Could you spend a week alone in silence or do you need noise and people?
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Seafaring Pirate
ANSWERS: 14
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Yes, I could easily...after working for 31 years with a steady stream of 'the public' I really relish my time alone..
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Yes, you can always find noise and people but silence is treasured
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Sound like heaven to me .. will love it .. can i have my PC or not .. ??
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I don’t think so, I went away to a game farm last week, there was no TV, no radio, no pc, it was hot as hell, to hot to drink actually, it was so quite, there were no people, I just could not get used to the idée of being alone with no one around, it was like I was in hell I tell you, I had friends to come over 4 days later and yes, it was a big relieve, from my side, I am not meant to be alone, I think if I had my PC with me I would have felt better, but for me not to see any humans in four days was like being deserted on a planet, it sucks, I always thought other people is not necessary, but I was wrong.
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I've done "silent retreats" before - 5 days in length - with religious communities. There are a few exceptions to the silence primarily religious rituals allowed public speaking. It's actually rather easy, if you get past trying to 'game' it - first timers typically get into pantomiming at the dinner table and what-not. Even there, it really becomes a matter of anticipating what is needed around you and meeting the need.
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I love my own company and I relish silence. When can we start, huh huh???
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Noise and people! Maybe a week of silence once in awhile, but it can bring out the best or the worst in you. If I am meditating, that makes a huge difference in my opinion.
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Yes I like to do that - it's very calming and good for the soul.
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Nope... Well, now that I thought about it... maybe????
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Silence is fine.
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If you mean literal silence, in my case never. Figuratively, I've been in silence for the past 7 years.
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not a whole week it would drive me insane. i do like being quiet sometimes and just relaxing but a week would be a miracle for me
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I'm actually considering something like that one of these weekends. I treasure quiet times, and love to disappear for a weekend a couple times a year up to the lake, a friends cabin, sometimes a long road trip. i just like aloneness. the problem for me is that I don't always get the time I want with family, so it's a conflict between them and my solitude.
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I think that I would be fine without people but I don't think that I can go without noise.
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