Psychologists say the human brain is built to react to stress in four basic ways: attack, freeze, comply and leak.
Leak.
Running away is one of the primary reactions that man has when life gets tough.
The idea that running away will solve any problem is a distortion of thinking, but it can give a momentary sense of comfort to imagine having the opportunity to escape for a while.
The search for an uncontaminated space where you can start over.
There are those who stop at the thought and live forever in the limbo of what could have been, and there are those who instead take action.
Stay or leave?
The idea that running away will solve any problem is a distortion of thinking, but it can give a momentary sense of comfort to imagine having the opportunity to escape for a while.
The search for an uncontaminated space where you can start over.
There are those who stop at the thought and live forever in the limbo of what could have been, and there are those who instead take action.
Stay or leave?
And where is the courage? In staying or in leaving?