You never realize how accustomed you are to background noise until you don't have it anymore. Because of music, podcasts, TV, and movies, I almost always had something generating noise in the background. Now that I more or less have done without it for the last month, I am well aware its lacking in my life.
Since I am without it, I feel it was having an adverse effect that I scarcely realized. Having background noise has a sort of dulling effect on the mind, and makes it harder to organize your thoughts. In my case, while I can say I wasn't in a stupor, I definitely wasn't thinking as clearly as now. I mean, this is the effect my smartphone has also had on my brain. It scatters your thoughts, makes you forget what you set out to do, and makes you uncommunicative to those around you. Ask any parent of a kid with an iPhone and you'll know what I'm talking about. It's definitely causing a communication gap in society, as friends and couples sit around the dinner table or in a bar, not speaking and staring down.
Well, the fog has lifted in my case. I feel as though I have access to thoughts both good and bad that simply did not exist a short time ago. My brain seems better able to process and recall information, and my memory seems to be better. Who can say the cause of this is, but I feel there must be a correlation between a lack of addictive screen time and my perceived mental improvement.
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