Emotional space

I just realized I'm doing it again, when I know that I'm leaving or that others will be leaving. I start putting space between them and me so that it will hurt less when I actually leave. Right now I'm using packing up my room as an excuse to avoid people, have I accomplished much pack, no but that isn't the point the is that I'm creating emotional space so it 'hurts' less when I do finally move out. I did that with my sister last summer, and with my family at Christmas...maybe I should work on that.