I don't know about you, but the quiet only makes things louder for me. I hear the building creak, the wind pushing against everything, the hum of electronics, cars in the distance, voices carried on the wind...

Even if you can cut off all that, even in a sensory deprivation tank, your body is full of noise and sensation. If it's quiet enough, you can hear the blood pumping through your body

[–] Bongles@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And then there's the tinnitus

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Luckily I'm one of the many where the trick where you slide your fingers to tap your skull works on. If you don't know what I'm talking about, let me know... It doesn't work on everyone, but it's really effective when it does work

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you for this suggestion. I hadn't heard of this, but I'll try to remember it the next time I get a bout of tinnitus. Mine is pretty intermittent for now.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

Me too, but this works like a charm

Here's a better description if you or someone else needs it. For me, 4 or five times at the correct amount of force does it right away... It's weird but it works

[–] TheseusNow@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

And the phosphenes

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

My noise cancelling headphones do a good job of blocking all the random building and electronic noises. They don't work on voices though. Which would be nice...