611 Quotes About Denial

Life was simple and stable. That was my mantra of self-deception. It was how I stayed in denial of the complexity and dysfunction that had engulfed me.

Some of the facts we are denying we were told by our very own eyes.

I can see where this is going and I don't want to. I don't.

The war began after I had placed him on a pedestal. My expectations were only leading me to more disappointments.First I tried to fight it with denial then I tried to fight him with my words. I did everything but accept that he was not the man I thought he was.

Often truths we are not ready for can cause trauma and pain and push one deeper into denial. It can also make one more aggressive to defend the denial and seek others like yourself to defend this shared denial as well.

A person whom fails to conquer oneself will always live in fear, and experiences life filled with conflict and emotional storms. Fearfulness prevents a person from perceiving reality and ever knowing oneself. Unable to cope with fear and uncertainty, a person resorts to denial, repression, compromise, and hides behind the mask of a false self.

The truth is never hidden. It is just difficult to accept, so we pretend not to see it.

Think of denial as an acronym for Don't Even Notice I Am Lying

All religions, nearly all philosophies, and even a part of science testify to the unwearying, heroic effort of mankind desperately denying its contingency.