This article defines sound and examines what an experience of true silence might be like. Sound is a physical and psychological experience. If the brain goes without stimuli, it will produce its own in the form of hallucinations.
Silence sometimes saves you from further rejection or hearing things you don't want to hear. Silence is ignorance and sometimes ignorance is bliss. Sometimes silence means confusion. Not knowing what to say, not knowing if it will make a difference, not knowing if it will make matters worse.
It's a simple but powerful notion: "trying to hear in silence" can demonstrably accelerate the growth of valuable brain cells. This act of listening to quiet can, in itself, enrich our
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