Thursday, October 13, 2011

The Meaning of Denial

Being in denial means that you know that something is true and you choose to tell yourself that it is for one reason or another. This is different from not believing in something because when you don't believe in something it isn't necessarily about something you have any knowledge of. It can be about anything, for instance you don't believe that this weekend is going to be a very pleasant weekend as far as weather goes. The difference is that if you were in denial, you would already have knowledge that the weather was going to be bad over the weekend, but you chose to say that it wouldn't be bad even though you know it will be.denial can be a very serious issue and can also cause people to do things that they know is not a good idea to do. For instance, people know that it is a bad idea to smoke, but a lot of them tell themselves that they won't get cancer and then go ahead and do it anyway. Denial has a very negative connotation to it and is almost never a good thing.

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