Have You Ever Wanted To Runaway From Your Own Mind?

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Ever felt like you just need a break from your brain and your thoughts. Have you ever wanted to escape your thoughts and be in someone else's mind for a short while?

Please tell me I am not the only one because my husband is acting like I grew a horn in the middle of my head and swears he has never felt that way. I thought it was normal to feel that way.

 

[Deleted member 541]

Not really to take a break, but rather to just shut it off completely. I have (what I call) a racing mind. It seems like there are times that it just doesn't stop, and when I'm triggered or depressed, it's like an all out assault.

 

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In my mind, shutting it all off means a more permanent solution. I am sure you don't mean it like though.

 

[Naoru]

I am not sure about being in someone else's mind, but I constantly wish I could escape from my own. It is loca in there ... exhausting, too.

 

[Suzetig]

I'm struggling with anxiety today - yes, I'd love to be in someone else's mind right now.

 

[anthony]

Hmmm... simple answer -- yes.

 

[Deleted member 35133]

It's perfectly normal, no matter who you are, whether you have a mental illness or not. Sometimes people find themselves in a place they really want to get out of and feel trapped. Even if it's just you're sick of thinking about why your neighbor trims his hedges on a Friday, then a Thursday, where the heck is he every Wednesday? one out of every seven months his hedges don't get trimmed because he's gone somewhere that day. Because fgs, if I had a neighbor like that and I actually noticed that it would drive me insane. Personally, I have this particular meditation I listen to where I usually end up going to a beach on a deserted island with a bar there and one sage old man serving me drinks, that's such a nice place to be in my head I fall right asleep.

 

[Rumors]

Double hell yes...I look at people who seem peaceful and wish I were able to take on that thought process. It is normal, you aren't crazy, sometimes we just need a break and look for creative ways to get one....

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Yep, every day. My brain races as well and most times I just need a break from it for a bit. Also fighting these constant thoughts are very exhausting! Its VERY normal to want a break from whats exhausting. Maybe explain it that way? You are running a marathon and need to sit and drink some water for a bit before you get back up and run again. Maybe he will understand it that way?

Surely he understands that mental exhaustion is exhaustion nonetheless?

 

[FauxLiz]

Right there with you and today is awful. Not sure really why except I have a meeting tonight that I know is going to be brutal. I have been anxious about it since last week and all I want to do is escape problem being the only way I can do that would be to self medicate. I have been fighting the urge all weekend to cut because I just want a way to feel something other than anxiety but I am scared the real reason I wore long sleeves to work today is that as things get closer and I know I can't be medicated in the meeting I will try to find a way to redirect my mind otherwise.

sorry for hijacking your thread but yeah, I wish I could be in anyone else's mind right now, anywhere else right now.

 

[scout86]

Absolutely! (I like to think of the Monte Python line, "And now, for something completely different...")

 

[Friday]

For sure.

At which point if I've got my shit taken care of / the space to do it / I usually will take a break from my mind for a spell.