Do We Like Fantasy Things Only Because We Lack On These Things (power,...) In Real Life ?

[Magnifico]

hey hey,

 

I recently really deal with computer gaming and watching movies and shit. And what I have realized from games and what I often heard is that you compensate in games what you don't posses in real life (power, status, encouragement, ...). I noticed it by myself with an computer where you conquer countries and build up your own country. You really feel powerful and I don't really had that in my real life. 

So what bothers me is really this question: Do we really need fantasy games/movies? Or is it just an distraction, because we can't get those big things in real life. What I mean by that is, i am a huge fantasy fan by myself (was a WOW-addict). But is it only because it lacks on those big things in real life? 

I'm talking here about that this whole modell of that every humans like different things is false for me now. It really drives me crazy. Does that mean with every thing a human likes or find fantastic what isn't real, he is trying to compensate something what he hasn't got in real life?

I know my question might sound strange and I find it difficult to show you what I really mean. But that's really sth what I'm coping with. I always thought I like this fantasy shit because I'm Tim and its in my nature, but is this only a product of bad experiences and lack of power for example in real life. Is watching movies, which aren't based reality now bad due to this, because it is only a limited compensation what lacks in real life

 

I'd be thankful if somebody could understand me, if not feel free to ask what I really mean

With love
Tim

[Ayla]

@KeepPounding - interesting username

there is a longing in every human being. Your mind tries to tell you that it is for power and status, but the real desire underlying this, is that you - all of us - is longing for happines. In our current society, power and status are seen as happiness. 

What you're going to find our sooner or later, is that the only happiness is the one you find inside.

 

[JevinR]

I'm thinking yes

[Anna]

I can relate. I use the fantasy in my mind to distract myself from real life and the truth. In longterm it's frustrating as well, because it seems like I will never reach these things I imagine. That's why I avoid my fantasy thoughts and just do it. 

[ZenBlue]

I believe we like fantasy because we are all creative by nature. We all have an innate spark of creativity within us. You can observe that creativity in children before it gets stomped out of them by society. The real problem is when we confuse fantasy with reality and when we get stuck in a fantasy. 

A lot of what we have in life now started as a fantasy. Imagine what will be possible in the future. A lot of current fantasies will become reality. Never stop dreaming, but don't get stuck in your dreams.