respecting each others preferences but sometimes I have to specifically ask him for quiet time. I feel bad but that's just what works for me

[8675309]

ALL.THE.DAMN.TIME

I have 2 talkers under age 5 at home. It's loud around here constantly.

[Kristinmo]

It's not the noise that bothers me, it's the touching. One of the is always touching me for some reason. Then I will put them to bed and DH tries to fool around and I just give him the death stare.

[mrsrumfkin]

Yep. I'm really sensitive to a lot of noise, so having silence is a necessity. One of the reasons I don't have kids.

[indianchica]

Yes! I think I need it more than most bc I am an only child and we have zero relatives in the US. So most days were just very quiet.

[prettyinpink]

Yes. Yesterday Dh went into work early and it was a glorious 3 hours of quiet. I love my prep period because as much ask love my students that quiet is amazing after having 120 voices talk at me.

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Sept 7, 2014 16:38:58 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Between Joanna talking, Elizabeth fussing, H's video games, kids' cartoons, cats meowing, people talking at work, traffic, I end up feeling overstimulated at the end of the day and just want, like, an hour of silence. H needing white noise to sleep doesn't help b/c I can't even have silence then. I feel like I never get to refresh.

Yes. Iget he from work & i just need some time without talking to anyone to regroup. I find solace in earplugs at night before bed.

[iamgrace]

Yes. I need quiet and alone to recharge.

[celeste]

Yes. Silence is one of the best parts of lap swimming. I just put in my earplugs and tune the world out for 45 minutes.

[urbancowgirl]

Yes. My H always needs background noise, so if the TV isn't on, music is playing loudly throughout the house. Drives me nuts.

[ECB]

My DH has really gotten into wanting to listen to music basically anytime he's doing stuff around the house. It drives me insane. why can't we just have QUIET for a bit? Why does there have to be music at all times?

[bonquiqui]

My life is silence

[litebright]

Yes. When my DH is OOT, the TV is pretty much off unless my kids want to watch a movie. After they go to bed, silence. Often I don't even want to catch up on TV that DH wouldn't watch, because I'd rather just have the quiet.

DH likes the background noise. He's the type to be in a room, turn on the radio and then leave the room but leave the radio on. And turn something else on in another room. Walking into our bedroom with the radio going and no one in there irks the hell out of me.

[Eagles]

Sept 7, 2014 17:08:43 GMT -5 ECB said:

My DH has really gotten into wanting to listen to music basically anytime he's doing stuff around the house. It drives me insane. why can't we just have QUIET for a bit? Why does there have to be music at all times?

This is my house, but with TV instead of music.  PLEASE LET THERE BE SILENCE FOR HALF AN HOUR.  PLEASE.

I usually have the car radio off because it's like my own little silent bubble. 

[humpty]

The constant touching and loud squealing noises drive me crazy. I can handle tv background noise though.

[elenetxu]

I love when my husband is away because I am a lot more productive. He is a musician and can't live without noise. I need silence.

[callalily]

Oh my god yes. Between this and being completely over touched somedays, I feel like I'm on overstim.

[rex]

yes!

so much noise.

i ask my h to give a few min of no talking when he gets home. he used to come home and ask me a million questions and talk endlessly. shhh!!!

[lauralala]

Yes, absolutely. I also turn off the radio in the car so that I can just have peace and quiet for a change. DH can't deal with silence, so I feel like I am always surrounded by some sort of noise.

[Nonny]

Yes, I'm enjoying some pseudo-silence right now. Due to the nature of my job there are multiple TVs on all around me all day long (generally all tuned to something different), and then when I come home my H has the TV on for background noise all the way up until the timer turns the one off in our bedroom after we've fallen asleep. On a normal day I'm exposed to at least 13-14 hours of TV each day. I love TV, but I wish I could escape it sometimes.

My H is currently out of town this weekend and I only had the TV on for about 3 hours yesterday and I haven't turned the TV on at all today. The only sounds are the washing machine and my laptops fans, and some outside sounds (lawn mowers, neighbor kids playing outside, etc.). It's amazing and I wish I could have this level of quiet more often.

[Deleted]

Lately, it's not the noise but the touching. Constant groping from H and DS is all over me all the damn time like a fucking jungle gym. Staaahhhp. Touching. Meeeeeee.

[lauren170]

Maybe you can get to a yoga class once in a while...