FLIGHT FROM REALITY

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N., Pam M.S.
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a defensive reaction where a person will withdraw into inactivity, fantasy or detachment and is an unconscious defence to anxiety. See escape from reality. Compare flight into fantasy; flight into reality.

FLIGHT FROM REALITY: "A flight from reality is a defence mechanism."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. FLIGHT INTO REALITY
  2. FLIGHT INTO FANTASY
  3. ESCAPE FROM REALITY
  4. DEFENSE MECHANISM
  5. SIGNAL ANXIETY
  6. PSYCHIC REALITY
  7. VAGINA DENTATA
  8. FLIGHT
  9. ANIMAL ESCAPE BEHAVIOR
  10. TORPOR
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "FLIGHT FROM REALITY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/flight-from-reality/ (accessed April 19, 2019).
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