Right now, the TV is on playing something dumb I'm trying to ignore, my brother is standing behind me practicing on his bass guitar plugged into amplifier, my sister in law is in front of me at the desktop computer reading ads out loud and attempting to converse with my brother and mom, and I'm sitting here with my laptop trying to write, and I can barely hear myself think. There's too much going on, too many people, too much noise, and it's driving me crazy. And if I have the audacity to go off to another room where it's quiet, everyone acts like I'm being selfish or inconsiderate or antisocial.