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Originally Posted by WordKeeper  ar81 - I agree that they are separate issues but for years I was surrounded by happy (positive) people who lived in a bubble of denial, who denied the painful reality of my life and so I saw "positive" and "denial" as synonyms. |
This reminds me of a good point: Denial, like we are talking about here, is often the result of
someone else's judgement upon you. You could be happy as a clam and moving on with life and someone else would say you are "in denial" because you aren't feeling the expected societal levels of misery and guilt, anger and sadness and you aren't on ten pills for some bad experience or event in your life.
It would be like someone getting raped but deciding it's not going to cripple them and choosing to move on. Behind their back, people are saying "OH, she's in denial. It will all come busting out sooner or later. She should probably see someone..." You know. All the things people say when gossiping behind your back.
Jennifer