Comments on: Overcoming Addiction and Escapism

By: Paulbitetto

Paulbitetto — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0000

At least that is what an artist once said

By: Paulbitetto

Paulbitetto — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:29:00 +0000

I’m always escaping, thoughts within my thoughts
Nostalgia makes me happy and sad at the same time
Escape is fed by nostalgia
And I cannot wait to return to that reality
It’s a drug to me

By: Will

Will — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:43:45 +0000

I can definitely find a lot of points in here that I agree with and can identify in myself. Mostly I identify with the escapism part. The only problem I face now is that I haven’t allowed myself to set up a concept of a well formed ideal self to be working towards.

By: Mathieu

Mathieu — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:06:32 +0000

Escapism is a tricky subject because many times ambition for change and art is related to a certain kind of escapism. There are 2 kinds of escapism…one where the person’s life is not exciting and they escape to an exciting world. The other is where there is too much chaos in a person’s life and they escape to a calm world. Either way, the problem is not fixed. It is a temporary escape.

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By: I HATE FALLOUT « Framing Frustrations

I HATE FALLOUT « Framing Frustrations — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:17:50 +0000

[...] Everyone feels the desire to escape. No matter how good you have it, there are times when, instead of dealing with problems, you’d rather pretend they don’t exist. We turn to bad habits because they allow us to forget. They give us a pleasurable sensation that pushes problems out of mind. The downfall of this solution is that it’s only temporary. The feeling wears off and the problems remain, often made worse by our indulgence. Once again faced with our problems, the natural reaction is to escape again.This is the cycle of escapism. We feel pain each time we face reality, so we use a bad habit to escape, which only increases our pain, making us more desperate to escape. Each time around it takes more sensation to escape, increasing our dependency on a bad habit. When you get caught in the whirlpool of escapism, it can feel impossible to get out.” [http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/overcoming-addiction-by-escaping-escapism/] [...]

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:44:59 +0000

Reading is a form of escapism too. its just the older way, when people had to use thier imaginations

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:32:13 +0000

Thank you! That was a great treatment of a very difficult topic. I have been trying to get out of this cycle for a long time. After trying self-help books and psychotherapy, I am finding that daily meditation is working to finally break down some very stubborn mental barriers. There are many approaches to this problem; keep trying new things until you make progress!

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