Wondering

Do you ever wonder if anyone would even notice if you were gone? If disappearing from work, friends, family, etc would cause more than a minor blip in other people's lives--a blip that would easily be remedied? What do you do when that feeling begins to close in, to feel like a darkness settling around you? When disappearing feels like it would be a breath of fresh air?

A guy that lives by me just disappeared--he didn't show up for work on Monday, left his apartment unlocked with a note inside saying that he couldn't work anymore because he was too sick...telling his friends they could take any of his belongings that they needed. And he drove away. No one knows where he is, if he is still alive, anything...he simply walked away.