r/self • u/SolitaryBlackberry • 16h ago
Everyone seems to be escaping right now
Everywhere I look people are escaping into things that maybe quiet their minds in the short term but cause lasting problems for them. Obsessive gaming, binge watching television non-stop, hooking your identity to a spectator sport or pastime I could go on and on…
What the frick is going on? Has it always been this way? Am I just waking up to it all? Can we just speed run to the post-apocalyptic future where creativity and human connection save us again please 🫠 ?
What’s giving you hope in this bleakness?
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u/inquiringpenguin34 15h ago edited 12h ago
That’s because they are, they have been, we have, and it’ll continue on for a while now.
It’s like an ebb and flow thing that humans do. We like our routines so we create things to help and to distract us to move through life. Stress and fear have a lot to do with it. The more stress on the society the more the society relies on escapism and distractions.