Superman Isn’t Always a Hero:

Everyday escapism

The average American spends at least 12 hours and 56 minutes per week fantasizing about an alternate life. That’s 52 hours a month, 624 hours a year spent imagining ourselves as different people living different lives [5]. While it is not uncommon to ponder about a life other than our own, our imagination may lead us to fall into the depths of escapism — a “mental diversion” from the more unpleasant and/or tedious aspects of our own realities.

Technology has made it increasingly easier to escape our lives and even develop ones that differ from our present reality. Social media…