I agree, it's bound to bring mass chaos with it, but I'm all for PF!
If what Collier says it true, then I am an escapist. I forego dealing with real life all the time, to be honest. I put off things that need to be done in favor of my own personal projects daily, and motivation to do those things has always been a problem for me.
I'm just not interested in dealing with things I'm not interested it, to be Frank.
But Tulpamancy? I don't know. If Collier's definition is what were talking about, I guess it is for me. Its my project I've built from the ground up, and I do work on said project instead of dealing with reality quite frequently.
But Collier's definition is a very general one, it's a definition that can define too many people If escapism is thought of as a problem.
Its like certain mental illnesses. If the DSM says theyre an issue, they are, and some "disorders" they want to include in the latest issue, frankly, aren't an issue.
Collier's definition, quite frankly, minimizes the connotation of "escapism" into something that everyone experiences at some point in their life, and it shouldn't be seen as a real problem.
Alternatively, if the other extreme is to be our "definition" of escapism, I.e. that escapism is falling into reclusiveness and withdrawing from society, literally "escaping" from the real world, then yes, it does become a problem. This is a much more rare scario, but it has happened before.
*I feel escapism, when speaking about tulpamancy, should only ever be used with a more serious connotation. *
The "normal" connotation that the term escapism brings isnt a good one. When I think of any form of escapism, I don't think of a kid playing videogames instead of getting homework done, I think of a hermit sh!tting in the woods.
To tl;dr this up, no, I don't think Tulpamancy = escapism because, quite frankly, I don't think the work should be used in reference to tulpamamcy - except only for the most extreme cases in which someone does something that, yes, is too far.
On an unrelated note, slap that counsellor.
As far as your sections involving societal norms, bravo. Not too many take into account the true role of social pressures, the "spirit of the times", et cetera. unless you're into reading about psychology. I just don't see people talk about it that often.