“Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything.

Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see

what's going on. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears
won't make time stand still.’’ Escapism Is a Way to Cope
Under Stress. But It Can Also Become a Tool for
Self-Deception..
Take a good look at your life. Is there anything that you are
trying to avoid dealing with? Your work? Your responsibilities?
Your relationships? Your singlehood if you are single? Your
deteriorating health? Your poor dietary habits? Your poor
exercise regime? Your negative financial status? Your goals?
Your aspirations? Your personal issues? Your past?
You daydream ,You want to live life on your own terms, Your
desire to quit your job,You realise the world is a harsh
place also when you want to travel or you’re reading
fictions like fantasies can prove you an escapist. In this
world many people try to escape from various things. No
matter what they are trying to avoid, these things ultimately
ladder down to their fears, their deepest sorrows, their pains,
their past, and their disappointments. In other areas of life, you
see people escaping from other things. For example, socially
shy people who stay away from public spots. People who stay
put in passionless jobs because they are afraid of failure from
pursuing what they love or because they are afraid to know that
there is something far better for them elsewhere. People who
avoid challenges because they are afraid of supposed “pain”
and “suffering.” People who avoid their past because they
remind them their deepest sorrows. People who avoid their
issues because they think they have no strength to face them.
There are even some who basically spend their whole lives
trying to escape from their issues. As pablo Naruda said “we
are not looking into ourselves and not trying to understand
ourselves instead trying to achieve what we don’t have or what
makes us feel better which is an escapism from reality”.
Ask yourself: Is there anything in your life that you feel most
confronted by; anything that you are trying to escape from?
It is important to understand that escapism is a kind of defense
mechanism. It occurs as a result of you trying to protect
yourself from something. Except that it really isn’t.
The proverb ‘Ignorance is bliss’ is probably one of the most
delusional proverbs of all time. If there is an issue you are
facing with, that issue doesn’t disappear by avoiding it. It’s still
there; it will always be there until you face it. Sure, it may seem
easy to just avoid your issues. It may seem easy to just sleep
everything away and wake up to a bright and sunny morning
the next day But this don’t solve anything.
I’m not saying that facing your issues is easy. It’s not. But that’s
okay. What’s important is you never stop trying. As long as you
keep going; as long as you keep confronting your issues; as
long as you keep fighting, you *will* become stronger and
stronger. You will grow bigger than your problems such that
they are no longer problems. You will level up.