Wow... how very esoteric is Silence? In my life and brain, VERY! It's funny though. When I'm with others, my earplugs are in. But when I'm alone, 90% of the time, my earplugs are out. But there is a catch. If I'm alone, and I don't have some form of white noise (fan, TV turned down to 1) and I am able to hear every little creek in the floor and the heater turning on and off.... my mind turns to crazy really fast, so the earplugs go in. When I was diagnosed with Misophonia, it explained so much. How tiny sounds sounded really annoying and loud. And how chewing, chomping, gulping and the like, sound as though the person doing said verbs had their mouth attached to my eardrum. For me, complete silence can be a demon. But, in contrast, it's the lack of silence that has me contemplating shoving an ice pic in each ear.