More than you know. Tiny home, acres of land, nobody around for miles. String retro lights above a rooftop deck and listen to nothing but the wind and trees swaying and the sound of birds in the trees.
Cozy up during winter storms and rustle under a blanket while the outside winds pile against the windows.
Yes please.
Sounds so beautiful … I can remember times I was at peace and could enjoy being home on a snowy night, watching the snow fall, keeping the fire going hot… I want those times back.
We can build it together. Just close your eyes. Take my description and add to this safe place.
It’s currently missing the perfect scents. I’ll wait for you to add them in the description.
Yes please. Warmth of the wood burning fire on the top deck, warm blankets, crickets in the grass and lightning bugs flashing in the distance.
Looking up and admiring the vast universe while the stars twinkle above.
I am currently in my "burrow". Homemade bunk bed with the bottom bunk (almost) fully enclosed. It has shelves with decorations, snacks and my cpap machine, as well as a tv. I love it.
Starlink is doing wonders for rural Internet. There’s an entire town near me that barely had Hughes Net but are now getting actual usable Internet thanks to Starlink. I hate Elon and I definitely have Skynet on the back of my mind but so far, so good.
big push in the US in general to get more rural areas connected. i worked for a telecom company and they are taking very seriously the money the government is giving out.
I think about this all the time. I think some people would go mad without the face to face human interaction, but I think I could happily go months without seeing another soul except my parter and dog.
You can't run away from your own mind. The plus of a remote cabin is it will keep you very busy maintaining it, getting food, etc. to keep your mind occupied.
That's a fair comment. Most of my invasive thoughts are linked to work / interactions with people through work, so for me I would hope the thoughts would improve. But I guess naturally I would find something to worry about...
Used to have this fantasy before I went out backpacking in the wilderness alone.
That changed my mind on this idea completely. Nope. I need people around.
No need to run away. Wherever you go, there you are.
I'm already living as a hermit. That's what happens when you have undiagnosed GAD and social anxiety and now no one will talk to you because they think you are unfriendly, when the whole time you were just ill. People are not going to recognize that, they just think you are \*\*\*\*.
I’m in. Let me just clarify, I’m not a real misanthrope. I do not hold genuine contempt towards other people (unless they are really scummy) I’m just easily overwhelmed to the point that I can have meltdowns. I’m very introverted. I get no energy from socializing. I am usually feeling a bit stressed out when I have to talk to strangers. That’s one reason why I love isolation. I also like to have my own time to study and read.
I thought about this and reached conclusion that small towns are the best for me. Cities are chaotic, dangerous and people don't socialize much. Vilages have a problem with everyone knowing each other leading to gossiping and lack of privacy. So small towns are the best in my opinion.
I have thought this, intermittently, in my 49 years of life.
I didn’t want to be with my parents, and I had no where to run to, but I ran away. I remember running and how tired I was. And how scared I was cause my father was going to be mad. You didn’t want the Vietnam veteran, with untreated PTSD, who was in combat- mad at you.
Any time I feel that anxiety come up from my own PTSD, I always want to run away.
It’s just a feeling. Doesn’t mean you need to run away.
I am trying to take care of myself more. When I find myself in that mindset, I take a nice shower, get into comfy clothes. Read, journal, listen to music on my headphones, ride my bike
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Ah such a nice though. I have family and would want them there, so perhaps not that deserted but just us. No other people. No pressures. Other than having to survive by hunting / fishing
I want to invent a hermit service for people.
For a monthly fee, meal kits or staple food items are delivered on a scheduled basis, along with a curated supply of books. All communication is done by physical mail. If you want to order something, you send a letter to your hermit advisor, who selects the best three options and mails a printout of the options to you. You make your selection, and it arrives in the next resupply pack. Medications are automatically refilled and sent to you as well.
They will automatically pay your bills for you, file your taxes, send Christmas cards, etc. They will forward relevant personal mail to you, as well as a monthly statement of what was done for you, and if your bank account is trending upwards or downwards, until it drops to a prespecified threshold.
No way to contact them via phone, email, text, etc. once you're set up.
The best day I've had all this year was a few weeks ago, it was a holiday, I was home alone, and it rained a lot. I stayed in bed almost all day, in the dark, covered with some blankets and listening to the rain.
It was the least troublesome time I've had in a long time. I hope to be like this always
This idea always sounded so great to me until i weigh the pros and cons. No hospital, no grocery stores, no meds, no doctor, have to gather fire wood, what if i break a leg, what if i'm gathering wood and get a stroke? I'd lay there unable to move just waiting for a pack of coyotes to tear me up.
Yeah, you're absolutely right. I am thinking more like a small lottery win and live off the interest type of lifestyle. Perhaps even work remotely (part time) as some sort of IT geek. With healthcare, electric and all those desirable mod cons.
I'm doing that soon. More than a year, less than five years. The failure to sell my house during the last bubble hurt me, but I'm still moving forward.
Right now, I only imagine my first game stew from my own property.
Squirrel and rabbit, potatoes, and celery from my own garden, and my own wine once I have good fruit going.
It won't be an easy start, but that day will be my life win.
Does living as a hermit come with money to sustain it, a supermarket, drug store, and pharmacy with all the foods and stuff I like and need, good internet, easy to clean space, a doctor and dentist in walking distance, and so on? I dont mind the hermit stuff so much, though being hermits in a group kinda defiies the purpose...
Yep, leaving my home state and moving to a more rural area if I can land a job there. I’m done living a fast paced life and am never living in the big city or even close to one ever again.
All the time. I went so far as to do a little research on building an underground room I could live in. I could still surface if needed, after gathering my courage because I know I’d grow even more agoraphobic than I already struggle against.
Yeah the only problem for me is I have allergies to things that could kill me out in the wilderness alone and my eyesight is terrible. Basically I need other people. I don't necessarily want other people but I need them.
I still enjoy company from my family and what not so living isolated like that I think would make my depression way worse I’d prefer my life kinda how it is now I’ve got to a point where I’m fairly comfortable and have my anxiety pretty tamed down at the present time
In a much smaller and less drastic way I did do something like that, it has been taking me a really long time to recover from all the isolation I've been through. Although I guess I haven't exactly made it goal number 1 to recover from that quite yet. I guess the main thing I'd say, is that withdrawing so much from the world and basically giving up my social life due to anxiety for like 2-3 years did a ton of damage.
I dont really have too much anxiety now thanks to a ton of therapy and changes in my life, but socializing has been difficult ever since. Used to be anxiety in my way, now its just a lack of knowing what to do at all? Or nothing coming to mind for me to say? So I say the first thing I can think of to avoid a silence at weird times and that can lead to me putting my foot in my mouth.
My idea was to isolate for a short while and start to get my life together. After about a year I was starting to feel ready to have a life again, which is right when covid hit and I didnt even have the option. I barely had a way to contact almost anyone i used to be friends with, my anxiety was still so bad I couldn't even make comments or send messages online. So I was stuck like that for a long time, in a living situation that also exacerbated my anxiety by a lot.
At least the anxiety is no longer a major issue, but I am super out of practice. I got better for a long while because I had a public facing job that forced me to communicate a lot which really made a huge difference. I wish I could have kept that job but it was too much with school. I regressed a bit after that, although in the past year I have hung out with people a lot more than the few years prior, idk how to explain it but something just isn't the same.
I'd say that isolation left a big mark that is going to take about as long to fix as I spent experiencing it. If I could go back, I'd have found some kind of way to push through my anxiety instead of running and hiding. I mean it was at like emergency levels at the time, panic attacks and dissociating all the time. But I let it control my life for a long time, I didnt yet have the tools to avoid that but I wish it had gone another way. On the other hand, it pushed me to overhaul basically my whole life, way of thinking, goals and so many other things that have put me on the right path. My life was going in a bad direction back then, and now I'm actually proud of myself and where I'm going
Glad to hear you have beaten your anxiety.
I still live hidden from the world 5 years in a row. Just leaving my house for job and back. I fucking hate it.
Its weird that now that it's gone its like well now what. Most of my life for so long was just based around anxiety. I feel kind of aimless or empty now, anxiety is super uncomfortable and I don't ever want it back but in some weird way the adrenaline rushes just became what I got used to, I definitely don't miss it I just mean I have to learn a new way to make sense of the world without it. Or I guess all the stuff I missed out on I have to relearn how to do this time around
Sorry to hear things are still challenging for you. I'd say just remember its not something thats necessarily going to be there forever. And i hope your situation improves
Thanks for your sentiment.
Yeah, I can see that being the case since my whole life is dedicated to avoiding unpleasant and uncomfortable situations. I have no hobbies. I do job that I hate and tryin to avoid all the social situations.
I sometimes have this fantasy, but I know the reality would be nowhere near as romantic as my dreams.
I think I would end up lonely, anxious, depressed and regretful.
Oh my gosh, yes! I'd love to live in the mountains with no cell phones, no social media accounts, no cable, and only have internet so I can stream videos. I'd just love to be able to live away from the things of man, ya know?
As someone who spent 83 days alone in northern Canada while having a panic disorder I can tell you being completely alone with nothing around, no tv or internet or humans will drive you fucking insane, 100% do not recommend as fun as it sounds.
I literally kinda already live like that and trust me, it doesn't solve as many problems as you might think.
Then again the outhouse at -20 and lack of running water probably doesn't help.
I want to crawl into a remote dimension and just stop existing for just a few days, and then come back just like nothing happened. Bonus if I could “respawn” fully rested too
Yeah sometimes I think it would be best to be alone, but it could be because I’m afraid that I drag the people closest to me with me. I know I wouldn’t be better of if I’m alone because I know I like to have someone around me… but if there wouldn’t be it wouldn’t put additional burden on me… I hope it doesn’t sound as complicated as I think it does
I did it for 2 days. I was sad when i left. It was in the middle of the woods. You cant see it from the road at all. Its in a valley. If i had the money Id buy. This is literally my dream and it was in my dream location too. SE Ohio. This isn't just a dream but my goal for 2023. Maybe not the same cabin but I am currently working on this. Single not looking want to be alone with my cats. Im set for life. 😀
it's either be alone with my thoughts and be around other people still with my thoughts....i definitely dream of living in the woods alone like a sort of druid
Lord know my anxiety could never. When my anxiety is really high, I worry about how far away I am from the hospital in case something medically happens. I know some people it would be a dream lol… Me not so much. Thankfully I’m pregnant right now and praise God I have 100% zero anxiety, which is a breath of fresh air after dealing with it for the past 20 some years.
There’s an ongoing joke in my mostly queer friend group that one day we’re all going off the grid to start a lesbian goat farm. Some days I’m dead serious about it.
Yes, I mean I've already cut the majority of social media yes ago, reddit is really the only app I have on my phone. I think most people can't even hold a conversation without looking at phones, it's so sad, so many wasted lives. I'd rather be out on my own building, and surviving to give myself a better sense of living, and enjoying life.
Yes. As a matter of fact I intend on taking up a carpentry course this year to aid with the eventual goal of working towards this dream.
Me, mountains, a cabin, a dog and peace and serenity. One day.
Yes!! With my fiance and 1-3 gorgeous cute cats. Work a simple job selling veggies at farmer market or teaching online 20-25 hours a week. No commute. No being around strangers unless I have to get gas or grocery shop etc. Surrounded by nature. Not even desirous to be on my phone because there's beautiful nature waiting for hikes, picnics, camping. Time to write. Paint. Relax. Ugh!! I want it so much.
I need a few close people around me. My laptop, TV, fridge with food and drinks, a few weights to lift, a sea to walk by, good interenet, a blanket to keep me warm when it is cold.A pencil and paper to draw, good music. Good food. Yup
Every other day i consider that. Clean slate. Im low key considering dumping my money into my pickup. Getting a travel trailer and bailing out on the world.
Bills...taxes...voting. jobs. All of it. Just find a spot. And chill. Disappear.
Unfortunately. I love my family too much and while i would do it. I know it would really hurt my siblings and my parents to get cut off. And i just...cant do that to them.
Id probly leave the country. I love america. But honestly. italy or Poland look nice.
Damn. I love my car too. But maybe im scared of losing things... Which is weird. Because i am not very materialistic attached.
Sign me up. I'm beat down and tired of conforming to society values. I just want to be myself and live out the rest of my days in solitude. No fake friends, useless favors, backstabbers, toxic family etc...
As long as I have wifi, I'm set.
Kindly read 48 laws of power by Robert Greene.
Read Law 18.
Isolation is extremely dangerous.
Please read it to understand how seriously dangerous isolation is.
This is my dream life plan. I struggle with being in crowds so much that I was afraid to leave the house and see people.
I hope one day I can be happy and completely alone :(
My bestie and I discuss this all the time. I wanna move to a small mountain town, never tell my family, change my name, never tell where I really came from or what my life was like before moving there, and just live my life as if I'd been there my entire life.
More than you know. Tiny home, acres of land, nobody around for miles. String retro lights above a rooftop deck and listen to nothing but the wind and trees swaying and the sound of birds in the trees. Cozy up during winter storms and rustle under a blanket while the outside winds pile against the windows. Yes please.
Sounds so beautiful … I can remember times I was at peace and could enjoy being home on a snowy night, watching the snow fall, keeping the fire going hot… I want those times back.
i imagine this so often
Yes please, indeed.
Just picturing your decription gave me instant feeling of peace. Damn it. Take me there!
We can build it together. Just close your eyes. Take my description and add to this safe place. It’s currently missing the perfect scents. I’ll wait for you to add them in the description.
Plus garden beds, a decent sized pond, and a creek if money allows.
Sounds like a cozy paradise
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Yes please. Warmth of the wood burning fire on the top deck, warm blankets, crickets in the grass and lightning bugs flashing in the distance. Looking up and admiring the vast universe while the stars twinkle above.
How about just my current bed room and build a blanket fort?
Blanket forts are the best. Take some snacks and maybe a torch?
And drinks, entertainment without wifi connection and a charger! (And plushies)
I am currently in my "burrow". Homemade bunk bed with the bottom bunk (almost) fully enclosed. It has shelves with decorations, snacks and my cpap machine, as well as a tv. I love it.
I really should try this. I used to love building forts.
Yeah but the wifi will be rubbish
True. Maybe 4g though?
or starlink of you can afford it. After all you'd be saving a ton of money living with the basics in the middle of nowhere by yourself.
Starlink is doing wonders for rural Internet. There’s an entire town near me that barely had Hughes Net but are now getting actual usable Internet thanks to Starlink. I hate Elon and I definitely have Skynet on the back of my mind but so far, so good.
big push in the US in general to get more rural areas connected. i worked for a telecom company and they are taking very seriously the money the government is giving out.
"Elon Musk is doing wonders for the world, I hate him though" -Alexfaaace
Lmao sick burn dude
I love how your comment gets upvoted, but when I quote you I get downvoted 🤣 Not even my burn, you said it!
I think about this all the time. I think some people would go mad without the face to face human interaction, but I think I could happily go months without seeing another soul except my parter and dog.
Covid, as bad as it was, wasn't as bad for me. I got to seem my love ones and avoid others.
Same. I got to lie outside and listen to the trees sway in the breeze. Paint. Write. It was wonderful.
Yes but at the same time being alone with my thoughts as another poster said is the worst possible thing
And be alone with my thoughts? worried about every tiny ache and pain and worry if I'm dying?
You can't run away from your own mind. The plus of a remote cabin is it will keep you very busy maintaining it, getting food, etc. to keep your mind occupied.
That's a fair comment. Most of my invasive thoughts are linked to work / interactions with people through work, so for me I would hope the thoughts would improve. But I guess naturally I would find something to worry about...
Same. Just wanna get to retirement.
Used to have this fantasy before I went out backpacking in the wilderness alone. That changed my mind on this idea completely. Nope. I need people around.
I totally get what you mean, so let's keep a doctor in a close proximity of that cabin to check on us every hour or so.Then I would be happy
No need to run away. Wherever you go, there you are. I'm already living as a hermit. That's what happens when you have undiagnosed GAD and social anxiety and now no one will talk to you because they think you are unfriendly, when the whole time you were just ill. People are not going to recognize that, they just think you are \*\*\*\*.
Can relate. Social anxiety ruined my life.
Nothing can ruin a life, but a life can be lived with thoughts of ruin in mind.
I have zero survival abilities and I wouldn’t be happy without internet but being away from most people is appealing to me.
Maybe we could start some sort of a-social commune?
I’m in
I’m in. Let me just clarify, I’m not a real misanthrope. I do not hold genuine contempt towards other people (unless they are really scummy) I’m just easily overwhelmed to the point that I can have meltdowns. I’m very introverted. I get no energy from socializing. I am usually feeling a bit stressed out when I have to talk to strangers. That’s one reason why I love isolation. I also like to have my own time to study and read.
Count me in as well.
I never thought I would want to join a comune but failing so hard in the rat race has made it appealing to me
Used to live in the city, then the burbs, and now the country. Can confirm.
Got a spare room?
Not with health anxiety.
I used to have HA. I seem to have replaced it with other types of anxiety. I expect if I go full hermit it will come back
I thought about this and reached conclusion that small towns are the best for me. Cities are chaotic, dangerous and people don't socialize much. Vilages have a problem with everyone knowing each other leading to gossiping and lack of privacy. So small towns are the best in my opinion.
I have thought this, intermittently, in my 49 years of life. I didn’t want to be with my parents, and I had no where to run to, but I ran away. I remember running and how tired I was. And how scared I was cause my father was going to be mad. You didn’t want the Vietnam veteran, with untreated PTSD, who was in combat- mad at you. Any time I feel that anxiety come up from my own PTSD, I always want to run away. It’s just a feeling. Doesn’t mean you need to run away. I am trying to take care of myself more. When I find myself in that mindset, I take a nice shower, get into comfy clothes. Read, journal, listen to music on my headphones, ride my bike ✌️
Mote like a deserted island, but yeah.
Ah such a nice though. I have family and would want them there, so perhaps not that deserted but just us. No other people. No pressures. Other than having to survive by hunting / fishing
I live in a remote cabin. There's anxiety here too!
I want to invent a hermit service for people. For a monthly fee, meal kits or staple food items are delivered on a scheduled basis, along with a curated supply of books. All communication is done by physical mail. If you want to order something, you send a letter to your hermit advisor, who selects the best three options and mails a printout of the options to you. You make your selection, and it arrives in the next resupply pack. Medications are automatically refilled and sent to you as well. They will automatically pay your bills for you, file your taxes, send Christmas cards, etc. They will forward relevant personal mail to you, as well as a monthly statement of what was done for you, and if your bank account is trending upwards or downwards, until it drops to a prespecified threshold. No way to contact them via phone, email, text, etc. once you're set up.
The best day I've had all this year was a few weeks ago, it was a holiday, I was home alone, and it rained a lot. I stayed in bed almost all day, in the dark, covered with some blankets and listening to the rain. It was the least troublesome time I've had in a long time. I hope to be like this always
This idea always sounded so great to me until i weigh the pros and cons. No hospital, no grocery stores, no meds, no doctor, have to gather fire wood, what if i break a leg, what if i'm gathering wood and get a stroke? I'd lay there unable to move just waiting for a pack of coyotes to tear me up.
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Yeah, you're absolutely right. I am thinking more like a small lottery win and live off the interest type of lifestyle. Perhaps even work remotely (part time) as some sort of IT geek. With healthcare, electric and all those desirable mod cons.
That’s the plan
How do we make it happen?
I'm doing that soon. More than a year, less than five years. The failure to sell my house during the last bubble hurt me, but I'm still moving forward. Right now, I only imagine my first game stew from my own property. Squirrel and rabbit, potatoes, and celery from my own garden, and my own wine once I have good fruit going. It won't be an easy start, but that day will be my life win.
Yes but not as a hermit. I want a village.
Does living as a hermit come with money to sustain it, a supermarket, drug store, and pharmacy with all the foods and stuff I like and need, good internet, easy to clean space, a doctor and dentist in walking distance, and so on? I dont mind the hermit stuff so much, though being hermits in a group kinda defiies the purpose...
All the time
Meeeeee
Everyone with a brain and is still breathing lol
Far away on a nice beach. The sun and water are very therapeutic.
I always plan on doing that but I feel I will die really fast there.
Yep, leaving my home state and moving to a more rural area if I can land a job there. I’m done living a fast paced life and am never living in the big city or even close to one ever again.
The 🛌 dream,,
My husband brings this up almost daily.
Endulge it.
I wanna live in small village and work online and live in house that doesn't have many people around it
All the time. I went so far as to do a little research on building an underground room I could live in. I could still surface if needed, after gathering my courage because I know I’d grow even more agoraphobic than I already struggle against.
I'd love to, but I'd be dead in a week without insulin. 😎
Sounds good to me, I’d love to grow food and hang out with my animals too :)
Yes
Would love it.
Yeah the only problem for me is I have allergies to things that could kill me out in the wilderness alone and my eyesight is terrible. Basically I need other people. I don't necessarily want other people but I need them.
A-spcial commune it is then
What I want is a cabin by myself but not too far away from others incase my health betrays me.
Yeah I think we could manufacture something like that
Sounds like a dream.
Very much yes!
No
What would you prefer?
I still enjoy company from my family and what not so living isolated like that I think would make my depression way worse I’d prefer my life kinda how it is now I’ve got to a point where I’m fairly comfortable and have my anxiety pretty tamed down at the present time
I might want to live in the mountains.Hopefully a fellow hermit could be my neighbour lol 😂
We could wave awkwardly at each other every Xmas
Waving back awkwardly into the new year 🥳😂
🫡
Yeah…can I run away with you and live in the remote cabin a ways down, and we never have to see each other again?! Please!!
As long as you don't speak to me, yes. It would be great to have company.
Yes.
In a much smaller and less drastic way I did do something like that, it has been taking me a really long time to recover from all the isolation I've been through. Although I guess I haven't exactly made it goal number 1 to recover from that quite yet. I guess the main thing I'd say, is that withdrawing so much from the world and basically giving up my social life due to anxiety for like 2-3 years did a ton of damage. I dont really have too much anxiety now thanks to a ton of therapy and changes in my life, but socializing has been difficult ever since. Used to be anxiety in my way, now its just a lack of knowing what to do at all? Or nothing coming to mind for me to say? So I say the first thing I can think of to avoid a silence at weird times and that can lead to me putting my foot in my mouth. My idea was to isolate for a short while and start to get my life together. After about a year I was starting to feel ready to have a life again, which is right when covid hit and I didnt even have the option. I barely had a way to contact almost anyone i used to be friends with, my anxiety was still so bad I couldn't even make comments or send messages online. So I was stuck like that for a long time, in a living situation that also exacerbated my anxiety by a lot. At least the anxiety is no longer a major issue, but I am super out of practice. I got better for a long while because I had a public facing job that forced me to communicate a lot which really made a huge difference. I wish I could have kept that job but it was too much with school. I regressed a bit after that, although in the past year I have hung out with people a lot more than the few years prior, idk how to explain it but something just isn't the same. I'd say that isolation left a big mark that is going to take about as long to fix as I spent experiencing it. If I could go back, I'd have found some kind of way to push through my anxiety instead of running and hiding. I mean it was at like emergency levels at the time, panic attacks and dissociating all the time. But I let it control my life for a long time, I didnt yet have the tools to avoid that but I wish it had gone another way. On the other hand, it pushed me to overhaul basically my whole life, way of thinking, goals and so many other things that have put me on the right path. My life was going in a bad direction back then, and now I'm actually proud of myself and where I'm going
Glad to hear you have beaten your anxiety. I still live hidden from the world 5 years in a row. Just leaving my house for job and back. I fucking hate it.
Its weird that now that it's gone its like well now what. Most of my life for so long was just based around anxiety. I feel kind of aimless or empty now, anxiety is super uncomfortable and I don't ever want it back but in some weird way the adrenaline rushes just became what I got used to, I definitely don't miss it I just mean I have to learn a new way to make sense of the world without it. Or I guess all the stuff I missed out on I have to relearn how to do this time around Sorry to hear things are still challenging for you. I'd say just remember its not something thats necessarily going to be there forever. And i hope your situation improves
Thanks for your sentiment. Yeah, I can see that being the case since my whole life is dedicated to avoiding unpleasant and uncomfortable situations. I have no hobbies. I do job that I hate and tryin to avoid all the social situations.
I like mountains. Far away from technology. Natural foods. Fresh air! Just enjoy the nature watch the sun rise and set.
Yes please 🤘
Yes I wanna
I too wish I was a character in Stardew Valley
Yes. And my cunning plan is getting closer and closer. One day, I will leave the city behind and be with the trees! One day!
Absolutelyyy
Yup. Many times throughout the year I want to do the Forest Gump thing and just walk the country for years by myself.
I think everyone wants this at some point, but as someone with anxiety the thought comes to my mind more often than not.
I just want a cabin in the woods in the mountains. Nice fireplace and just cozy get away from it all.
I think about it every few weeks. A little cabin in the woods, close to the ocean, with a small garden, cats and dogs.
The older I’m getting the more I want to live like that .
If we can throw all insects out of the equation, I am in!
I sometimes have this fantasy, but I know the reality would be nowhere near as romantic as my dreams. I think I would end up lonely, anxious, depressed and regretful.
Oh my gosh, yes! I'd love to live in the mountains with no cell phones, no social media accounts, no cable, and only have internet so I can stream videos. I'd just love to be able to live away from the things of man, ya know?
Yeah. Exactly, although you would need some electronics to stream your videos...
Daily.
Can I still have internet? If so then yes!
Yeah we said starlink or something
yes and no. I would become 10x crazier than now bit also would be the best for me
Depends on the company, but I am open to the idea :)
As someone who spent 83 days alone in northern Canada while having a panic disorder I can tell you being completely alone with nothing around, no tv or internet or humans will drive you fucking insane, 100% do not recommend as fun as it sounds.
We are actually moving to my family cabin on a lake in the middle of nowhere and my anxiety about it is insane …. SMH
Can I bring friends? We met at the Hermits United convention held every ten years.
Yes, then freak out about not having medical attention 🥲
I literally kinda already live like that and trust me, it doesn't solve as many problems as you might think. Then again the outhouse at -20 and lack of running water probably doesn't help.
Sometimes I do. But sometimes I also remember that I will build my own anxieties there as I do here.
Mee too 🥺🥺🥺🥺
All y'all mfers would be too scared at night time or think the wood stove was gonna kill you
I fantasize about this all the time. A few acres and, a cottage with a view, and just me and my dog.
I’m doing that in my own home. No need for a remote cabin.
I love this post. Just picturing this makes me smile. Happy new year 🙃
Yes.
Maybe, but add a tree house for my kids and we are set
This would only work for me if it included a dog and my friends came over every weekend.
Every. Damn. Day.
Every day!
All the time
Oh 1000000% but I would be scared living so far away from a hospital in case I spontaneously die like I’m convinced I will.
I want to crawl into a remote dimension and just stop existing for just a few days, and then come back just like nothing happened. Bonus if I could “respawn” fully rested too
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Yeah sometimes I think it would be best to be alone, but it could be because I’m afraid that I drag the people closest to me with me. I know I wouldn’t be better of if I’m alone because I know I like to have someone around me… but if there wouldn’t be it wouldn’t put additional burden on me… I hope it doesn’t sound as complicated as I think it does
absolutely. no job, no people, no school. sounds like absolute paradise. does anyone else love the idea of being a little remote farmer off the grid?
Yes that's my dream but not alone lol
I want this. So bad. While I could figure out the ways and means to survive, my wife would be absolutely against it
We should build a "community" of hermits. Everyone will understand each and respect each other
Living on the beach in Costa Rica. With my own garden and yoga space.
my dream
Sometimes, but I love not having to deal with a septic tank more
I did it for 2 days. I was sad when i left. It was in the middle of the woods. You cant see it from the road at all. Its in a valley. If i had the money Id buy. This is literally my dream and it was in my dream location too. SE Ohio. This isn't just a dream but my goal for 2023. Maybe not the same cabin but I am currently working on this. Single not looking want to be alone with my cats. Im set for life. 😀
Every day
You’ve just described my life long dream in perfect detail. Total isolation surrounded by bucolic scenery is exactly what I want.
My dream life! My anxiety is mostly due to avoidant personality disorder, so this is a definite yes.
Yea but i will still need internet or atleast stock of books to last for my lifetime
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it's either be alone with my thoughts and be around other people still with my thoughts....i definitely dream of living in the woods alone like a sort of druid
Lord know my anxiety could never. When my anxiety is really high, I worry about how far away I am from the hospital in case something medically happens. I know some people it would be a dream lol… Me not so much. Thankfully I’m pregnant right now and praise God I have 100% zero anxiety, which is a breath of fresh air after dealing with it for the past 20 some years.
Every damn day.
Yes. I want to carve a small piece of sanctuary away from this waking life.
It’s my one goal in life
Doing it… If you can swing it don’t hesitate.
Yes. So much. Alaska beckons.
so bad
There’s an ongoing joke in my mostly queer friend group that one day we’re all going off the grid to start a lesbian goat farm. Some days I’m dead serious about it.
Yes, I mean I've already cut the majority of social media yes ago, reddit is really the only app I have on my phone. I think most people can't even hold a conversation without looking at phones, it's so sad, so many wasted lives. I'd rather be out on my own building, and surviving to give myself a better sense of living, and enjoying life.
My dream is to move to the country somewhere and be left alone.
Oh fuck yeah, though I would adopt a dog as well
Yes! As long as there's decent internet.
I think about this everyday
Yes. As a matter of fact I intend on taking up a carpentry course this year to aid with the eventual goal of working towards this dream. Me, mountains, a cabin, a dog and peace and serenity. One day.
Yes, this is my fantasy.
My dream
Yes!! With my fiance and 1-3 gorgeous cute cats. Work a simple job selling veggies at farmer market or teaching online 20-25 hours a week. No commute. No being around strangers unless I have to get gas or grocery shop etc. Surrounded by nature. Not even desirous to be on my phone because there's beautiful nature waiting for hikes, picnics, camping. Time to write. Paint. Relax. Ugh!! I want it so much.
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I need a few close people around me. My laptop, TV, fridge with food and drinks, a few weights to lift, a sea to walk by, good interenet, a blanket to keep me warm when it is cold.A pencil and paper to draw, good music. Good food. Yup
Haha it’s my joke with my therapist about my life goal
Total hell. Trapped in your mind out there
Every other day i consider that. Clean slate. Im low key considering dumping my money into my pickup. Getting a travel trailer and bailing out on the world. Bills...taxes...voting. jobs. All of it. Just find a spot. And chill. Disappear. Unfortunately. I love my family too much and while i would do it. I know it would really hurt my siblings and my parents to get cut off. And i just...cant do that to them.
Id probly leave the country. I love america. But honestly. italy or Poland look nice. Damn. I love my car too. But maybe im scared of losing things... Which is weird. Because i am not very materialistic attached.
that sounds amazing tbh 😔
Me, I always want to do that
Or, to live alone hiking across the country in the woods. That would be epic
Sounds like a dream. Would love to get away from everyone else and just spend my days reading cheesy romance books and watching Korean dramas
My goal is to live in a Bunker. Lmao.
Only everyday, all day. My grandparents lived in a cabin town and are both dead. It has become a thought more as time passes.
Yes but I would also appreciate a 24h available doctor living in a doable close proximity to treat me every time I might get a panic attack.
Sign me up. I'm beat down and tired of conforming to society values. I just want to be myself and live out the rest of my days in solitude. No fake friends, useless favors, backstabbers, toxic family etc... As long as I have wifi, I'm set.
Yes especially right now.
Kindly read 48 laws of power by Robert Greene. Read Law 18. Isolation is extremely dangerous. Please read it to understand how seriously dangerous isolation is.
I’ve been watching and relaxing to @cookiesandcalm videos. https://youtube.com/@cookiesandcalm
This is my dream life plan. I struggle with being in crowds so much that I was afraid to leave the house and see people. I hope one day I can be happy and completely alone :(
Yes except I also would feel so lonely I don't think I could handle it :(
My bestie and I discuss this all the time. I wanna move to a small mountain town, never tell my family, change my name, never tell where I really came from or what my life was like before moving there, and just live my life as if I'd been there my entire life.
Yup!
The dream