not sure yet. just came up with it in my head today.
Why is it the most common response to trouble in one's life is to escape said life? If a relationship has gone bust, or a job is unsatisfying, or just in general someone's restless with their life, they're prone to have the first remedy be: "Well darn, I gotta get the hell out of Dodge."
Humans are enthralled with the "If only..." solution. "If only I had a better job...", "If only I had that perfect guy...", "If only I lived in [insert city, state, country here]...". I suppose it rests in the most basic instinct of fight or flight. And we just tend to, as a majority, choose flight when it comes to having to deal with the hell our life has become. The mess that we've become. Because it's easier to escape, instead of having to change.
On closer examination, one would realize however, that it is not one's environment that dictates his/her life, but rather one's reactions to the environment. And in any environment there will be the same characteristics and personalities of the one left behind. Specific features may be less frequent, but they will be there nonetheless. They are the stimulii that we have to respond to. And unless we do change ourselves, we will have the same response to the same stimulii. Certainly different situations will arise and different actions will be taken. But at the heart, these are the same.
And this is why it's easier to choose flight over fight. Because it's easier to try to run away from our problems than to change who we are. What many have yet to learn though is that they will wander aimlessly searching for their perfect dream - until they can confront what's right in front of their eyes.
This is my confrontation.