The accusation, “You’re in denial,” hurts when it’s true. The accuser hopes we will be shocked into reality. We don’t hear the accuser’s care and concern for us. No! We hear judgment. Not only are we sick, but we are weak personalities who can’t even face the diagnosis. We need another person to make us face the music. The implication is that denial is a very, very bad thing and that we are very, very bad for being in denial for even the shortest time.
Denial protects us from facing what is too horrible to think about all at once. That’s OK, in fact, it’s a good thing-as long as we don’t stay there forever!
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