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GingerSoul  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Altered states of being -

Yes really, I have everything in silence (computer, phone) and I love this moment of the night when I can't hear a single sound.

Edit: I'm not as weird as you think, I like to listen to music sometimes but I don't do it very often (maybe less than 5 times per month).





thenewgreen  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·  

per your edit: I don't think it's weird at all to appreciate and crave quiet. Quiet means there is a lack of noise, but silence means there IS NO noise. We all crave quiet from time to time. Some more than others, but there is definitely nothing "weird" about that. Check out the video, it's one I'm proud of. I think it turned out well and you in particular are the ideal audience for it.

GingerSoul  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wish I could understand spoken English better, I still can't watch videos in English and understand them.

thenewgreen  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, but you can hear things still. As kleinbl00 mentions in that podcast, your body puts off about 15 DB's of sound, just due to breathing/heart pumping etc. We are never in true silence. If we were, it wouldn't be comforting, it would be startling. I have never experienced an anechoic chamber, but I would like to just so I can appreciate sound more for it's orienting nature.

GingerSoul  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would like experience an anechoic chamber too, I know I'm never in complete silence but I like that almost silence that I can experience at night.

randomuser  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Most people don't do very well,mentally, for long in there. Once you can hear the blood pumping through your veins I guess shit gets weird.

GingerSoul  ·  3074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know they don't, I would like to discover how much time I can be there without going crazy.