Escaping Reality

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Does anyone ever finds themselves hating life so much that when you read a book you find yourself become so engorged with the world and the story its about
I get the same feeling sometimes when I play a video game as well sometimes

Yes but it's not always because of hate. Sometimes the world around me is so confusing that I just want it all to go away and leave me alone and I'd use books and video games to do so.

My father used to have a big problem with me doing this. I would just read or play games and not deal with what was going on around me, and I'd avoid other people. I remember the last time he made an attempt at stopping me doing this. He took the book I was reading from me and threw it to the ground and told me to stop trying to escape and avoid life. I listened to him, not understanding why he was doing this and within minutes I was back reading the book trying to avoid him and everything else. He never bothered me about it again, and there are times I think he wanted to, but he always made it my choice to go and do something else or stay engrossed in my method of escape.

What I don't like is when I don't have a means of escape at hand. Life can be so painful, and frustrating, and confusing at times that I just have to get away, and I realize that I don't have my laptop, or books, or video games, and my cell phones battery is almost dead, and there isn't any alcohol, and I can't just listen to music and sleep, and I don't have any other methods of escape available and it sucks.

Thank you stardraigh I forgot to type in confusing as well
but what you just explained is so much like myself except I don't drink alcohol at all

I really shouldn't drink alcohol. It's good that you don't.

I have other issues that sometimes I yo-yo between being manic, depression and I guess what could be described as normal. When I'm manic, I can sort of face the world and deal with it. Life is still painful and confusing, but I just don't care. The downside is that I know I'm going to crash when I get manic. The alcohol sort of produces a similar feeling of not caring about how much suck everything is, but at some point I run out of alcohol or the means to consume it. Yesterday I wanted to drink, but I didn't have any alcohol at hand so I couldn't. All I had were my books and I did the best I could till it was time to sleep.

Isn't that the point of good fiction?

what is the point of good fiction?

Fanfiction is my (anti-)drug.

Escaping reality is good for the mind in a good doses...

I loooooove to ... -censored in order to not promote the use of anything- ... and just sit back and let the time pass like there is no tomorrow.

Life is harsh on us, we gotta have a break sometimes..

Escaping reality is often my chief motive for reading, writing, and listening to music. But I can enjoy works of art and literature on their merits, too.