How can silence be deafening?

Question

How can silence be deafening?

Answer 1

it's deafening because with silence, you hear nothing, so your mind thinks of things that annoys you. especially memories that gave so much impact to you.  

Answer 2

How can silence be deafening?

The same way closeness can push people apart.

The same way magnets repel each other if one magnet flips the other one over in order to chase it.

Answer 3

awkward silence is deafening. it's much better to argue than to run out of things to talk about about or to say to one another.

Answer 4

jet lag.  ^^

it can be deafening because it's the reciprocal of noise. the only difference is you can hear nothing.

Answer 5

it cant

Answer 6

It's just an expression to make a point that too much quietness can be so strange and disturbing, not relaxing.  It can be deafening in the sense that you can hear a pin drop, you can hear your heart beat and even the mutest sound can penetrate your consciousness.

Answer 7

the same way that loud noises can make you deaf..

hearing nothing is not normal..unless your deaf.

Answer 8

when it is too quiet you can hear the turmoil  from inside your own head