It's a sad thought when I think about just how readily some people can lose themselves to an obsession with television shows. How readily people are willing to welcome worlds drenched in fantasy and imagined horrors is a thought that leaves me worried for the people who want these worlds. Can life really be that bleak?

Take a friend of mine for example-- instead of working on issues with her boyfriend and spending time with her two kids, often she is lamenting about how she's treated or yelling at her young boys. Every time our schedules mesh, I spend the time listening to her go on and on about the latest show she's been watching or to descriptions of the dreams in which she is with whichever character she finds attractive or desirable.

I wish that there was something that I could say, but what can one say to a friend who feels trapped by the family she loves?