As stated in an article, individuals attempt to escape from themselves or their aspect by any means possible. Escape is fundamentally the effect of a cause. Escaping reality is similar to the concept of daydreaming. Many people dream, it is a normal human act. But what is the reason for this reverie? Escape and daydream are linked by a rope of similarity because they basically mean the same thing, but the word daydream is a little more sophisticated. People dream to escape reality for a few minutes and then return to reality. There is escapism only to cover up the cut and does not completely heal the issues or situation that allows the individual to escape from their reality. This reminds me of a short story I read called “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. Walter dreamed about the fact that his wife wore the pants in the family and that he basically had to follow his wife's orders. In his daydreams, he was the most important individual and the hero of the end. Escaping is not a bad thing, however, if the conflict the individual is escaping from has not been resolved and the escape has been continuous, it produces more conflict. As humans, we tend to always find the easiest way to avoid completing a task. This is called evasion theory. Life is not the simplest task or journey that individuals can face. Life has many ups and downs and if an individual is not well trained for the journey, devastating results will arise. There are various factors that construct the escape theory method in life, even if it is not ordinary life or student life. Fear is an element that goes hand in hand in escape theory. Fear is fundamentally an emotion that every individual...... middle of article ....... M. Olson & MP Zanna (Eds, Self-inference process: The Ontario Symposium (Vol. 6, pp. 259- 291). Hilisdale, NJ: ErlbaumDembo, MH (2000). , from http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/escape_theory.Heatherton, TE & Baumeister, RE (1991), Binge Eating as Escape From Self-Awareness, Psychological Bulletin, 110 (1), 86-108 Olson, J.M. Zanna, MP (2013). Self-inference processes in emotions. Ontario Symposium, Volume 6. (Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. What is motivation? (nd). Psychology. Accessed on April 23, 2014 at http://psychology.about.com/od/mindex/g/motivation-definition.htm.