Does anyone game to escape from something in the real world

Just wanting to start a forum for people to discuss what they escape from. I game to escape from people calling me names in the street. Just wanted to see if im the only one that played to escape. 

The giantbomb forums become pretty grim at night don't they?

It helps me escape from the fact that my life is pretty boring and I have nothing else to do.

yeh i havent seen many grim ones, so i thought i would add my own

I come here to relax from my daily life as an international spy, shagging beautiful women and killing bad guys.

I don't know if 'escape' is the right word to use - game are a very entertaining distraction that, like any other hobby, can help you relax and take your mind off of your problems. 
If you're actively trying to hide from your problems by playing games all the time you should probably unplug for a while and sort some shit out.

Does escaping boredom count?

Every lover of fiction is escapist, by definition.
 
Also this.

 "Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!"  

I suffer from Clincal Depression. Games are something that break me out of dark thoughts and suicide fantasies as they focus my attention intently on something else. My shrink knew nothing about games before I became her patient, now she frequently recommends gaming to people, young men in particular as I am such a success case for her. 
 
Games are fucking awesome. 

I play when there's nothing else to do. Which is most of the time.

No. I game because it's fun. Simple as that.

" Most of the time we exchange one madness for another. Escape = turning your life into an even bigger hell than it was before. "

It's how I got into gaming in the first place. Not to pull up a whiny stereotype, but I used gaming as escapism from my crappy childhood and abusive parents.

Not to pull up a whiny stereotype

Nope I don't use it to escape anything.  It's just something to pass the time and entertain myself just like movies, TV, music, internet, etc.

I play games instead of sitting around brooding about stuff. I just just be pissed or mad, I'd rather take my mind off stuff.

My life is pretty damn awesome, I don't need escaping. I play video games to complement my life. 

Video games are escapism by definition, aren't they? Instead of worrying about homework, your job, etc. you play games to distract from it. 

I get some really intense panic attacks where I completely freeze up and I feel paralyzed.
And it's scary too because I know when its coming.
 
When I play or even talk about video games it takes my mind off of it!
Which is funny because my true love is for music, but video games really helps me out when I'm in that state of feeling

I do.
 
Reality is meh.

No, games aren't such an escape for me. If I have shit going on IRL I often can't game because a game won't hold my attention when I'm preoccupied. Rather, gaming takes the place in my life that most people fill with TV. That is, after everything is done and I can sit  back and relax, I'd rather be on the PC than in front of the TV. 
 
Not to say I never watch TV, but I can count the hours I'm watching TV during the week on one hand.

I play because I have nothing else to do.

" No. I game because it's fun. Simple as that. "

sometimes, i needed a break from homework. i played some video games.

I game because it's fun, and it keeps my mind from thinking about how bad my life is and how much I hate everything about my self and my life.  Then those fucking loading screens pop up and they always seem just long enough for my mind to wonder. I'm grateful for what I do have and I know that it could be worse, but that doesn't make my problems magically less worse or as important to me.

When I was very young, I suffered from crippling social anxiety, and would use games to escape from the real world.
 
I eventually overcame that stuff, for the most part, but some stuff lingers. I can't purchase anything in a store without having entirely too much money on myself, so I know I won't be short, and the clerk won't think I am poor or something. I, of course, still game heavily, and I think part of that is because it sheltered me for a long time.
 
tl;dr gaming is my security blanket.

It is the only reason I'm alive.

So, yes. I hate this world.

" Just wanting to start a forum for people to discuss what they escape from. I game to escape from people calling me names in the street. Just wanted to see if im the only one that played to escape.  "

" I don't know if 'escape' is the right word to use - game are a very entertaining distraction that, like any other hobby, can help you relax and take your mind off of your problems.  If you're actively trying to hide from your problems by playing games all the time you should probably unplug for a while and sort some shit out. "

IDK, I play mostly for entertainment. But some games really resonate with me, and you know a game is good when you're thinking about it @ work, school, until you play it again. So I guess it is some form of escapism, but not from anything bad ... at least for me.