Leaving modern society

I've always dreamed and thought long and hard about living on my own. When you sit back and look at your life in modern culture, there is so much stress and demand that you contribute to the "greater socity". It seems that as us humans develop, more and more we become unhappy and isolated. Me, I would love more than anything to find a girl with the same wish as me, live in a rainforest by ourselves and build a life together and just work towards being happy. The only thing that holds me back is my family, I know they love me and need me around, especially for my parents who will need me in their later years. Anyone else having similar thoughts?

I'm a little late to the party, but I feel exactly the same way. I live in Northern Ontario, so I'm surrounded by the bush, never lived in a big center like Toronto, but I'm still sick and tired of the world and where it's headed. I'm really thinking about moving into the woods, will be cutting down logs and skinning them this year in the hopes of erecting a log cabin next year. Hoping to create a fulling self sustained compound in the bush.

I'm from New Orleans, I want out.

I'm totally into the same things I want to live off the land... I fantasize about this daily I hate society and have a lot of knowledge about this... Hey find me on myspace email search me at [email protected]

I have indeed heard of "Into The Wild".....believe me I have heard of it. And unfortunately I couldn't finish the book because he made me so mad.(I'll never see the movie either) Yes he was doing it for the right reasons, I applaud him for that but what was he thinking going totally unprepared into a life like that? Plus I couldn't help viewing him as just a dirty bum most of the time. Now when people who want to pursue something like that they are frowned upon because others immediately think it will be another McCandless fiasco.

"I am exposed continually to what I will call the 'McCandless Phenomenon.' People, nearly always young men, come to Alaska to challenge themselves against an unforgiving wilderness landscape where convenience of access and possibility of rescue are practically nonexistent [...] When you consider McCandless from my perspective, you quickly see that what he did wasn’t even particularly daring, just stupid, tragic, and inconsiderate. First off, he spent very little time learning how to actually live in the wild. He arrived at the Stampede Trail without even a map of the area. If he [had] had a good map he could have walked out of his predicament [...] Essentially, Chris McCandless committed suicide." - Alaskan park Ranger

I refuse to be viewed this way. I will NOT be part of that phenomenom. If I find a group of 100 people or so I would love to enjoy a life like that. The problem is, how do you find them when they have no access to the internet? I'm sure they don't post it all over the net. I guess time will tell.

I have also had this urge since the age of about 12 or so. As Poison Flower said they have seriously thought about following through with this dream, as have I. I think it's a natural human instinct but with so many material things and constant reminders of being "normal" people begin to forget their natural ways.

I have heard of communities where a group of about 100 or so people live together in a sort of wilderness, open-nature habitat and survive off of each other. You should look into it, because being in the wilderness completely alone might drive you mad, but who knows.

Have you ever watched "in to the wild" lol.

I have read Ishmael actually! Not a bad book, of course I was depressed afterwards but I am glad I read it.

Humans evolved to be hunters/gatherers. Your feelings are normal. What we call civilization is a suppression of who we really are. You should read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.

I want to do that too. i've thought of running away at night but ofcourse i don't. But you should totally go through with it though! that would be way more exciting than doing the same routine for the rest of your life.

I completely agree with you! I constantly dream of winning the lottery so I can build a nice house far away from modern society. I'd pretty much become a hermit, and I would love it!

Sounds like everything ive ever wanted, i want all the same things you have listed and i always have for as long as i can remember. we should hook up and follow through with our plans haha.

dude!!!i've thought like that since highschool man!!!but i've never done anything like you..i think it's more of, i get sick of people and the way the world works and that we are forced to live the way everyone else does..i am female by the way..one of my good friends josh is totally into that shit too though!!!he's ruggid as fuck and knows how to survive and shit!!he once skined an animal to use its fur as a blanket to survive a freezing snow storm.he's been talking about building a ship and just sailing out to sea!!where do you currently live??we live in california

I've felt like this for as long as I can remember, but I never did anything like you. I just saw it as a fantasy, a pipedream. It's only recently that I've been thinking about it seriously. Yep, seriously.

Is it me, or are people talking about these sorts of feelings more nowadays? I even read an article in a magazine on it the other day.

Are you sure you searched the internet properly? There are tons of people who feel like this.

WTF is wrong with you people? O.o