In other words, our fear of failure drives us to try to feel better temporarily by seeking a distraction or working on another task.
In the interest of such comparisons, anyone seeking a distraction from dreaming up time-travel schemes to prevent Eriksson's appointment as England manager (or even his conception) could do worse than journey to Duisburg, the Northern Rhine location which has been the Italy team's base camp for the duration of the tournament.
Conservatives argue that Parliament is trying to undermine the pillars of the country's Islamic system, and that it is seeking a political distraction because it has no answer to the country's economic woes.
Coral Parmar sought a moment of distraction -- blessed distraction -- in the fine facets of his ballpoint pen.
Seek a well balanced approach to your life so that technology doesn't become an all-consuming distraction for you.
Cincinnati's move was accelerated a day when rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs moved into the hotel and coaches, seeking to avoid a distraction, moved up the date of the team's departure.
A blunting information seeking style indicates cognitive avoidance; a person with this style tends to seek cognitive distraction from the threatening event and psychologically blunts threat-relevant information [ 31].
Seeking distraction, a number of loosely related characters stray into the countryside, where dancing, drinking and unreliable vehicles kick-start a tale of unpredictable jeopardy and escalating depravity.
How much time will you give toward a single task before you get distracted or seek out distractions?
Disproving the usual rule that thrillers with the word "girl" in the title are merely cynical attempts to catch the eye of Gillian Flynn fans, The Girl on the Train (Doubleday) by Paula Hawkins is an ideal solution for those seeking immersive distraction on a beach, plane or indeed train, from which the sozzled heroine may or may not have witnessed a murder in a house backing on to the tracks.
A desperate America seeking distraction from an ugly political climate may have found a new sweetheart.
