Timeline for What is the difference between the phrases "lose touch with reality" and "out of touch with reality"?
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| Oct 6, 2015 at 13:37 | comment | added | JHCL | I think you could describe being utterly immersed in a video game as being 'disconnected from reality', and therefore arguably 'out of touch' with it. I wouldn't like to suggest that habitual game players, in the normal course of their lives, found themselves in that state any more than habitual readers, for instance. | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 9:26 | answer | added | chasly - supports Monica | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 9:25 | answer | added | Graham Nicol | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 9:24 | comment | added | user121256 | It is a hypothetical question. Perhaps I should have asked if it means " make them not aware of what happens around them in real life." | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 9:19 | comment | added | deadrat | Even assuming there are people who are literally addicted to video games, why would you assume that their compulsion to play these games means they can no longer distinguish them from the real world? | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 9:15 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The same as the difference between 'fall ill' and 'be ill'. | |
| Oct 6, 2015 at 9:11 | history | asked | user121256 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |