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He considers the darkened screen’s question without any signs of shame or remorse.
“Are you still watching?”
“Yes,” he replies to no one, with irritation in his tone, and no awareness that his escape has long since become a prison.
Interesting paradox about “escape becoming a prison”. I see it everywhere in people’s addiction and such.
Yeah. It’s totally true. If one overdoes escapism, they fail to learn how to face difficulties, and that escape becomes a trap.
Profound words! So true.
Umm why do I feel personally attacked by this one lol. I have some methods of escapism which are starting to feel like prison and it’s literally something I was just thinking about.
Lol. I was mostly attacking myself. I guess this is a common malady.
One of the reasons I started this website was to generate something productive and self-disciplined from my escapism.
Yeah, right back at you. I wanted to do the same when I started my site.