Escapist...

... for me, it's an escape to a world where my metabolism was actually properly functioning and I didn't need to monitor everything that goes in, where I didn't have to worry about every single morsel that went in and having to mitigate it properly... a world where I can indeed spend the bulk of my time pounding iron or shooting... a world where my academic conscience would actually leave me alone long enough for me to recuperate enough to be functional again.

I guess that's what fantasy writing is for.