Perfectly Normal Beast
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Just wondering if there are any INTPs (or others!) out there who have, like me, been driven to escape unbearable 'reality' and seek a life of blissful solitude.
After years of somewhat bewildered existence in a society apparently organised against everything i think (in many cases, know) is moral, logical and compatible with rational thinking on the questions about how we should live and behave towards each other, unable to effect any meaningful change (obviously i didn't try too hard - just hid in my bedroom most of the time plotting elaborate schemes!), 4 or 5 years ago i decided i couldn't take any more of the pointless interaction, the ridiculous hierachy, the contrived child-like obedience of the majority, the thoughtless destruction of the ecosystem, the reverence for all things banal and meaningless etc and did the whole (slightly predictable) escape to the country to live off the land thing.
Whilst i don't regret my decision and love the life i have now, i live in a tiny village populated with completely closed-minded, conformist and incurious people who would probably lynch me if they got a look at my bookshelves!
I would really like to hear about the experiences of others who have made a similar break for freedom, and any insights or regrets you might share about life outside the system, and from anyone still trapped who would like to discuss the claustrophobia of urban life.
After years of somewhat bewildered existence in a society apparently organised against everything i think (in many cases, know) is moral, logical and compatible with rational thinking on the questions about how we should live and behave towards each other, unable to effect any meaningful change (obviously i didn't try too hard - just hid in my bedroom most of the time plotting elaborate schemes!), 4 or 5 years ago i decided i couldn't take any more of the pointless interaction, the ridiculous hierachy, the contrived child-like obedience of the majority, the thoughtless destruction of the ecosystem, the reverence for all things banal and meaningless etc and did the whole (slightly predictable) escape to the country to live off the land thing.
Whilst i don't regret my decision and love the life i have now, i live in a tiny village populated with completely closed-minded, conformist and incurious people who would probably lynch me if they got a look at my bookshelves!
I would really like to hear about the experiences of others who have made a similar break for freedom, and any insights or regrets you might share about life outside the system, and from anyone still trapped who would like to discuss the claustrophobia of urban life.