Is your home silent?

[MACKTEXAS]

When home alone, do you turn a radio or TV on (in the background) just for the sound, because silence feels uncomfortable?

 

[Aunt Bea]

The television is usually on during the day and I have an electric fan on at night to provide some white noise.

Being in a totally quiet place where all you can hear is the clock ticking and you can actually watch the dust falling on sunny days reminds me of being a bored little kid on Sunday afternoon.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Quite often our house is silent..I love the sound of silence. Silence is where I find God.

 

[debodun]

Sometimes it's so quiet, it's creepy - then my neighbors starts his lawnmower and I'm miffed. There's just no satisfying me.
I have to have the TV on at night to sleep.

 

[Gemma]

Silence is serene! Although I do have the TV on (in the background) just for the sound, for my cats. It calms them thinking someone is in the house.

 

[DebraMae]

I have a "fireplace" dvd that I like. The ones available on tv always have music or other sounds on them but my dvd just has the sound of a real fire with occasional pops. It never fails to relax me.

 

[hollydolly]

usually totally silent, until I play music, or put the TV on in the evening...

 

[RadishRose]

TV is almost always on, either music from my playlists or documentaries, cooking, etc.

 

[Twostep]

Very quiet until it is dinner time. Both of us worked from home.

 

[IrisSenior]

My house is never silent. Various stuff make a noise, i.e. Fridge, wind, son yelling at game, cars going by, clocks ticking...shall I go on? Silence for me is taking off my cochlear implants at night. I don't need any other silence.

 

[Quackers]

When working, I got into the habit of leaving the tranny on all day for the pets so they'd feel good whilst I/we were out working. The birds loved trilling along with the music and the dog equally loved it as company for 13yrs

Now I've no pets but as soon as I get up, the same old battery tranny (getting on for 40yrs old now ) gets switched on and stays on all day when I'm home, until evening when I put TV or CDs on.

But I do enjoy silence too, especially if I'm concentrating on something.

 

[David777]

No I live in a dense upscale urban zone that has constant sources of sound. At night can hear freeways a mile distant. I love quiet conditions.

Very few people, especial those that live in urban areas, ever get to experience true dead silence. I first experienced such as a teenager exploring primitive limestone caves. As an adult also in some remote waterless landscapes and wilderness during breezeless dawn and early mornings. Many areas in the Colorado Plateau, especially within Utah have such places. Unfortunately due to my own poor judgement attending rock music events as a twentysomething, like many others, I have somewhat damaged my ear cochlea hair neural sensors, so have a constant background buzz that masks quiet.

 

[Lady]

Im mostly in Silence , When my hubby was alive , he had the TV on constantly up loud , .I can now choose to have any thing on and at what time .

 

[Jules]

Mostly quiet until I start to do something around the house and then I turn on my podcasts. I need to be distracted from work chores. While making dinner, I semi-watch House Hunters. At night I listen to podcasts while I drift off to sleep.

 

[Grampa Don]

I have tinnitus so I always have sound. And, my Meniere's makes music sound garbled. I never turn anything on for sound. When I watch TV I turn the sound off and read the closed captions. I'd love to have some real silence, but I've learned to ignore the tinnitus.

 

[hawkdon]

NO, DUE TO MY TINNITUS I KEEP THE TEEVEE ON ALL DAY...

 

[That Lady in PA]

When home alone, do you turn a radio or TV on (in the background) just for the sound, because silence feels uncomfortable?

Silence is never uncomfortable... but there's nothing like blasting Motown hits while cleaning!

 

[Sliverfox]

Silence is golden at our house.

 

[HermitHogan]

I love the peace and quiet, and an occasional train whistle or dog bark in the distance. I live in a remarkably quiet area, considering I'm 20 minutes from downtown. So, no, I don't feel the need to turn on the TV or music. My wife likes to stream some series on TV. I would prefer not to hear it, but such is life.

 

[oscash]

I never listen to the radio especially those annoying talk shows. Never put on the television until 4.30 pm.
When I feel like listening to music, I go to YouTube then I can pick my favourite music.

 

[bingo]

I choose the silence at times..birds and critters outside. ..coming to get their food.. quiet...
my world is at a standstill for long amounts of time. ..calming my thoughts carefully measuring them

 

[AprilSun]

Yes, I always have something on. Usually, it's the radio but occasionally, it will be the tv. I don't like a quiet house unless I'm trying to sleep.

 

[January]

No. I dislike TVs running without actually watching a show so I never use them as background noise.

Occasionally have music on i n the background but usually nothing.

Its not silent though - I can atm hear birds outside and sometimes the sounds of cars, people, dogs etc.

 

[Manatee]

Some days I don't put in my hearing aids unless I am going out.

I do use them if I watch TV.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Thanks for all your input. Looks like it's sort of evenly divided here between sound and silence. I only like half the songs on any radio station, so I usually just leave the TV on, but I think I'll leave it off awhile to see if concentration and anxiety improves.