Denial - Denial is believing or imagining that some factual reality, circumstance, feeling or memory does not exist or did not happen.
Description:
Most people find themselves in denial in everyday living situations, particularly in handling threatening situations, grief or loss. This is quite normal not to face reality - or pretend it does not exist, as one struggles to cope with difficult circumstances.
Non personality-disordered individuals (Non PD's) are prone to developing patterns of denial as they struggle to deal with the immense challenges they face in their relationship with a personality-disordered individual.
Denial is one of the one of the classic five stages of grief.
The 5 Stages of Grief - The 5 Stages of Grief - Denial, Bargaining, Anger, Depression and Acceptance - were first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to describe a process which many people go through when dealing with a significant tragedy or loss.
Examples of Denial:
The following are examples of statements Non-PD's may use which may indicate they are in denial:
"It's not that bad. Most of the time we're really happy."
"She's rough on me but she really cares about the kids."
"I feel like I have a connection with her like no other. "
"She's had a hard life."
"She's been working hard on our marriage lately"
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