Anyone ever tried this? I think it would be a great thing to get (in tune) with yourself, your thoughts.... If you have, let me know how it helped....thanks If you think im crazy let me know too.....
doesn't work. i've gone weeks without speaking a word, it's just depressing. okay, i guess if you're still around other people, like in a commune, trying to achieve a spiritual result and silently encouraging you, that would be different. but when you have nothing to say because you have no one to say it to, you just end up in a depressing and soulless misery. and yes, i went crazy a long time ago.
I knew a guy that didnt talk for ten years, when he did, it was to register people to vote and get them to sign petitions. his family was understanding of the silence when they thought it was mental illness. They were pissed when he started talking to get some dumbshit on the ballot...
I wouldn't see a need to go a day without saying any words at all. I often say minimal, only "neccasary" words though and that's nice.
Sometimes I'm sure.... haha Other things I think people want me to talk and I just don't feel like it.
i have a need to talk...i'll go nuts if i try to stop myself from talking. i had to do it freshman year, where i (we) had to ask permission to speak...not gonna do that again haha
tried it? i've lived it. and loved it. and hated having to go back to communicating with humans. verbaly that is. something like this net is ok though. =^^= .../\...
No way could I go an entire day without speaking! I'm a chatterbox! You should hear me when I really get going. One sentence goes right into the next with barely a pause for breath, one subject to the next, like I'm on speed or something, blah, blah, blah. No wonder my husband tunes me out sometimes!
I have spent the last 3 months in practical silence (other than some chit-chat with co-workers, and some talking to my parents).