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When the World Is Too Loud: The Right to Silence in a World That Never Stops Talking

We live in a time where we’re surrounded by voices. News, notifications, calls, podcasts, videos, ads. We’re told what to think, what to feel, how to react. And even when we turn the screen off, the noise lingers in our minds.

Silence has become a luxury. A rare one. But silence isn’t just the absence of sound — it’s a pause where we can finally hear ourselves.It’s not emptiness — it’s space to breathe.

Information overload is more than background static.It’s a source of anxiety, fatigue, distraction, and the constant sense that we’re falling behind.We absorb too many voices and slowly lose touch with our own.

We fear silence because it leaves us alone with ourselves. But in that quiet, something honest begins to emerge — the truth of what we really feel, think, and need.

Society encourages constant speaking. Posting. Sharing. Reacting.But maybe the boldest thing we can do today… is choose not to respond.Not to argue.Not to explain.But to pause.To breathe.And to ask: “What do I actually feel? What is truly mine?”

We have the right to silence.The right to turn off notifications.To not reply immediately.To go offline.To just be.

Because only in silence do we start to hear what really matters.

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