personally I like a bit of chit chat even if im not the one talking. it lets my guard down and I feel normal. silence makes me feel like im being listened to more than usual, or the things im saying are being policed.
also I like to listen, for example i’ll go to the bar or restaurant, have a pint and try to see how many conversations I can listen to at once
silence makes me feel like im in my own Truman Show. I took a road trip once and it seemed like I crossed two or three states before anybody said anything. I’ll always remember stopping at a rest area in Kansas and a couple was walking their dog talking openly…not even noticing me…“what a relief”
One thing the voices took away from me was silence and I craved it badly for 2 decades. But when the voices stopped I felt very alone and acted badly as a result. So I prefer the current combo of periods of silence and periods or voices i experience every day that I get from my meds. Too much voices or too much silence is bad for me.
I need some quiet time in order to feel rested. I don’t like a lot of noise, it wears me out.
But if I wear earplugs, all I can hear is the ringing in my ears.
My sister can be annoying. She gets really annoyed at me for making weird noises at my sibling and yet she seems to think it’s k to screech around the house. How is that fair I dunno.