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4 Ways I Escape Lately

ive 'em a go! But beware, they are addictive...

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Katie Dalebout
Mar 20, 2023
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As a kid there was very little I could control; I could however dissociate from reality and mentally flee. I've attempted to fill what writer Melissa Broder calls the “existential hole within us” with a plethora of addictions and I still do. 

Her most recent novel is about how we turn these diversions into our gods. She says,

"My god is whatever I'm putting in the spiritual hole inside of me that day. That's what I'm making my higher power." 

In an attempt to be more aware of my escape routes, here’s a list of a few I recently noticed.

They are mostly benign… feel free to give 'em a go! But beware, all four have the two components that make something highly addictive:
inconsistency and novelty.

4 WAYS I ESCAPE LATELY:

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1. “Groce Out” – This is a

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