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Old 12-11-2008, 08:37 AM
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Eroica
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Why do I need mental vacations?

I feel like sometimes I need a total zone out from life and I need to know how other people deal with life without doing some kind of mindless, often destructive activity-whether it be using or drinking, overeating, sex, gambling. even something physically harmless like watching TV hours on end.

Most of the time I'm content and caring and responsible, but sometimes I just really wanna forget about everything and everyone and just not deal with it at all for a few hours. Is this normal? For me this inevitably means eating like crazy, drinking, using, or having sex. If I don't do these activities then I "zone" out by obsessing over something or doing something compulsively. However I can't easily predict when the time comes? I guess something builds up inside? I don't know.

I wrote this in the secular connections because I'm an atheist and I don't want to have to read people telling me I'm like this because I'm spiritually empty. lol

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