While I've escaped "traditional" addiction (maybe I'm on this computer too much), the lack of "quiet" is a real burden. Workplaces. Homes -- a string of bad n

While I've escaped "traditional" addiction (maybe I'm on this computer too much), the lack of "quiet" is a real burden. Workplaces. Homes -- a string of bad neighbors in multiple locations. (I mean, when they are across the street and down the block, and still make your life miserable inside your buttoned up home, they are bad.) When I get somewhere I can achieve and trust that quiet in my life -- not all the time, but when I need it, without undo effort -- the rest of my state-of-mind simply falls into place. I'm not stressed. I'm at peace. Alone, and with other people. I look at how much imposed stress many people in the U.S. have placed upon them. Not just nor particularly worries about eventualities, but immediate, physical and attentional stresses in their lives. And I think, that has to be a key to all this. P.S. And the way these things can shut down physical activity -- in my and friends' experiences, a key to coping. If you can't go out and about in your yard and neighborhood without worry, your activity level may plummet. I wonder what effect this is having on kids who no longer walk to school and maybe aren't even allowed to play outside on their own or simply go running, cycling, etc. down the block.