facing facts
Confronting harsh reality
Facing facts means acknowledging reality rather than avoiding or denying it, especially when the truth is uncomfortable or unwelcome.
The phrase often appears when someone must accept circumstances they've been resisting: Facing facts, the relationship was over long before she left.
To face the facts is to confront what's actually true rather than what you'd prefer to believe.
- hard truthUnpleasant accurate statement
- admittingConfessing or granting entry
- realityWhat actually exists
- reality checkConfrontation with actual circumstances
- truthAccordance with reality
honesty · acceptance · coming to terms · recognition · awareness · bitter pill · integrity · reckoning · cold comfort · humility · confrontation · courage · tough love · authenticity · clarity · moment of clarity · acknowledgment · accountability
- taking responsibilityowning up, admitting fault, confessing, apologizing, accountability
facing factswishful thinking
Belief shaped by desire
denial · self-deception · turning a blind eye · burying one's head in the sand · willful ignorance
facing factsavoidance
Deliberate keeping away
escapism · head in the sand · running away · looking away · cognitive dissonance
facing factsescapism
Habitual mental retreat
avoidance · dissociating · checking out · head in the clouds · sticking one's head in the sand
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