Escapism

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I'm not currently enjoying my life at the moment. I feel so lonely and I've been putting so much effort into escaping real life. I've been trying my hardest to escape reality. I've done all sorts of things including:

-Fantasizing

- Isolating myself, and going into my own little world.

- Astral Projection (Basically, it's when someone leaves there body at night, like a temporary ghost, and travels in what is called the astral plane, where they can go anywhere, whether the place exists or not.) I don't know if it's real or a self-induced hallucination, but I know how to make it happen.

- Talking to my Imaginary Friend (Not out loud).

- Creating a Tulpa ([url=tulpa.info]Tulpa Info[/url]) It's basically, a self-induced hallucination of an imaginary friend, which becomes sentient, and has a mind of its own. It's an ancient Tibetan practice.

What kind of things do you fantasize about? Most of my daydreams lately have been about going back to a point in my life, but with all my current knowledge. It's almost become a sort of story...

I'm kind of bored and pessimistic about the future. I've put a lot of effort into escaping real life as well. Mostly through my computer and video games, but also in some of the same ways as you. I've tried experimenting with astral projection, psychokinesis, and other occult practices in an attempt to make my life more positive and interesting. The potential to improve my own world is greater than the potential to improve the real world, so that's what I focus on. My own world gives me a reason to be optimistic, but it's still not as great as I'd like it to be. I've blamed a lot of my dissatisfaction on loneliness, but that was never really the problem for me. The only problems that I really have are related to the misfortunes and uncertainties of everyday life. There aren't that many misfortunes in my life, but the vacuum of boredom amplifies the affect that they have on me. There are still many things in the real world that I enjoy despite this. I can be happy about my good times in the present despite my pessimism towards the future.

If you're not satisfied enough with your own world, think about what you can do to make it better. There are many ways to amuse yourself if you are willing to go looking for them. As you become more satisfied with your own world, the sense of loneliness will subside, but real life will remain the same. Do everything you can to pursue happiness, but don't dwell on the things you can't do.

Just out of curiosity, how successful were you at creating a Tulpa?

They can easily get beyond your control. Take care.

Yeah I've been needing to do a lot of this lately. I've been bored and sad and just fed up with life as a whole. But I'm to the point where it's SO bad that I can't even take solace in gaming or creating fantasy worlds like I used to.

I've done this. Now I'm forcing myself to go out and socialize, but I'll slip back into fantasy if I lose my momentum. If I knew how to make a tulpa or astral project, I'd never get out of bed.

Mmm, sweet sweet escapism. Sadly I can't afford to fall into it, I'd like to but I don't want to at the same time.