[quote=@SilverWolfAngel]
I am supposed to do what I’m told, when I’m told, as I’m told. Also because there are things going on in the world things I can see are bad, cruel, mean, negative, and there is nothing, [i]Nothing[/i] I can do to stop them. Be it something as small as the frigging expressway they are putting practically through my backyard, or that my contrary is being sold down the drain, to something as large as the plastic sea, or wars, or the utter collapse of this world and society. I hear all of these and feel powerless, so I escape, I ditch my boring, everyday life and hide behind a book. I use music, RP, manga, anime, movies, stories, art; I use them to get out to go somewhere exciting, where problems can be solved, and trials overcome, where the bullies get beaten and the underdog stronger. Where it all ends in a happily ever after. (Mostly).
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This chunk right here? Yeah. THAT.

The main differences seem to be that I absolutely love the world. It's a giant shithole, sure, but I still love it. I also love humanity, sure, a whole lot of humans are assholes, but I still love humanity just the same. But back to the topic:

I definitely use roleplaying, writing, music, etc. as escapism. I think way, [i]way[/i] too big. I can almost never take pleasure in small things, and it takes a huge event to even get me interested. Luckily for me, I can really immerse myself in a story (I can make the story feel like real life, essentially. Not any exaggeration in that, either), so writing gives me a way to make those huge events happen. Without being able to escape that well, I feel like my life would be pretty fucked up by now as a result of me trying to simply kill the boredom.