Does make-belief fuel our creative thinking or does it encourage escapism from real world challenges?

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As a child, most of us had fun with make-beliefs. We were superheroes in our imaginative worlds or a champion in an alternate universe. It was fun back then and made many mundane times better, especially when we had to kill time while shopping or any other time. As we grow up, the child in us still longs for that make-belief life. For one, it is escapism from real world challenges or sometimes brutal realities. Another, it inspires us to have an alternative for enjoying ourselves. As grown-ups enjoying the make-belief world sometimes offers inspiration, even has the potential to give solutions to many of our problems. Our make-belief at times can make achievable realities atleast in future. Many inventions like the flights, travel to moon all started with a make-belief. As the same time, make-belief can make us an easy refuge from real-world challenges and responsibilities. We could avoid confrontations and become more isolated. We could become stagnant rather than grow. Personally, my make-beliefs atleast most of the time were to do escape from realities. The disconnection from reality for a short time, gave peace to mind especially during troubled times. The other times, it has helped me discover a new things in life . So, do you think make-belief fuel our creative thinking or does it encourage escapism from real world challenges?