FLIGHT INTO REALITY

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N., Pam M.S.
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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.

FLIGHT INTO REALITY: "Flight into reality is another defensive reaction."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. FLIGHT FROM REALITY
  2. FLIGHT INTO FANTASY
  3. ESCAPE FROM REALITY
  4. PSYCHIC REALITY
  5. REALITY TESTING
  6. DISTORTION
  7. AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS
  8. SIMPLE REACTION TIME (SRT)
  9. AVOIDANCE
  10. VAGINA DENTATA
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "FLIGHT INTO REALITY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/flight-into-reality/ (accessed September 21, 2020).
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