Today I want to talk about some of the ways that we use to escape the truth of our own lives, and how it is precisely this escapism which sets us back and prevents us from living the life that we truly want. Then I’m going to tell you what I did to improve my life and how I left escapism behind. See, if your life sucks, or at least some part of your life sucks, then what you need to do is to make changes. And yet, over and over again, many people choose to escape reality and enter some sort of false “matrix.”
Here are 3 great ways to lie yourself out of reality:
1. Alcohol. Negative emotions such as stress, anxiety, sorrow and shame, social ineptitude, boredom: You name it… and alcohol is a “solution” for it. Every time something bad happens, let’s break out the beer and get a chemical buzz to numb the pain. And yet, the next morning, the stress is back, accompanied by a thumping hangover. There are better ways to deal with negative emotions, such as NLP, meditation, tai chi, exercise and other great strategies.
Many people like to use alcohol to cover up their social ineptitudes, their shyness, etc… It’s much easier to approach a woman with three pints of Guiness stout in your brain, isn’t it? And yet it is often precisely this reliance on alcohol that deprives people of the soulmate they are searching for. Yes, alcohol can loosen you up, but it can also lead to false, shallow relationship-substitutes. Is it you talking, or is it you on some drug?
I’m not going to make an exhaustive list, you get my point. What I do want to add is that alcohol is one of the most insidious and unhealthy things you can put into your body. Its metabolites put a huge strain on your liver, it kills braincells and it takes several days for the toxins (such as acetaldehyde) to clear out of your system. Limiting the use of alcohol as a form of escapism is essential to living well.
2. Flashing images. Another rampant escape route. Problems with life? Just plop yourself on the couch in front of the TV and allow it to take over your mind. Wars, tornadoes, financial shenanigans and murders on the one hand, or mind-numbing trash TV such as “reality shows,” on the other.
Personally, I never watch regular TV anymore. I don’t even own a TV. Yes, there are good programs out there, such as documentaries, but I prefer to download the ones I want and watch them at my leisure. It just makes sense. Turning on the TV for me was almost always a waste of time.
3. Pharmafia drugs. I can’t believe how many otherwise healthy people are on some sort of pill regimen as an escape from their problems. There two key issues regarding pharma drugs. First of all, they are foreign and toxic to our bodies and, secondly, they take responsibility away from the people responsible for our miseries: ourselves. Anxiety and depression are not inherent in human beings. They are not genetic, no matter what the multi-trillion-dollar medical industry would like us to believe.
I’ve traveled to a lot of places and what I’ve discovered is that the societies that exist outside of the modern life of stress and employment-slavery don’t seem to have these problems. They live close to nature and it shows in their health.
Pharma drugs are an escape route and we need to take responsibility for our own lives instead of relying on drugs, excepting the most serious cases, of course.
So what should people do? The question is not whether or not life sucks; the question is what are you going to DO about it?
Here’s what I did:
- I made massive changes to improve my health, my relationships with women and my mental outlook.
- I studied a lot of self-improvement courses and books.
- I read the entire life extension foundation’s disease protocols book and a bunch of biochemistry books to teach myself how to get healthier.
- I altered my approach to women and improved my results spectacularly.
- I weaned myself off of needing a regular employment-slavery job to live.
- I also eliminated all debt and use of credit.
- And, most importantly, I went on a strict nutritional plan that worked for me. I’ve been on this plan for just over three years now, and I’m a model of perfect health.
Now, what did I do in the past when things got tough? Drink beer, eat sausages, watch TV and waste my time escaping the real problem of my life, which was that I had to change if my life was going to get better.
That’s the motto of the day. Escapism hampers change. Without change, there is no evolution. And without evolution, we are nothing but humatons.