Sudden absolute silence; nobody around: Feels like heaven!

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Just wondering if this is something which other Aspies might feel strongly about.... Growing up in Los Angeles, and always living someplace within an earshot of a highway, or business, or a railroad, I very seldom experience absolute silence. The first time was in 1975, when my mother took me to Yosemite. When we parked the car at the cabin, and shut the motor off, I had never heard (or not heard as it may be), absolute silence. I remember that as if it were this morning. It was one of the best feelings I had ever felt.

Yesterday, I took a 100-mile ride on my motorcycle, through the mountains in Ventura County, CA. I had to stop to go to the bathroom at a park, up above Ojai, and when I stopped the bike and shut the motor off, it was absolutely silent. Not even a bird chirping. I just sat there for a few minutes, hearing only the occasional tick-tick of the cooling metal in the motorcycle. I could have just stayed there all day. There was not another living soul around... Nobody. No dogs, no wind blowing, no birds. After I took care of nature, I flushed, and it sounded like thunder and a locomotive all in one. Then I was almost disheartened when I fired up the bike, and rode away. Silence was broken. I actually felt guilty for being the only noise for miles & miles around. If my ride were to shatter such a great feeling for others like me, I'd stop riding there.

Charles

I cherish my moments of silence, as well. It can be quite noisy, living in the city.

Yeah, I hate the sound of motorcycles when I am in a forest. But bicycles may not be an option. And I drive a car which is simply another sound.

I identify completely with this.

Silence can be an incredible experience, and transforming too.

Numinous.

For me, silence is the best prescription on the market.

I love silence

i love it too. it is one of the great reasons to go to the countryside. it is an amazing feeling

Silence is so great!, and even better, the feeling that noone is around you.

My favorite kind of silence is one experienced on a cold winter night, when the tempature is in the teens or single digits. I like taking walks and listening to how still and quiet everything is, and how the trains sound much closer than they ever do when it's warmer.

Living in a house full of people with ADHD, AS, Dyslexia (why does he HAVE to be so loud with his word games?), Bi-Polar... Any silence I can get is a treasure.

Silence is the best!

Escape from the constant distraction of others!

No need to worry about whether I am interacting properly with the rest of the world!

I can be me.

Sigh... Silence is heavenly...

oh i love this topic. im gonna dissapaer in a few years to the freezing lands of the north and set up my indestructible kingdom!

Yes I love silence. My son's just netted himself a detached house with double glazing, and it's a real treat to be there - background noise just doesn't exist. It must be great to have that kind of environment all the time......imagine the clarity of thinking