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shakti
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 Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 3:37:57 PM
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Is there a correlation to type?
Running away...it could be a kid thing, a teen thing or an adult thing. |
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shakti
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 3:41:04 PM
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I am trying to think of people I know. One person is a 4. Another I don't know...it was an adventure with a partner as a teen...I get the sense that the partner was a 4 and the instigator.
I know some people leave by design on the surface though really it is about distancing from the family of origin. |
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sunny
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 3:47:01 PM
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I ran away when I was 16. I was pregnant and didn't want to face my parents. I knew they would never understand. It seemed like they never felt much for me, and I felt no sympathy for them. I didn't feel attached to my family. I wanted to escape and feel free of them and their expectations and judgments. I felt so alive, excited, scared and exhilirated that day. I had 35 cents and I hitched from Minnesota to Illinois.
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4wants8
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 3:55:27 PM
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I ran away when I was in fourth grade, then returned reluctantly when I became thirsty and accepted the fact that I really had no where else to go.
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shakti
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 4:08:40 PM
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Thank you for posting your stories. 
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skyboy
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 7:09:22 PM
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| There's a french word play about Bach's childhood and fugues but it doesn't work in English... it does not work at all... |
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mystery2me
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 9:02:10 PM
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| I ran away from home five times before finally finding a safe place with understanding people. My mother however, kept dragging me back. |
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savory
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 10:26:35 PM
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I guess I always ran away metaphorically, by pretending very often to be an orphan, or a completely separate traveler when my family would go out somewhere together.
Also ran away to my room. And to university.
My dad threatened to throw me out a couple of times, but I would have had had no clue of where to go or how to get somewhere. I think I knew if I ran away that I wouldn't be allowed back home for a long time or would be shamed out of the family forever. It was really my dad I wanted to get away from, not my sisters etc.
In high school two girls I knew ran away to California together (as partners) and I was very proud and envious of them for actually escaping and causing a big fuss at school in their absence. (think they were a type 2/7 and a 6...).
"If I wanted to hear mindless droning I'd befriend an air-conditioner." |
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savory
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 10:28:30 PM
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I'm not sure if I technically "ran away" to nz, but sometimes it feels like that. I'm sure to some people I just packed up in a week and was off, though I had been thinking about it for months ahead of time. Feels generally more like a convalescence than an escape (though it's definitely both).
"If I wanted to hear mindless droning I'd befriend an air-conditioner." |
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mystery2me
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 11:02:10 PM
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| Sometimes escape is both at once a relief and a convalescence at the same time. |
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savory
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 11:27:40 PM
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Very much so.
It mostly looked like I was "running away" from my school/environment mental health troubles, i.e. "not dealing with them" "taking the easy way out", but I knew if I didn't go that year that the toxic environment and state of mind I was in would eat me up further. In that sense, running away when you know it's good for you can be vital, if not also misunderstood. I'm glad my good friends weren't harsh or guilting with me for leaving. ;P That's why they're still my friends. heh.
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mystery2me
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Posted - 08 Jun 2012 : 11:32:50 PM
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Charles Monroe
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Posted - 13 Jun 2012 : 01:21:27 AM
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Every type can run away from home (I know it's cliché to say that, but it's true). But I think they tend to do it for different reasons.
For example types in the reactive triad would probably run away to get a reaction. I also think that people with types in the reactive triad are more likely to run away. A lot of young people that run away are 4's,6's and 8's. Atleast, that's the stereotype/image movies and books give us.
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emerald
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Posted - 13 Jun 2012 : 09:28:18 AM
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I used to wish my parents would run away, at least one of them. I felt I could do a better job of running the place.
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rockthrower
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Galen
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Posted - 25 Jun 2012 : 8:10:37 PM
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I remember back when I was 6 or 7 I had a couple of running-away episodes, although I can't for the life of me remember why. I got as far as the local high school until my dad drove by and found me. I kind of assume that, for whatever reason, it seemed like the "cool thing to do," although I'm sure that my parents fighting had something to do with it. Either way I'm sure it scared the crap out of my mom and dad.
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Running away from home...planned or not
