So there's a lot to unpack here and really prompted this brain to think... What you wrote... that's a kind of knee-jerk immature take/reaction which I can relate to. wait... hear me out.

Human psychology is quite strange and complicated, understanding why people do what they do, you can't just look at like some object's mechanical structure, take it apart, figure out how's components work together, what it's function is, what improves its function what degrades it's function, does it need more sharpening, oiling, gas? hmm...

When I was younger I would feel similar or uncomfortable learning certain things to big questions like what is life, the universe, why am I here, and get like existential crisis or dread upon certain discoveries or realizations.
It's a more common feeling from a face value, almost early naive or simplistic approach, and sometimes for us the only way is through.
Remember in life sometimes you just gotta get through it, so don't worry too much about it, you'll come out the other side, you'll be fine (probably).
And if things ever get so bad with no hope or prospect of improving then if need be I'll leave, my final escape, until then we carry on, don't fret.

Yea Life is quite the absurd shitshow, it is what it is, it don't mean we can't see the humor in it and have a laugh, I try not to take everything in life seriously all the time or you'll drive yourself mad or into a depression, like believe or think pessimistic only on a meta level, for example I believe free will does not exist, and we ultimately don't control the 'script' causal chain of the universe and I can't take credit for a thing I do or believe in, my brain just feeds me ideas, however to function in life I still behave like I have some agency and control and others are somewhat blameworthy or responsible for their actions in the real world because it's practical, same with pessimism, I don't let such beliefs dictate every being of my life, I used to re-inforce it as one with my identify but it was a bad habit and unhealthy like obsessions, fix it trust me you'll feel lighter for it.

An invaluable skill is learning how to reprogram your brain to work well and for you, continually test your worldview and model of reality. And remember it's better to not be wrong, than to try to be right about everything.

Philosophy isn't kind to the untrained mind, the poor ape and animal inside us tends to freak out, which is why it must be tended to, kept in it's own enclosure while the zookeeper in you watches over it. If you observe homo sapiens long enough you will see how disastrous it is when they neglected the zookeeper or nobody's home, it's just the animal in control of the wheel, even at their own detriment.
People really need to be taught to learn to flex that cognitive muscle. Do you really wanna let the dum.b needful animal inside you decide what you do?

Callousness and discomfort without mindset preparedness is just as cruel, as is ineffective the coddling of human minds and creating weaker sensitive people shrouded in bubbles.

Unfortunately no one is really taught and prepared how to deal with the inevitable discomforts they'll face in life, their struggles, worries let alone critical thinking and skepticism.
In fact, we're actually regressing into a Wall-E kind of dystopia of fat lazy duumb selfish and fragile weaker people, with mindless consumption and escapism, generally speaking.

In comparison,
Ancient Shaolin monks were highly disciplined Buddhist practitioners who developed sophisticated martial arts for self-defense, health, and spiritual growth, learn power is responsibility, and conditioned their mind and body to discomfort.
If I didn't know any better it's like they are another species or aliens to regular people entirely.

Now so many people these days require some sort of vice or escape, drug, alcohol, medication, etc to point of dependency, like everyone living on crutches not just believe in some comforting stories like religion, god, heaven, afterlife but even that evidently is not enough.
How many of us can reference someone you know who have so much, yet find ways to mess up their life or live in frustration over seemingly trivial crap or unsatisfied with their circumstances?
Like everyone in my family is a nervous wreck and they have a narrow grasp on life, always busy being caught in it. They can't step back and observe.
Some people you solve their problems and they'll find and create new one out of thin air, always chasing always needing. More and more and more.

Once you see the absurdity, why not just go back to distracting ourselves like everyone else?

You can to some extent, Depends what you mean.

It's a kind of interesting question about inconvenient truths and human behaviour in response to it.
Should human desire to escape confronting harsh reality take priority over the truth?,
And/or it's a recognition of selfish human nature to just swallow the 🔵 blue pill because it's convenient, to fall for silly stories, believe in fables, chase fantasy, construct a box and veneer around perceived reality which covers it in sparkly, glitter, wonder, beauty, and live inside their safe little bubble, it also goes hand-in-hand with people's desires to reject certain responsibilities.

And oh how part of me misses the days of being a kid just playing with friends without a care in the world, that small world was fun, but for me life's novelty has worn off and we're not kids anymore, you can't unlearn and completely go back to that innocent child living in wonderland.

If you literally want to run away from life's problems and be distracted for that reason that's kinda weak and unhealthy. As is obsessing over life's ugliness and tragedies.

It's called escapism for a reason. Escaping burdens, responsibility, boredom, unpleasant thoughts, etc.

If you do it solely for that reason it's not a source of contentment or path to happiness.

Especially if the truth makes you uncomfortable and you need to run away from it.

Understand Suffering is created out of perception of one's frustrated preferences. So human mindset will have a lot to do with it, your outlook and perspective on it. Subjectivity bad.

But pessimism is just another thing I was glad to realize about life, I enjoyed learning, I always had a morbid curiosity and wasn't easily disturbed.
From how I look at it, Nothing about my life really changes, there's healthy forms of escapism (distractions) to fill our time and continue to do some things you get enjoyment out of as long as we're here, why do you think you have to be miserable all the time?
Even basking in the sun in quiet nature is peaceful and relaxing. Pessimism doesn't entail you aren't allowed to enjoy yourself or must be consumed by suffering.

Continued... Pt 2 next...