Escapism isn't good or bad of itself. ..... Terry Pratchett...... AKSHR

Escapism isn't good or bad of itself. 

What is important is what you are escaping from

 and where you are escaping to. 

I write from experience, since in my case 

I escaped to the idea that books could be really enjoyable, 

an aspect of reading that teachers had not hitherto suggested. 

Terry Pratchett