I need time to unwind from the everyday stuff that goes on. If I don’t, I get tired and stressed. Your question is something I need to do every week, usually on the weekends. If I go for more than a week without taking a break, it’ll all come crumbling down, and its not pretty. So I’d say it’s definitely common to have the urge to break away from it all (“it” being people or stress).
I guess an analogy would be coffee (for all you coffee drinkers out there). If I don’t get away from it all, it’s just like going a day without coffee. I need my fix.