Escaping in Writing

I love to write adventure stories because I am a huge wimp in real life. Maybe it's because I have an over active imagination but a lot scares me. When I was a kid, my parents pitched a small tent in our living room for me and my sisters to "camp out" in. I remember being scared of bears attacking me b/c even though I was in my living room, in the middle of the suburbs, I imagined I was in the middle of a bear infested forest. When I write, I like to create strong, fearless characters. People who, unlike me, would investigate a thump in the middle of the night. When I write, I like to imagine I would act like my character if my imagination didn't always get the better of me.