Extreme physical silence can produce deep restfulness rather than only distress

Evidence

I find that, far from getting more anxious, I grow steadily happier with this silence of the anechoic chamber. After all, this may be as close as I will ever get to perfect silence. It feels soft and comforting. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 496

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 496
• XREF: connects to: Total silence can overwhelm the mind as an alien, unbearable presence — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 222; The desire for silence outlasts and exceeds mere relief from noise fatigue — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 211; Total silence is equated biologically and symbolically with death itself — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 611 (+21 more)

Related

• Silence is not the mere absence of something else, but a complex positive phenomenon #expands (0.75) — Silence: The Phenomenon and Its Ontological Significance

Library Connections

• Total sensory absence can feel generative rather than merely frightening #corroborates (0.84) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 496
• Silence is a positive, self-contained reality rather than mere absence. #corroborates (0.80) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 19

Broader Connections

• Creative thought requires an initial silence that clears prior mental assumptions #exemplifies (0.73) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 453