A third response is to distance oneself from the trauma by focusing on other issues.
It is subtler to sanitize one's voting record in order to distance oneself from an unpopular President, or to delete broken campaign promises).
(It is not subtle to change Senator Robert Byrd's age from eighty-eight to a hundred and eighty. It is subtler to sanitize one's voting record in order to distance oneself from an unpopular President, or to delete broken campaign promises).
Since launching in 2013 with a core audience in Moscow, it has covered topics from feminism to body image and "female misogyny", the impulse to distance oneself from women in order to succeed in a man's world.
So it is tempting to use 'physicalism' to distance oneself from what seems a historically important but no longer scientifically relevant thesis of materialism, and related to this, to emphasize a connection to physics and the physical sciences.
The failure to take appropriate measures to distance oneself from moral wrongs may give rise to "metaphysical guilt," which produces a moral taint and for which shame is the appropriate response (May 1992).
Indeed, these seemingly opposing positions are not mutually exclusive; one could, for example, seek to distance oneself from perceived corrupt political machinations, find meaning in spiritual pursuits, and engage in political renewal.
When something is unfamiliar, it is easier to distance oneself from it than to truly appreciate the benefits.
Honestly it is difficult to do, because in times that seem overwhelming and almost surreal, it's much easier to pretend as if it's not really happening, to distance oneself from the pain or romanticize the situation all together.
I mean, the courage it takes to distance oneself from the person who decided he would give up his time and run your presidential campaign should really inspire awe.
The ability to distance oneself from work has been described as an important factor to avoid workaholism and burnout [ 59].
