What are you escaping from?

[F'Angus]

Bounty Hunters

 

[Alexnader]

Loneliness, and not really being sure of what I want out of life.

This. Also the abject terror of being unable to motivate myself, resulting in me dropping behind in uni work, resulting in me consuming internet media to stop thinking about the piles of paper looming over me.

First world problems basically. If I wasn't part of the privileged few I'd either not be cripplingly lazy or I'd be on the streets.

I'm escaping more or less, myself. Or rather the utter failure I seem to feel like these days. Got no goal in life nor do I know what should I do with my life. I mean I'm studying at a university, but that's only to get some education for a real job, any job, I feel like I'm doi

I'm escaping more or less, myself. Or rather the utter failure I seem to feel like these days. Got no goal in life nor do I know what should I do with my life. I mean I'm studying at a university, but that's only to get some education for a real job, any job, I feel like I'm doing this just becuase of my sense of duty and maybe pressure from society in general. Got some friends to hang out with sometimes, but never had a girlfriend...

All of this seems to be connected to my all around laziness and lack of motivation. It's like, the mind is weak so the flesh isn't willing either or something.

I mean, I see the normal life ahead of me: graduating, getting a job, perhaps a girfriend/wife, maybe getting kids, growing old and in the end, passing away as your crippled, sick body gives in, without really having done anything worthwhile. Depressing thought, these be.

Games and the internet provide a nice little distraction from this feeling of utter incompetence and meaningless existence, for now. Starting to get a bit worried on how I will end up doing in the end...

I'm escaping reality. Seriously, reality sucks. Have you seen it lately? Just a friggin fiasco that is.

I hear ya. Sometimes I wonder what's the point in doing anything. It's not like anything I do will matter in the grand scheme of things.

This too. Although just because nothing you do will matter in the grand scheme of things, doesn't mean there's no point in doing stuff. Everything you do is vitally important to you, however that may not be immediately apparent. Ask whether you want to die, if no then do you want to live comfortably, if yes then unfortunately you have to do something. You can take this further. If you want to live comfortably you need a job. If you want to like the job you do then you have study/work to get that job. So long as you want to live you can theoretically extrapolate the rest.

Now I know all this and I vehemently want to live but I still don't do shit.

 

[Palademon]

Boredom and loneliness. Also I'm a repetitive person so when I'm a fan of something it becomes routine. Also people are often annoying, and I have no reason to go outside. Nothing agaisnt going outside, just mostly no reason to.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

....from Studying for a repeat exam I wasn't supposed to take in the first place, since it wasn't fully my fault that I flunked? I guess. It's little pathetic, I know.

 

[TriggerOnly]

My self ,people around me and my perspective of this world that I cant change given were I am atm.

sitting...waiting... to be free

 

[disfunkybob]

Stress. I like my job fine. I love my fiancee. I live comfortably, but I get stressed out.

Games, movies and music help me unwind. Not even a shooter player either, so it's not that "getting pent-up aggression out" thing. I actually can't stand them other than maybe Mass Effect. Relaxed and engaged, like a good book.

 

[Wolf-AUS]

Life. Between here and the bottle, I'm doing a fairly decent job.

 

[Seriphina]

University work... for now. Prior to that it was avoiding making a decision on my life and im sure after that it will be to escape the daunting depression that is reality, job, bills, kids... I forget how miserable I am here in this house living with my parents when im immersed in game.

 

[Hosker]

Nothing in particular. I do those things for fun. What else shall I do when I'm sitting around my house? Sure, my life isn't perfect, but why should the negative things take prominence over the positive?

 

[Arghjayell]

Planning a year abroad in Russia for my uni course...

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Just trying not to have to deal with other people in general, I suppose. Humanity has made a lot of things that make life easier, plumbing, electricity(well, harnessed), fire, etc. but so many things people do just don't help anyone and I don't wanna have to deal with it...

 

[rokkolpo]

I tend to over think a lot of things, in the past that led to nearly suicidal depression.

I escape from my thoughts.

 

[ThatDaveDude1]

I play Video Games to escape from the City.

Spoiler

 

[Cheesus333]

The horrible realisation that I will never achieve all of my goals, and probably won't achieve even most of them.

The whole 'escape' thing isn't working though, because that lesson is the only thing anyone ever teaches me.

 

[El Poncho]

Studying!

Damn it to hell!

 

[Tharwen]

Revision. I really have nothing else to worry about though.

 

[tokae]

I'm curious to know what fellow Escapists are escaping from.

Myself really.. Health issues from birth which resulted in drug-abuse when I became a teenager, which I was able to kick a couple of years ago, but I'm still running from it.

 

[Layzor]

Nothing, my life's great. I play games, listen to music etc because they're a part of what makes it great.

Also, wow a lot of unhappy people here.

You obviously have my sympathies for the murder trial.

 

[Super Six One]

I try to escape my life, the whole realisation that its a long boring uninteresting story in which i am screwed over by people i just want to be friends with. And its slowly destroying me turning me into a empty void with no care for anything anymore. Feels alot like i'm stuck in Groundhog day.

But thats more of my darker moments, i'm fairly happy at the moment. Still games and films give me something to focus on if i ever feel myself drifting into that dark zone. Its nice to have that.

 

[littlealicewhite]

The realization that none of us have any true worth and we're all going to die without achieving anything.

[Edit] Ahhh, that sounds depressing. Really, I am generally content these days but I have a natural predisposition to doom and gloom. Like most of the people here I'm in the middle of trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.