Definition Essay: What Is Escapism?

Escapism is something I believe everyone does, be it consciously or sub-consciously. Personally, I believe it’s healthy for the mind and ones self-esteem. Other however may find it to be a waste of their time or pure “fantasy”. This essay is purely opinionated so don’t take any of this as fact or claim it as fact.
Firstly what is escapism? Well google says:
“The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.”
Which is a pretty broad description. Miriam-Webster’s full definition is:
“Habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine”
I see it as whenever someone escapes their reality in any form, be it Video games, Novels, Movies, Writing etc. Pretty much anyway you escape your troubled reality and delve into something better, to be someone else.. But why? Some people probably question why this is even necessary. I know that no one has a perfect life there is always problems and will always be problems be it tiny or huge. Escapism is a way to act like the problems don’t exist, to be in a state where what stresses you out doesn’t matter because it can’t affect you in your current state. Why wouldn’t you want …show more content…
This is where procrastinating comes into play. You don’t want to do the work so you imagine yourself in a place where the work doesn’t exist! You have a project due for Speech? What project?!? I’m busy fighting with aliens on Mars! Your boss needs some documents? That can wait because you are about to race back in time with a DeLorean. The scenarios go on and on, heck I procrastinated just a bit on this paper cause I was busy fighting aliens on Saturn but as an Master at this whole thing I used it responsibly and got this essay