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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers
Being an adult means that there are a lot of things that require our attention, care, and supervision. And making sure that everything is done and provided on time can be really tiring and overwhelming sometimes.
What helps best, in this case, is to zone out from it all for a bit. Having this in mind, one Reddit user asked others to share how they escape their reality. The question that has been upvoted almost 41.5k times received 20.5k comments where people revealed what they like to do to escape their everyday life and “restart” themselves before going back to their endless circle of various affairs.
How do you like to run away from reality? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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#1
I dream about buying a bit of land somewhere ruralish, building a small home, having animals. Nothing fancy. Just away from people and away from the noise of life.
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#2
Walk my dog early in the morning. We pretend we are navigating an apocalyptic landscape in the search for treats.
#3
Sleep. Too depressed and broke to even try anything else.
#4
I pretend I am a robot stuck in a human world that needs to blend in by acting overly human. An example, I felt down so I put my phone and stuff away and got some food at a noodle place. Since I had no phone to bypass time I instead marvled at the chefs putting together a meal for me and made sure they got hyped up by me watching. After enjoying a meal that I watched with so much anticipation I let those guys know that damnnn that food made my day! It makes an occurence like just going to eat food a lot less boring dystopia and a lot more human!
#6
Write fiction. Read fiction. Gaming.
achilles get down from there 3 years ago
Strip mine in Minecraft for hours and hours and hours and hours…. Cathartic
#8
Repetitive medium labor.
Raking/leaf blower
Splitting logs
Yard word, a light jog.
Something about working until your muscles get that numbness to it.
The rest of the world aside from what you’re doing just melts away and you reach a point where it doesn’t matter.
And hey it’s good exercise.
#9
I know that I might get a loooot of hate for this ,but the people that understand traumour and anxiety might understand or even just people that are respectful but anyway,I get into the headspace of a dog ,I don’t know why it helps but for some reason the more relaxed thought process and not needing to care about anything slows down my non stop racing brain allowing me to actually sleep ,I understand people are now going to hate ,but it’s what I do to feel happy so if your a decent person please don’t hate on me …
#10
Pray.
Lyone Fein 3 years ago
To all the down voters: Don't be a55hats. Everyone has their own thing. You don't even know what this person means by this. How is this any different from meditation, or all of the day dreaming ones?
#11
Play music. Yesterday I was feeling sad about Covid. I sat at the piano and played Handel's 'Sarabande' over and over for like two hours in a daze of feeling weird and missing my life.
#12
Cook.
You get a reward at the end and improve your skills for the next go round. Since you have to eat daily, it is also a good money saver.
Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago
I'm the exact same way. I like to make really ingredient/process intensive meals. It's so gratifying. Even if it's something I won't eat, cooking for my parents during the pandemic has been so satisfying!
#13
Late at night, I take my bike and ride to my old elementary school that's now a public park. I sit down on the same bench I've always sat at, and I start recording.
I've found that talking my problems out, or talking about anything, just helps me to escape. Some of those audio logs I've listened to countless times. I catch myself thinking "wow, I actually said that."
Maybe someday I'll post them online, or preserve them as a memento to the times I've lived through.
I can tell you right now, if I never started making those logs I wouldn't be half the person I am now.
#14
I pretend I won the lottery and escape to my first 24 hours of being debt free. It works to put me asleep, when I need to disassociate from a bad feeling,etc.
JoanieBalonie 3 years ago
Me, too. I imagine all the people I would give money to and how happy they would be...and the free vet clinic I'd set up and all the shelters for unwanted animals I would build that make them feel at home and not in a prison. Simple, I know, but a person can dream.
#16
I find a cozy, somewhat isolated section of a trail or creek and smoke a cigar while listening to podcasts. Can't say it's the healthiest habit, but it gets me outdoors and makes me less anxious.
#17
I am a flight simulator hobbyist, and I escape by delving into the simulator.
For over 10 years now, when life gets to me, I make an escape by perfecting my flight sim world, not much unlike a model train enthusiast creates dioramas in their basement.
Aircraft modelling, sound engineering, environment textures such as the sky, ground, water, and trees, buildings, airport details, there's always something to tweak and work on and improve to make actually using the simulator for simulating just a bit more fun and realistic!
But my favorite part of it all is AI traffic.
Myself and a team of other enthusiasts have worked for years now to "back-date" the AI traffic in flight sim with schedules and aircraft going from the late 90s and early 00s all the way back to the 30s in some instances. We can choose what year we want to fly, and with a week or two of work on installing schedules, we can fly in that year in our flight sim. Currently my project has been 1998, and this has been so incredibly rewarding!
I live by and love my flight sim. It has always been there for me when life is too much and continues to be there for me when I have free time. Nothing else like it on this planet 🙂
smugdruggler 3 years ago
That sounds awesome. My dad had a model railway (NEVER a "train set!) and the biggest restriction on him was space. Must be nice to know that you're never going to run out of room.
#18
Stargazing sets me straight.
#23
You really need to try lucid dreaming, it takes time but is the best there are several books you can read them for instructions and you can do anything in your dreams on your own command. It's pretty cool tbh.
iblowsheep 3 years ago
Every time i try this i just end up have autofellatio dreams. am i doing something wrong or right?
#24
Listen to music, game.
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
I keep Pandora going 24/7 -have spent 7-8 years tailoring it to my tastes and it's always there in the background for me.
#25
Run, and not in some fitness guru way where “it really brings me into a meditative headspace”
When I’m running I just can’t think about anything but running.
#26
Skate.
#27
Go free diving. You have to leave absolutely everything behind at the surface. Quiet your mind, calm your body, and meditate while you sink into the weightless and peaceful embrace of Mother Ocean. Plus you can get super close to all of your gilled friends.
Or rock climbing (real climbing outside), similar concept but not quite as immersive.
#28
Good boxing sparring sessions helps.
Doesntmatter 3 years ago
Yes! Physical activity is wonderful. Throw in some laughs and you're golden. I started Jiu Jitsu at the height of my depression. Couldn't imagine not going now :D
#29
think about stuff i like.
#30
Youtube
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Sam Chilton 3 years ago
Maybe I missed it, but does nobody read anymore? I love playing RPGs that have a lot of lore, so you end up reading a lot and it really helps immersion into a world you prefer to spend time in!
Honu 3 years ago
I don't count, because I'm old, but I have some millennial friends and all of them read at least as much as I do, but then they're millennials that have Xer friends, so maybe they're atypical.
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Lyone Fein 3 years ago
I think these are all great answers. I just don't get why anyone would down vote someone else's response to this question. I guess people are really threatened by what others do inside their own heads!
olx 3 years ago
I've suffered from chronic insomnia and an underlying sadness and when I was little I used to play imaginary games before I went to sleep, just laying there, and sometimes I'd play in the same game for months and months every night. I try to do it again sometimes, but I always get distracted.
OJ 3 years ago
i don’t have insomnia but i used to do this when i was bored. i kind of thought i imagined it but i guess i’m not the only one :)
Load More Replies... Sam Chilton 3 years ago
Maybe I missed it, but does nobody read anymore? I love playing RPGs that have a lot of lore, so you end up reading a lot and it really helps immersion into a world you prefer to spend time in!
Honu 3 years ago
I don't count, because I'm old, but I have some millennial friends and all of them read at least as much as I do, but then they're millennials that have Xer friends, so maybe they're atypical.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 3 years ago
I think these are all great answers. I just don't get why anyone would down vote someone else's response to this question. I guess people are really threatened by what others do inside their own heads!
olx 3 years ago
I've suffered from chronic insomnia and an underlying sadness and when I was little I used to play imaginary games before I went to sleep, just laying there, and sometimes I'd play in the same game for months and months every night. I try to do it again sometimes, but I always get distracted.
OJ 3 years ago
i don’t have insomnia but i used to do this when i was bored. i kind of thought i imagined it but i guess i’m not the only one :)
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