Sometimes the outside world can be a cold, cruel place, full of mean hurtful people and scads of author-induced pain. That's why the best solution to a world bent on making you suffer can be to just curl up into a fetal position, suck your thumb, and go to a Happy Place inside your head. The Happy Place is rarely uninhabited though; it may be populated by scantily clad harem girls/boys, Spirit Advisors, an inner child or three, or if one is particularly unlucky they'll be roommates (headmates?) with a Split Personality, Super-Powered Evil Side or Enemy Within, the troublesome roomies usually want to pick a fight.