The reason why silence is so disturbing to us [is this]: As soon as we begin to become silent, we experience the relativity of our ordinary everyday mind. With this mind we measure our space and time coordinates, we calculate probabilities and count up our mistakes and successes. It is so useful and familiar a state of mind that we easily think it is all there is to us: our whole mind, our real selves, our full meaning.
Laurence Freeman
Mindfulbalance 
I thrive in silence. It brings with it a sense of peace and space for creativity. Over the years, I’ve noticed a gradual, but progressive aversion to noisiness. Busyness. Crowds. I guess I just appreciate fewer distractions.