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===Denial===
====Explanation====
Denial involves blocking [[external]] events from [[awareness]]. For example, if a [[particular]] [[situation]] is too much for a person to handle, he or she simply refuses to allow the [[experience]] to become [[reality]] for [[them]], despite the fact that it happened. The use of denial is a [[primitive]] and dangerous [[defense]] because eventually the [[individual]] must face reality. The longer one attempts to deny the [[objective]] reality, the greater may be the consequences. Denial can operate by itself or, more commonly, in combination with [[other]], more subtle [[defense mechanisms]] that support it.
====Examples====
Denial can be [[unconscious]] as when a dying person refuses to admit that their [[life]] will soon end or when a person with a heart condition denies that their overeating or smoking is of any consequence. It can also take a semi-[[conscious]] [[state]] where the individual accepts a portion of the situation but denies [[another]]. For [[instance]], a person may acknowledge that they were in an automobile accident but they will not accept the fact that a loved one who was critically injured might die.
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