We all go through tough times, that’s a fact. Some tough times are as benign as a rough day at work, while others are major life changes which make you want to curl up in a ball and hide from the real world.

While hiding isn’t usually a great option for life’s tough times, burying yourself in a great fantasy fiction book may just be the answer for which you’ve been looking.

Here are 3 great reasons to open the pages of a fantasy book whenever life decides to test you with trying times.

Fantasy books offer a wonderful new perspective on issues in life. Your bad day may not be very bad at all when you read about the trials and hardships of your favorite characters.

As Dan Brown said, “Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.”

The next time you feel like your world is crashing down around you, try to take a different perspective in your current novel.

However, if that doesn’t cheer you up, don’t worry! You still have more options.

If you need some inspiration to solve a problem you are facing, fantasy books are an incredible place to find it. It offers you a chance to relate to someone else, sympathize with their view, and use their creative problem solving in your own life.

A conflict in your latest fantasy book may just give you the strength to stand up to your bully boss at work or help you find out what you need to say to your loved one who can’t seem to remember to put the seat down.

No matter how severe or minor the problem in life, just remember, “We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them” – Albert Einstein

In the end, there is nothing wrong with just reading a book to wander into a new world and forget, if just for a moment, about the hard times in this world.

Sometimes you just need to pour yourself a cup of tea, call your cat over to the couch, kick up your feet, and let go of your mind to relax with a great fantasy fiction book.