Is it normal i want to disappear from everyone who knows me

...and erase their memory of me? (just so they aren't disappointed/hurt/miss me)

What's weird is that I'm already anti-social, have shut myself off from all (the few) friends that I had, family lives 8000 miles away, and am bothered by no one

(I do co-rent an apartment with my sister and though she's a great person, I still wish I didn't live with her)

but IIN?

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Based on 40 votes (27 yes)
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  • somerandomguy22666

    We cannot become “restless souls” who wander without direction in regret and despair. We must calm ourselves by living life now, through the ups and downs, and accept that sooner or later we will receive our rest. One day you will be gifted the release of death, but until then all that matters is what you make of the dawn of each new day.

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    • Avant-Garde

      That was very beautiful. Did you come up with that or is it a quote from somewhere else?

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  • Crμsades

    Do you even know what anti-social means?

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    • well, its eems like that may have been a poor choice of word, but you probably got the jist of what I was trying to say

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    • seakelp

      OP sounds pretty anti-social to me.

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  • Those were some good thought-provoking questions. I basically sat here thinking a lot of things for several minutes

    you were spot-on with your last bit. I basically wanted to determine if this was some form of depression or if I'm just wired that way, cause if it was the former, then I would be compelled to do something about it

    @the second paragraph, I don't know. Is indifference a reason? time and time again I have cut-off people. it's what I've done my entire life. as a kid relations got cut off because we changed our home a billion times. but then I started doing it myself, first it was all my highschool/neighbourhood folks. And since then it's been one person after another. I am this genuinely (I say genuinely cause I don't fake it) amazing person in the beginning that people grow to love and then after an undefined period of time I don't give a shit about them. Like really, I ignore their texts, calls, attention, with no remorse. gfs, it's been different, they never lasted more than 6 months and ended because I conveyed from the very beginning that it wasn't a good idea.

    The handful of friends that have really meant a lot to me I have cut them off too, then gotten back together. rinse, repeat 2-3 times, before permanently cutting them off. Alas, family is what I cannot excise, and that fact hinders a lot of stuff in me

    Part of me is okay with it, because it's what I want, but part of me isn't, because it's just so wrong, but the truth is, I just don't do any sort of relationships long-term.

    It is why it would be so liberating and blissful to vanish away, and erase myself from everyone's memories.

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  • Avant-Garde

    Sometimes I wish I could do the same, but I wouldn't do the whole memory erase shabangle. I'd be like the mysterious person who mysteriously disappeared. Plus, it would be interesting to know if anyone did miss me.

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    • shuggy-chan

      dummy, i'd miss you

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  • dirtybirdy

    I feel ya. I can't really put it into words but I often think something similar.

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  • If you think you are causing people problems why don't you change your behavior? You're the only one who makes your choices so be who you would like to be instead of doing things you regret.

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    • serves me right to post late at night. I miscommunicated

      I want to disappear for ME, not for anyone else. I'm not causing anyone problems, nor is anyone causing me problems.

      I don't want to disappear _because_ of people disappointed in me or anything like that, but I want to disappear and as a _plus_ erase everyone's memory of me. I was just justifying/clarifying my reasons to do the memory erasing. And the reason for the erasing is because otherwise the repercussions of me disappearing would be friends/family being worried/disappointed, and not having that would be a win-win

      I could vanish right now to another random country. No problem. But that would cause a heck of a lot worry/disappointment for everyone, and I wouldn't want that. But if someone told me, "Hey. In exchange for all your money, possessions and name... we will erase you from everyone you ever knew, give you $100 instead, and give you a one-way ticket to -oh I don't know- ecuador," I would take it in a heartbeat!

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      • What is making you want to disappear?

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        • can't put a finger on it. a new start? independence? no commitments? freedom? no attention?

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          • why don't you find something new to do with life then?

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            • it's not about doing something new, but the need to shut out everyone i know/who knows me

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