I am definitely one of those people who makes self-inserts for stories, and I guess the reason why is that I find my life to be so boring or stressful compared to the wonders of other fictional worlds. I have an image in my head about the perfect me I want to be: healthy, slim, strong, confident, fun, as well as having magical powers. But the thing is, we can spend so much time obsessing over these fictional things that we tend to loose our own self worth, even though there is so much more meaning in real life if we would only look away from the mirror.
that's... really amazing. (what you wrote and the picture) I myself always think about living in a life here, in reality, rather than in a fictional world. I think that I'm kind of like the song "reality" by owl city (you should listen to it). "reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't wanna live there." part of me wants to live in a fictional world, not here. but the other part of me does often think about all the things that I can do here, right now or in the future, and that makes me smile, since I'm expressing what I love to do, with the people I love to do it with. the way I see myself in my mind…