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Being an adult means that there are a lot of things that require our attention, care, and supervision. And making sure that everything is done and provided on time can be really tiring and overwhelming sometimes.

What helps best, in this case, is to zone out from it all for a bit. Having this in mind, one Reddit user asked others to share how they escape their reality. The question that has been upvoted almost 41.5k times received 20.5k comments where people revealed what they like to do to escape their everyday life and “restart” themselves before going back to their endless circle of various affairs. 

How do you like to run away from reality? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!

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#1

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers I dream about buying a bit of land somewhere ruralish, building a small home, having animals. Nothing fancy. Just away from people and away from the noise of life.

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Scagsy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would love to do that. Off-grid and totally self-sufficient. It would be challenging to set up but so worth it in the end.

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Walk my dog early in the morning. We pretend we are navigating an apocalyptic landscape in the search for treats.

virtigex , Thomas Altfather Good Report

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Sleep. Too depressed and broke to even try anything else.

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers I pretend I am a robot stuck in a human world that needs to blend in by acting overly human. An example, I felt down so I put my phone and stuff away and got some food at a noodle place. Since I had no phone to bypass time I instead marvled at the chefs putting together a meal for me and made sure they got hyped up by me watching. After enjoying a meal that I watched with so much anticipation I let those guys know that damnnn that food made my day! It makes an occurence like just going to eat food a lot less boring dystopia and a lot more human!

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Garden. Saved me from depression. No meds ever worked.

Unhappy_Mongoose_778 , cattan2011 Report

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Pearl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This works for a lot of people, but unfortunately the last time a bought a pre-grown plant, I was always forgetting to water and prune. I can't keep a thing alive!

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#6

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Write fiction. Read fiction. Gaming.

Metatron_Fallen , Helena Cortés Report

#7

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Daydream.

damnoice , jglsongs Report

#8

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Repetitive medium labor.

Raking/leaf blower

Splitting logs

Yard word, a light jog.

Something about working until your muscles get that numbness to it.

The rest of the world aside from what you’re doing just melts away and you reach a point where it doesn’t matter.

And hey it’s good exercise.

lowbreadth39 , Jinx McCombs Report

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers I know that I might get a loooot of hate for this ,but the people that understand traumour and anxiety might understand or even just people that are respectful but anyway,I get into the headspace of a dog ,I don’t know why it helps but for some reason the more relaxed thought process and not needing to care about anything slows down my non stop racing brain allowing me to actually sleep ,I understand people are now going to hate ,but it’s what I do to feel happy so if your a decent person please don’t hate on me …

-Subpup1804 , Susanne Nilsson Report

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River Webb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why would anyone hate on you, its pretty smart tbh gotta try it out :D

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#10

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Pray.

ILoveMyFrenchBulldog , Paul David Report

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Lyone Fein
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To all the down voters: Don't be a55hats. Everyone has their own thing. You don't even know what this person means by this. How is this any different from meditation, or all of the day dreaming ones?

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#11

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Play music. Yesterday I was feeling sad about Covid. I sat at the piano and played Handel's 'Sarabande' over and over for like two hours in a daze of feeling weird and missing my life.

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Cook.
You get a reward at the end and improve your skills for the next go round. Since you have to eat daily, it is also a good money saver.

fortknox , Craig Paterson Report

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Bettie-Jean Neal
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm the exact same way. I like to make really ingredient/process intensive meals. It's so gratifying. Even if it's something I won't eat, cooking for my parents during the pandemic has been so satisfying!

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Late at night, I take my bike and ride to my old elementary school that's now a public park. I sit down on the same bench I've always sat at, and I start recording.

I've found that talking my problems out, or talking about anything, just helps me to escape. Some of those audio logs I've listened to countless times. I catch myself thinking "wow, I actually said that."

Maybe someday I'll post them online, or preserve them as a memento to the times I've lived through.

I can tell you right now, if I never started making those logs I wouldn't be half the person I am now.

D3SYNK , Orin Zebest Report

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#14

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers I pretend I won the lottery and escape to my first 24 hours of being debt free. It works to put me asleep, when I need to disassociate from a bad feeling,etc.

counterspell , Chris Winters Report

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JoanieBalonie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me, too. I imagine all the people I would give money to and how happy they would be...and the free vet clinic I'd set up and all the shelters for unwanted animals I would build that make them feel at home and not in a prison. Simple, I know, but a person can dream.

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Shower....time flows slow in there for some reason.

GT_334 , AJ LEON Report

#16

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers I find a cozy, somewhat isolated section of a trail or creek and smoke a cigar while listening to podcasts. Can't say it's the healthiest habit, but it gets me outdoors and makes me less anxious.

palmni01 , Ron Dollete Report

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers I am a flight simulator hobbyist, and I escape by delving into the simulator.

For over 10 years now, when life gets to me, I make an escape by perfecting my flight sim world, not much unlike a model train enthusiast creates dioramas in their basement.

Aircraft modelling, sound engineering, environment textures such as the sky, ground, water, and trees, buildings, airport details, there's always something to tweak and work on and improve to make actually using the simulator for simulating just a bit more fun and realistic!

But my favorite part of it all is AI traffic.

Myself and a team of other enthusiasts have worked for years now to "back-date" the AI traffic in flight sim with schedules and aircraft going from the late 90s and early 00s all the way back to the 30s in some instances. We can choose what year we want to fly, and with a week or two of work on installing schedules, we can fly in that year in our flight sim. Currently my project has been 1998, and this has been so incredibly rewarding!

I live by and love my flight sim. It has always been there for me when life is too much and continues to be there for me when I have free time. Nothing else like it on this planet 🙂

chris34121 , Aleksander Markin Report

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smugdruggler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That sounds awesome. My dad had a model railway (NEVER a "train set!) and the biggest restriction on him was space. Must be nice to know that you're never going to run out of room.

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#19

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Browse Reddit for stupid lengths of time!

rooftopfilth , Eric Steuer Report

#20

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Smoke weed.

Fbg_dello , Stig Andersen Report

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Scagsy
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It gives me the giggles. One drag and I'm like a little girl.

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#21

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Stay up awfully late.

astroturbo1 , .Martin. Report

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Colin L
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a nightowl by nature. Sadly, my work schedule makes me be a day person!

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#22

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers I lay in the grass when it’s sunny.

imheretoleave29 , Scott 97006 Report

#23

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers You really need to try lucid dreaming, it takes time but is the best there are several books you can read them for instructions and you can do anything in your dreams on your own command. It's pretty cool tbh.

Ok-Firefighter8572 , Carlos Martinez Report

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iblowsheep
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every time i try this i just end up have autofellatio dreams. am i doing something wrong or right?

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Listen to music, game.

SendTitPx4DogPx , Bart Everson Report

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Jo Johannsen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I keep Pandora going 24/7 -have spent 7-8 years tailoring it to my tastes and it's always there in the background for me.

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#25

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Run, and not in some fitness guru way where “it really brings me into a meditative headspace”

When I’m running I just can’t think about anything but running.

Quietcat55 , Waterford_Man Report

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Francis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i'm always thinking "why am i doing this? this is awful! i hate it! ohgosh i die! i hate running. if i had to run to save my life i would rather die" and then i look back and ran like 200m... not worth it

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#26

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Skate.

CoastalFred , mauricio gutierrez Report

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James P
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I recently got an electric skateboard and my dog loves to run with me. It is awsome! She is just a little over 30lbs and she can run at 21mph for wuute a while. She is so cool

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Go free diving. You have to leave absolutely everything behind at the surface. Quiet your mind, calm your body, and meditate while you sink into the weightless and peaceful embrace of Mother Ocean. Plus you can get super close to all of your gilled friends.

Or rock climbing (real climbing outside), similar concept but not quite as immersive.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pictured: scuba diving. Free diving is going down without a tank, for as long as you can hold your breath. I prefer scuba, where you can hover in the environment for 20+ minutes at a time.

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#28

A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Good boxing sparring sessions helps.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! Physical activity is wonderful. Throw in some laughs and you're golden. I started Jiu Jitsu at the height of my depression. Couldn't imagine not going now :D

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A Person In This Online Group Was Curious To Know What Others Do To Escape Reality, Here Are 30 Of The Best Answers Youtube

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Jo Choto
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YT goes from mild entertainment for a few minutes of break time, to a dungeon of endless videos that prevent you from actually living at all.

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