The defensive reaction where a person becomes over-involved in activity and work as an unconscious means of avoiding threatening situations or painful thoughts and feelings. Compare flight from reality; flight into fantasy.
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "FLIGHT INTO REALITY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/flight-into-reality/ (accessed January 27, 2023).
