Have you ever wanted to chuck it all and just disappear?

[KansDem]

I mean, I'm this close to saying, "F**k it! I'm outta here!" Work, family, spouse, friends, the area I live in, the current political scene...I've had it!

Have you ever had this kind of day?

[Omphaloskepsis]

1. Three or four times a week.

And I have done it a few times too. But I always come back to my fantastic little rut.

[KansDem]

2. Yeah?

And I have done it a few times too.--any advice? I mean, the best I can manage is a trip to the liquor cabinet...

[SacredCow]

3. Absolutely....

Sometimes on my commute home, I wonder what it would be like if I just kept on I-10 west until I got to California, where I could just start over...

[KansDem]

You know, I've a hankering to return to California!

Lived there from 1954-1979. I could start over, too!

[SacredCow]

7. I've only visited...

And only Los Angeles...

[Burma Jones]

4. So, that's what happened to the Patriots Offensive Line.....

[Fox Mulder]

5. Every day.

[datasuspect]

6. i've done it many times

the only hitch: i took myself with me.

[Omphaloskepsis]

10. There is a lot of truth in this statement...

I have found that every time I have left I continued to have the same problems. I have now concluded that I am the problem. Knowing that makes it easier to make the necessary changes. But I still blame my mom for everything. I can do both.

[Chovexani]

8. I did that

Ended up in Phoenix, now I want to go back. :rofl:

[Jade Fox]

37. She'll probably stop at lunch and give you a call.....

and you'll be there!

[DarkTirade]

9. Used to happen fairly often...

not so much anymore.

Maybe because I'm not stuck in the rut I was back then. :shrug:

[TommyO]

11. Absolutely, I think we all go through that from time to time.

I have wanted to just disappear and let somebody else worry about things, but it's the family connections that seem to trump everything else.

[Deep13]

12. Are you suggesting there are days not like that?

:shrug:

[KansDem]

13. Well, some more than others, of course...

But this could be BIG TIME!

Major attitude adjustment!

[NC_Nurse]

14. Many, many times.

Hang in there! :hug:

[KansDem]

17. Thanks...

I've always been dependent on the kindness of strangers. :hi:

[montanto]

15. Yeah, all the time. Where would you go?

I'd go to Morocco.

[KansDem]

19. That's just it...every place I can think of seems just as unappealing as the place I'm in now.

I'll have to ponder this a bit...

Moroco, you say? Hmmmmm.....

[huskerlaw]

16. Yes.

I felt that way all weekend. Still kinda do.

[Blue_Tires]

18. i plan to escape to south america

when i get some cash squirreled away...

[Tripper11]

20. I do a lot of the times do, as does my wifie

We get tired of bitchy people, no good, self centered shlubs that couldn't give two shits about another human if there drowing or on fire.
People at work, people commuting, at stops lights, in stores everywhere..hell if it weren't for the people, this would be a helluva planet!


Seriously..we get up everyday, do our jobs, commiserate with each other, work hard, do what we feel is right, live our lives by Karmic retribution..in other words, what goes around comes around! And we dream...we dream of lottery wins, any kind of windfall that will give us the means and ways to move to an isolated island or place where we can live in peace and harmony....


Then the phone rings.........I'm at work.

Hang in there....we all need breaks once in a while...maybe a weekend away alone might be in the cards? Just regroup, think relax and calm down.

Sorry you're feeling this way, and as others have mentioned in the thread, we are all going through it in one way or another daily, weekly, yearly...

[TZ]

21. Feel exactly like that today..

work and family suck.

[KansDem]

22. Tell me about it!

I drive to work...dreading it.

I drive home...dreading it.

It's like the highway is my refuge!

[TZ]

24. Guess I am one up on you..

I live alone with two cats. I can avoid my idiot relatives by not picking up the phone....Today is a day when I definitely preferr my cats to people!!

[FloridaJudy]

23. Sure

Every once in a while, I get the overwhelming fantasy of throwing everything in my car and driving to the only Buddhist monastery in North America that accepts women. Then I remember that my cat and dog would not be happy there, even if they'd let me bring them.

I also once confessed to my psychiatrist that while I've never seriously contemplated suicide, I've often considered flying to Hawaii and faking amnesia. He thought about that for a while, and responded "You'd probably hate Hawaii. You're more of a 'City' person".

A great shrink knows you better than you know yourself.

[Flying Dream Blues]

25. Triple post! n/t

[Flying Dream Blues]

26. All my fantasies are about running away. They always have

been, but I've never done it. I remember a show called "Then Came Bronson" about a guy who just went from place to place every week on his motorcycle; I wanted to climb on back with him and just be gone! I was about 8 then and still have that yearning. But whoever said, you take yourself with you is right on target.

[Flying Dream Blues]

27. Triple post! nt

[SPKrazy]

28. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???????

yes

quite often even

my son is all that seems to keep me really

I've had it though!

:hi:

[martymar64]

29. All the time

Life's kinda like that with chronic depression.

[Deja Q]

30. Yes, but I don't like suicide.

[CBHagman]

31. In the last year I've felt that way...

...and voiced it out loud. Perhaps there's no harm in saying it, as long as I just keep going on.

But I'm also looking at ways to change my life.

Et vous?

[KansDem]

49. Et vous?

Actually, I've entered into a three-year plan to revamp my skills and education, finish projects around the house, pay down debt as much as possible, and split to another part of the country to a better job with better pay (I hope). I want to finish out my last 10-15 years in peaceful solitude and order.

[Haole Girl]

32. Yes

Ever wonder how many people do... and just fake their own death(s) or disappearance? I couldn't do it to my family and friends, though. But I have thought about it.

[Parche]

33. Rainy Days And Mondays Always Get Me Down

yes yes yes
:hug: :hug: :hug: :hi:

then something comes along and pulls me back to reality......


When fear is too terrible, when reality is too agonizing, we seek escape in manufactured danger, in the thrills and pleasures of pretending-in the amusement parks of our unamusing world. Here, in frantic pretending, Man finds escape and temporary peace, and goes home tired enough to sleep a short, deep sleep. But what happens here when night comes? When pretending ends, and reality begins?"

[Fuzz]

34. Have I ever not had that thought?

That's the real question.

[Arkansas Granny]

35. Yep. I had planned how I would leave, which direction I'd go and

what alias I would use. I don't think I could have ever gone through with it, but sometimes the planning alone would keep me sane.

[RoyGBiv]

36. Oh yeah. Done it even ...

Probably is, you don't really disappear. You just end up somewhere else where all the crap starts all over again with a new set of characters.

... and with less money in your wallet.

I don't recommend it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

38. yes. n/t

[Bucky]

39. I had a family mess up last semester that got me ready to runaway from it all

You have my cyber hugs and meatworld (C) best wishes.

I think your heart is telling you to take a mental health day. I know for a fact you deserve one.

[BulletproofLandshark]

40. Pretty much every day

My family is about the only thing keeping me tied to this area, and I'm not about to leave them behind.

[triguy46]

41. I will in 5 years when I retire. Right now I do it every friday...

drive home to the farm and stay the hell away from civilization.

[NNadir]

42. Doing that is inevitable.

It's called "death."

[Mutley]

43. Yeah...

:(

[La Lioness Priyanka]

44. yes, not now but in my life i have

[YellowRubberDuckie]

45. Yes.

I am hoping to come into a lot of money and be able to fucking get out of here.
Duckie

[LostInAnomie]

46. That's my plan for this summer.

I'm going to move away and have as little contact with people as possible. We'll see how it goes.

[KansDem]

50. Let us know how it goes...

I imagine many of us here could use the advice.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

47. Every day

I hear you.

[femmocrat]

48. Of course. Everyone feels that way at times.

This too shall pass.

[BreweryYardRat]

51. I'm going to try and scrape some money together and move to Montana or the Pac NW...

...within a couple of years and find a cheap house somewhere. I'm sick of this state, I'm getting sick of school, and I have almost no friends locally as it is, so why bother?

[Blue_Tires]

52. ttt

[SOteric]

53. I have a cousin who did just that.

Bagged on a crappy marriage, ditched his job, the whole works. He turned up 5 years later in Germany. I asked him about it once, and all he had to say about it was he wouldn't do it again. The work we all do in our lives and relationships was still waiting for him, but now he was starting from square one handicapped by compounded fear and bitterness.

[orleans]

54. yes. i have also had days where i have been invisible.

both suck.

[woofless]

55. Yup. I did it in May of 2001.

It was the best thing I ever did. One is not wrong to pursue peace and happiness. Good luck.

Woof

[MrScorpio]

56. Zihuatanejo!