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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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  • Running away is a valid choice. Sometimes its even the healthy choice. 'Running away' for a couple of days might be the right things sometimes. When times were hard I often thought to myself 'I could just jump on that train and leave this all behind.' I never did but the thought was comforting, and it would have been better than doing myself some harm which I sometimes thought about at the time. Actually I did, 'run away,' in a sense. I had a doting grandmother and I'd take visits to stay with her for the weekend. It was a way to get away from it all.

    Of course most of your problems will follow you eventually in most places you run to. But for a short term relief don't knock running away. It might save your life.

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  • Running away is a valid choice. Sometimes its even the healthy choice. 'Running away' for a couple of days might be the right things sometimes. When times were hard I often thought to myself 'I could just jump on that train and leave this all behind.' I never did but the thought was comforting, and it would have been better than doing myself some harm which I sometimes thought about at the time. Actually I did, 'run away,' in a sense. I had a doting grandmother and I'd take visits to stay with her for the weekend. It was a way to get away from it all.

    Of course most of your problems will follow you eventually in most places you run to. But for a short term relief don't knock running away. It might save your life.

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