Does anybody else ever...

[Eyescream]

...get to a point in which they just crave silence?

I am at that point, and relief is nowhere in sight. I should go for a drive, but I'm afraid that if I do I'll stop to get cigarettes and that'll be that for this round of quitting.

 

[Don't_Fret]

Tinnitus ensures I will never have another moment of silence again.

 

[Sonorous]

Yes.

 

[Benjamin Strange]

Try working at Guitar Center sometime. It got to a point that I would go home and not listen to music at all. It was spoiling my relationship with music, so I quit. Now I can enjoy a healthy silence without having to worry that my job caused my need for it.

 

[Pause]

At the end of this past school year I was wanting nothing but silence. It came to a point where I would even skip my orchestra class. When I got home I would just go to my room and sit with no music on...

Luckily I got out of that... but I have this feeling it may happen again

 

[Eyescream]

I should add that I love to hike in the dead of winter. Drop the temp to about 0 and it gets real quiet out there. It's a beautiful thing...

I did that a couple times, and you're right. It's good to go walk in the dead of winter. When you do it at a time like you described, maybe with a little snow on the ground, it really does feel dead.

Blessed quiet.

 

[vbass]

I always enjoyed walking to and from school in Idaho for this very reason. Nothing like a few miles of complete silence, aside from birds and other animals, to clear your head. Now I live in Cali and you have to go a lot further to find a decent spot without a bunch of other people around.

 

[Nick man]

Im a hard rock guy for the most part but every day after work when I was working at GC Id get into my car and put on some jazz.

Woulda blown my head off otherwise.

 

[Petebass]

One of the reasons I chose to live near the beach is because peace and quiet are a short walk away. Sure the ocean makes some noise, but it's a beautiful noise.

Josh has the right idea. Nature is the answer!

 

[DaveDeVille]

Josh has the right idea. Nature is the answer!

i agree , nature hikes have a way of making everything alright ...especially after a rather loud week of gigs and practice .

i walk for miles in the woods around my house , there's a real nice abandoned rock quarry my wife and i walk to every weekend . big oak trees , really nice sunsets ...
nice , quiet environment { except for the ocasional jet overhead }.

 

[Ba Gua Tiger]

Very often, I need to move to somewhere with woods very close...