"I don't like to watch TV series. Why waste precious hours of your life in front of a screen watching other people have a life?"
But what if you want a temporary escape from the trials you're facing in your life?
Some of us turn to movies and TV shows as an escapade into the dramatic lives of fictitious characters. It's entertaining to see Allie and Noah finally reunited after years of separation, or Kyle XY with no belly button discovering how he was really created.
When the going gets really tough, it's so easy to get lost in the lives of others, even if they aren't real. For once, our concentration isn't on our worries, but on the interesting characters on the screen and the predicaments they're enduring.
And when the movie ends, we look for more movies to indulge in - anything that takes our mind off our sullen reality.
These fictitious events trigger emotions that we yearn for. Joy. Relief. Excitement. Inspiration. Hope.
It may not be a healthy way of dealing with the truth, but sometimes, people need a little bit of relief from the things they face, even if the relief they seek is temporary.
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