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Running away

Pigtail

I'm in a bit of a bad place at the moment. I know I'm an adult so it's probably not as bad as it is with children but I feel like running away because life is just so hard. I don't know where I want to run to, I just want to get away from everything. Keep getting these thoughts and I don't know what to do about them. Life is hard, really hard. So much change is happening and I struggle to cope with it all. Hoping talking about it here will help me out.

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  • Bless you. For my own reasons I have felt like that. Flight is a shut down/melt down response too.

    It's not easier just because you aren't a kid anymore. That doesn't magically go away when you hit 18. We still get overwhelmed. Throw it out here. What's triggering this? Can we help? 

  • in reply to Dawn

    Sorry you felt this way as well. It's horrible isn't it, home should be your safe space but for me it's the opposite. Do you still feel this way?

    For me I think it's just stressful stuff. Parents are getting older, sicker. People have to look after me a lot. I feel a burden and I imagine this happy safe place exists, I can picture it really well and I want to go and find it. I feel like running away would get me away from all the horrible stuff and maybe I just might find my happy place.

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  • in reply to Dawn

    Sorry you felt this way as well. It's horrible isn't it, home should be your safe space but for me it's the opposite. Do you still feel this way?

    For me I think it's just stressful stuff. Parents are getting older, sicker. People have to look after me a lot. I feel a burden and I imagine this happy safe place exists, I can picture it really well and I want to go and find it. I feel like running away would get me away from all the horrible stuff and maybe I just might find my happy place.

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