We as Escape Goats........

[shwetadhaka]

At some place escapism has been defined as an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; e.g. "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism from daily unpleasantaries"

Well, truly speaking all of us do escape from some issues, circumstances, or even some specific kind of situations at one time or the other. There can be many a reasons beyond this, like we may be willing to avoid any critical upsurge of a situation, or for avoiding taking a daring decision that may have a longing effect or may be at times just to not let our mood be spoilt ! Some people cant stay away for long and try facing the situation, while some other are born escapists and they are quitters without having regards to the criticality it might pose on the concerned parties. For eg., we often talk about and its also a truth that the government acts as an escapist in many a kind of situations by not sticking to any stand with the sheer fear of upsetting even a category of people; a small child wills to escape from going to school to avoid carrying the school diary piled with loads of homework; a lover escapes from giving a life long commitment owing to the fear that what would it be like if the situation turns gloomy if things couldnt fall in places!

We cant escape from escapism !Its so human to feel like escaping, but there are times when our one escapism plays doom on someone else' life and we remain unaware about the complexity it brought. How can we escape from escapism? What should we do to prepare ourselves for facing the situation which we wanted to avoid out of any fear?

[cooljat]

my 2 cents - A quote that says all :)

'Best Way Out is Always Through' !!!

that summs it up :)


Rock on
Jit

[shwetadhaka]

my 2 cents - A quote that says all :)

'Best Way Out is Always Through' !!!

that summs it up :)


Rock on
Jit

Wah ! Meri 50 lines ka 1 line me summation, aur waise bhi matlab samjh nahi aaya best way ka !

So No ! Dont escape from writing please in the same manner that you dont escape from 'written Rocking' !:o:):rolleyes:

[shashiverma]

We cant escape from escapism !I. How can we escape from escapism? What should we do to prepare ourselves for facing the situation which we wanted to avoid out of any fear?[/QUOTE]

Well I think shweta there is nothing like escape....you simply can not escape from situations that are part of your life....but yes you can merely delay them....Whatever situation appears that will exist untill unless you answer it. The only choice people can make is either handle it now or handle it latter....but the thing for sure is that you have to face it...whatever it may be. Either you handle it today or burden your shoulder and keep moving untill unless you are piled up with so many that you are left with no more energy to move ahead.
The only solution to it is..Face it...and Face it now. As far as preparing ourself is concerned....once you have decided that you will handle it sincerely (this word means a lot ) ...you have already done your best...nothing more it demands from us.

[ssindhu]

escape where it's good to escape and hit the issue in face where escaping can only postpone the issue but not solve. now discretion between two cases i can't narrate. because the gravity will be known by you only.

[shwetadhaka]

We cant escape from escapism !I. How can we escape from escapism? What should we do to prepare ourselves for facing the situation which we wanted to avoid out of any fear?

Well I think shweta there is nothing like escape....you simply can not escape from situations that are part of your life....but yes you can merely delay them....Whatever situation appears that will exist untill unless you answer it. The only choice people can make is either handle it now or handle it latter....but the thing for sure is that you have to face it...whatever it may be. Either you handle it today or burden your shoulder and keep moving untill unless you are piled up with so many that you are left with no more energy to move ahead.
The only solution to it is..Face it...and Face it now. As far as preparing ourself is concerned....once you have decided that you will handle it sincerely (this word means a lot ) ...you have already done your best...nothing more it demands from us.[/quote]

No one can escape from situations, true to the core,:) but people do try doing it and it turns out into just a deferment in decision making for them, but it sometimes prove negative for the other party involved in the decision. Prolonged escapism, followed by an acceptance of the fact or facing the task at helm is not so rosy as instant acceptance or on the spot facing of the situation !

[devdahiya]

There is a difference between AVOID and ESCAPE.I think we mixed it up properly.We can avoid things to save ourselves from emberessment,entanglement or for that matter from getting jacked up but no we can not escape the TRUTH.Truth has to be met squarely and surely.No amount of hide and seek will help.So face up to the challenge....Don't meet it up half way.

[neels]

Well Escape is very much there in life. Its nothing to feel like that excape is something negative always. Technically Escape and Avoidance, both are types /methods of learning. To learn many things we ve to learn to avoid or escape from many other things. They can be elaborated at length.. but here just to mention a very simple example..... When You can not fight ,yu ve to choose flight... n Fight n Flight are two best ways to deal with the stress. This syndrome is very common in stress management. Escape can not be taken as running away from the situations only. Avoidance comes before you get into the situation, while escape is coming out of the situation while its going on. When there are aversive stimuli in our environment e.g. punishment.. then doing something to escape from that aversive situation is called Escape.
Escapism is a kinda Ego defence mechanism, where one tries to save ones Self by escaping one threatening situation to another. But if one runs away from the situation fearing from it, before actually entering into it, then its avoidance.

[ We cant escape from escapism !Its so human to feel like escaping, but there are times when our one escapism plays doom on someone else' life and we remain unaware about the complexity it brought. How can we escape from escapism? What should we do to prepare ourselves for facing the situation which we wanted to avoid out of any fear?]

will write on this later.

[shailendra]

...Haven't read the full post of the initiating thread, but was mildly curious with the title (cause fortunately/unfortunately that's what one sees or reads when on the main page 'New Posts' of Jatland; surely you meant 'Scapegoats' instead...??????????????????

But then if that were to be true, then the definition is-

Scapegoat: One that is made to bear the blame of others....

I dunno how that ties into (or is completely contrary to) your post about 'escapists' or were simply trying to be quirkly funny... but eitherways, just trying to point out that how the title of a thread can easily make or break it; and more importantly deter the possible interested parties to come take a look, and/or instead pull in jokers like me.... :D ;):rolleyes:

[shwetadhaka]

...Haven't read the full post of the initiating thread, but was mildly curious with the title (cause fortunately/unfortunately that's what one sees or reads when on the main page 'New Posts' of Jatland; surely you meant 'Scapegoats' instead...??????????????????

But then if that were to be true, then the definition is-

Scapegoat: One that is made to bear the blame of others....

I dunno how that ties into (or is completely contrary to) your post about 'escapists' or were simply trying to be quirkly funny... but eitherways, just trying to point out that how the title of a thread can easily make or break it; and more importantly deter the possible interested parties to come take a look, and/or instead pull in jokers like me.... :D ;):rolleyes:


Thanks for the comment. I really apologize if the use was wrong in the context. But, I read the following which explains the use of these words interchangeably nowadays. Still, I agree that 'scapegoat' is a better word here & you are joker is a good joke indeed. Thanks. :)

"First used by the ignorant for the word "scapegoat" but it is now commonplace to use it tounge-in-cheek, just as the word "Internets" is used referencing Dubya's plural addition to the singular item.

Just because someone uses Escape Goat doesn't mean they believe it to be correct. Most of the time they are messing around.
"The dude is being used as an escape goat."

"That's scapegoat." "