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I find ones mental health is directly proportional to ones comfort with silence.
When I am not in as healthy a mental state, just some stress or whatever, nothing too significant, I find silence, particularly at the end of the day, as very uncomfortable, almost has a depressing feel to it. But if i keep music or the TV on, even in the distance without watching it that goes away.
But when i am in a healthier place I rarely even notice the silence and when I do it can be relaxing and soothing.
Is this just me?
@freemo similar. have noticed it more lately since, for me, it's related to social isolation.
also, it's like the background sounds give my mind some place to go and return when I get distracted (subjective. not sure that's how my brain works)
@2ck To me the isolation isnt a bad thing, I condense all my people time into a few days here and there and teh rest I am more than happy to be alone. Aside from a small number of people I generally dont find being around people as enjoyable as the activities I can do alone.
Then again that me be in part because of the somewhat obscure interests I have. It would be hard to find someone who shares my interests and as such it is rare I can do anything with a group I find as exciting as the things I would do alone.
