Meditation is teaching me how uncomfortable stillness really is

When I first started meditating, I thought it would just be about calming down like sitting quietly would automatically feel peaceful. But it’s the opposite. The moment things go quiet, my brain starts throwing thoughts at me from every direction. It’s like it doesn’t know what to do without noise.
Before I started this, I’d always fill that silence with something scrolling, music, just anything to not sit in stillness. Meditation made me realize how much I avoided just being alone with my thoughts.
It’s weirdly hard, but kind of freeing too. Sitting there, noticing everything my brain tries to distract me with, and not following it. Some days I manage it for a few minutes, some days not at all. But I’m learning that stillness isn’t about being calm it’s about getting comfortable with the discomfort.
Did anyone else go through this phase where silence felt louder than noise?