Hard time accepting reality.

You've read over the stories of your book friends enough times. Look in your mind and ask yourself what Mr. Potter would say to you on the topic, or you can consult one of the very great Dumbledore brothers for advice, or First Wizard Zorander (He's always a great source of good advice, check the Sword of Truth series).

Though he tends to be a little too intense and patronizing, Paul Atreides (of the Dune saga) tends to have very practical advice on the subject of life. Ms. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus wasn't half-bad on the topic. The Doctor would talk you into the final century about life and the many ways you can live it; he's had thirteen.

Doctor Gregory House is an ass, but he'll give it to you straight (with the added bonus of a metaphor or two to tease your brain, though he'll also call you an idiot on your way out the door). Hell, ask his friend Wilson, the moralizer. If all else fails, you can always go to Mr. T for advice and that's generally entertaining.

The human imagination is so powerful that if we spend enough time with a person, be the real or a construct of fiction, we can predict what they would say in a given situation. Make use of that. With the many, many books at your disposal, who among your libraries would serve as an adequate source of positive advice and as a decent motivational force? Speaking of the Force, don't consult Obi-Wan on advice about life; he'll tell you a convoluted truth from a backwards perspective because he's too uncomfortable to spit it out. The Jedi tend to be pretty rigid in their thinking, so don't ask them for advice; they'll just tell you to go meditate for a few days and the answer will come to you, they won't validate your feelings or anything.

One last bit of advice; if all else fails, "Hulk Smash!" is always an option. Not recommended, but it's an OPTION. :)

I personally took it as an advantage and now I'm a digital artist trying to make it into the industry doing concept art for video games and animation films :Dit's not you're scaping your reality, it's just you're in fact making it more creative and less boring. living nowadays is pretty much routine so you need those kind of things!

i know exactly what you mean, i would love to live in the worlds of books and movies but that' not how things work. But you can bring these things into your life, look at people as if they are actors in a movie or characters in a novel. Go for a walk in the park and take a wooded path and put yourself in whatever scene you wish. Heck grab a stick and tell all your friends your going to Hogwarts. Maybe this is crazy but it's a fun way to bring some fun into your life. Alice in wonderland is a great book that really helped me understand the connect between reality and fantasy. "Reality is a Prison" "Imagination is the only weapon against the war of reality" best of luck ;)

Well, they say that those who read live a 1000 lives, it's not necessarily a bad thing to experience some things through books. But books, like movies, are planned to captivate your interest, and can give you a false view of how your life should be, or of how things are supposed to randomly fall in your arms while you sit still. If you want an interesting life, you have to expose yourself to life, taking chances, leaving your comfort zone. How you can do it depends on what your interests are, your hobbies, your possibilities, but in general I guess it can be summed up as, try new things, find the people (characters) that you want in your life and get them into it, look at your future and imagine what your ideal life will be a year (or 2, or 5) from now, and what can you do to make it happen (plot).

If you're over 21- I have suggestions If you're not, find things you love to do. If reading is what makes you happy then read! You don't have to answer to anyone

Well I am 21, so what kind of suggestions do you have?