Anonymity Therapy

Officially known as the 'Witness Protection Program.' Unofficially, it should be considered a form of therapy.

I see value in being forced to live amongst the unfamiliar. There are too many mental triggers that go off when you look at a familiar street name, a coffee shop, or the same face that serves you coffee every morning, on the dot. I sometimes cannot glance down a street I frequent without being overcome with a feeling of obligation - to what, I can't always pinpoint - that serves as a reminder that I am tied to, needed by, even the things I consider to have little immediate value to my daily agenda.

Anonymity is the tool that allows us to be introspective; instead of imprisoning ourselves up in a dark room and meditating, or attempting to procure a slice of silence throughout our day so we can 'think' to ourselves, we can do the same so long as nobody recognizes us and every element of our environment is foreign to our five senses.

I'd like to try this out by taking a small boat in the middle of the ocean, which I think is currently the only compromise, but I'm sure the Coast Guard would interrupt my therapy session.