SOME PEOPLE NEED TO ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM

According to Erich Fromm, freedom may cause some people to become isolated (or to have a feeling of isolation). Such feelings of isolation may be accompanied by feelings of loneliness. Subsequently, an otherwise intelligent person may give up freedom by submitting to a mind-altering or mind-controlling agent, agency, or substance--whether it be alcohol, drugs, religion, or some other agent or agency, ideology, or person. They then never feel alone as long as their minds are altered or being controlled. MIND-ALTERING OR MIND-CONTROLING AGENTS, AGENCIES, IDIOLOGIES, OR SUBSTANCES CAN KEEP A PERSON FROM FEELING LONELY. SOME PEOPLE WOULD RATHER GIVE UP THEIR FREEDOM TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES TO AVOID FEELING LONELY.