21 Nov 2025

How it feels to have a silent mind

From Checkpoint, 5:52 pm on 21 November 2025

How would you feel if that little voice in your head went completely quiet? You know the one that stresses about all the mistakes you've made just as you're trying to get to sleep or replays that same pesky ear worm over and over again. Well for some people that's a reality and it's called anauralia. Checkpoint producer Johnny Sutherland spoke to Lisa Owen about one person's experience living with a silent mind.