Using facts and logic to emotionally distance oneself from a stressful situation.

Example: In a therapy session, patient diagnosed with cancer focuses only on rates of survival.Example: A patient with a bone protruding from his leg focuses on the physics that allow such an event to occur.Example: A boy who, for the first time, is about to ask a girl out talks with his friend about the importance of mating rituals for the long-term survival of the species and the mechanisms by which societies arrange for these rituals.