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nolabear

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6. Yeah, we therapists call it "The geographic cure". It doesn't work.

Reply to Myrina (Original post)

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 10:12 PM

Jul 2012

Not that there's anything wrong with starting over. But whatever got you where you are in this life will probably get you somewhere similar in another. But you're telling yourself something important. Maybe you're ignoring something that is calling to you.

Hope you find a way to be happier.

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Ever get to that point in your life .... [View all] Myrina Jul 2012 OP

i am sorry. i wish you could...... seabeyond Jul 2012 #1

Yes, been there. texanwitch Jul 2012 #2

No. I've moved a lot in my life. And I hate to travel. I have dreams of becoming a hermit sometimes. Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #3

If there's anything I've learned in my 58 yrs, it's this: Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #4

Just the opposite. HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #5

Yeah, we therapists call it "The geographic cure". It doesn't work. nolabear Jul 2012 #6

"Never leave the problem until you're forced from it The Blessing." turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #7

no matter where you go There You are. - Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #8

I feel that way everyday. Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2012 #9

Bingo, thats exactly it! Myrina Jul 2012 #10

Me, too.... Wounded Bear Jul 2012 #11

And absolutely NOTHING to look forward too. Only things ending up worse. That's how it works out. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #20

You took the words right outta my mouth. blueamy66 Jul 2012 #12

Yeah, I did that when I was 18. Ended up sleeping in the car in the parking garage of a mall. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #13

Sometimes I get on I-5 to go a relatively short distance Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #14

Yeah, but then I remember that I haven't had a full tank of gas... Wounded Bear Jul 2012 #15

... so when you run outta gas, that's your new home ... Myrina Jul 2012 #16

If I was forty years younger, I might ...... Wounded Bear Jul 2012 #21

yes LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #17

dosnt matter where you go, you will still be there loli phabay Jul 2012 #18

Nearly every day. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #19

If it were just me, or just me and the wife ... Kennah Jul 2012 #22

Thank you Myrina Jul 2012 #23