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    Why am i constantly wanting to run away and hide?

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    I want to go bush where there are no people and i dont want people to come looking for me
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    Shelley Murphy

    Counsellor, Psychotherapist

    I work with Solution Focused Therapies with particular success with clients who have been controlled by their anxiety, phobias, depression, relationship, communication and self worth … View Profile

    That is such a broad questions and there are so many possible answers but I will answer one possibility

    Often the urge to run away will arise when we are feeling overwhelmed by people, situations or our feelings. So we think the best strategy is to distance ourselves from those people, situations or feelings that make us feel so uncomfortable.

    The thing is that running away either emotionally or physically rarely gives us the relief and peace that we dreamed it would. It is a bit like when we were small children and we thought there monsters under our bed or in the wardrobe. As long as we didn't look in the cupboard (in otherwords avoided facing our fears) then we continued feeling very scared. We could even go and sleep in another room but the thought of the monsters under our bed or in the cupboard would still make us feel really scared.

    It was only when we decided that we had enough of feeling that way and we eventually peeked under our bed or opened that wardrobe door that we stopped being controlled by our fear and subsequently stopped feeling so bad. In fact we felt a little silly when we discovered the group of monsters that we thought lived under our bed was nothing more than a few dust balls, a missing shoe and a tennis ball!

    I think if you want to run away and hide and you find it difficult to be around people that it is a sign that you might benefit from exploring that feeling. Perhaps a visit to your Doctor for a check up to rule out any physical contributors to these feelings. Then you could explore seeing a counsellor and together you could solve this puzzle.

    Good luck with whatever action you decide on

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