Escaping

I feel like I have always used the media as a means of "escaping." When I was in middle school and highschool I for some reason found myself grounded alot...so i would stick my nose in a book for hours on end (usually harry potter or the count of monte cristo). The time would go by faster and when your in a different world, say "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizerdry," you don't think about the fact that you can't go out.

Now I use the media as more of a stress reliever. If I just wrote a really tedious paper or completed a difficult assignment, when I am done I just want to do something mindless and easy like maybe watch a few epsisodes of Family Guy, or some other comedy. I constantly have noise in my head and am thinking about what I have to do today, tomorrow, next week. Sometimes its nice to escape into a book, TV show, or movie where I can just be entertained and not think about anything but what I am reading or watching. I think my favorite means of escape would have to be music. I have a song for every mood and songs to get me out of any unpleasent mood I may be in.

I think its fine to use the media as a means of escape, however whenever i am done "escaping" and back in reality I still have things to do, worry about etc. I think spending all of your time in your means of escape could become unproductive or unhealthy, its about moderation and balancing it out with other activities.