Ambivalent1
🎵 Be all, end all 🎵
- Apr 17, 2023
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Tv, movies, books, video games, porn, religion. The real world was never enjoyable.
Ferret77
Member
- Jun 2, 2023
- 71
Yeah, and these things are designed that way. A form of escapism, something that offers us comfort, without the ability of hurting us...
It's great. The sad thing is, that it's also a form of survival. Reality is horrible and terrifying...And I don't want to be here anymore.
But these things somewhat console me...
It's great. The sad thing is, that it's also a form of survival. Reality is horrible and terrifying...And I don't want to be here anymore.
But these things somewhat console me...
Ambivalent1
🎵 Be all, end all 🎵
- Apr 17, 2023
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Ferret77
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- Jun 2, 2023
- 71
Hmm...Great question. Well....I think that there was always at least some form of escapism, since the beginning of time. It definitely changed a lot throughout the years, but people have the natural tendencies to try to escape, whatever Is hurting them. It's an instinct, much like you would escape from a physical threat, we are escaping from a mental or emotional one. Back then, without media, it would be literature, art, religion, games (d&d and stuff...) and if they had nothing, then daydreaming always existed. Now, escapism officially started during the Great depression, as a way to cope with it, but it's not like people didn't do it way before then...And the thing is, everyone might have a different escape....For someone, work can be their escape, while others need escapism to escape their stressful worklife...
Even the people I fancied in real life weren't real (limerance.) 
Sweet Tart
Arcanist
- May 10, 2023
- 452
whatevs
Mining for copium in the weirdest places.
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