I beleive it is a luxury to be able to question your own reality. Centuries ago, most people were just trying to stay alive and feed their families. They woke with sun, farmed worked and did what they needed until sun down just to start again the day. I highly doubt they questioned whether or not what the true meaning of their lives were. In the days of small pox and the plaque, people were just trying not to die and keep their children alive as well. The "Dark Ages" as these were called did not allow people time or the luxury of questioning their lives and the meaning of it.
After the Dark Ages and the into the rennisance, there became a much different attitude about life. Since suffering and struggling were no longer the norm. People were able to consider art, celebrations and have enough leisure time to think about things. With freedom of religion and availability of educatio, they were also able to spark thoughts about a higher power, the after life and the meaning of their present lives.
In the modern day, most of us do have spare time to consider a great many thoughts, good and bad. One of the common themes is what the meaning of life and the realities we have created. If we have a lot of free time to stew and think about these things we can become obsessed with the notion that there is more to what we see and how we live. Many books and philospers have commented on the subject about our own reality and how we make them into what we want them to be. It's all very person and we choose our own reality and meaning of our lives as we feel comfortable to do. That is, if we are considered to be in complete mental health. Those who are mentally ill....well that's whole different topic.
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