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Emotional Hearing Problem

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Daily Dose of Reason - Psychology & Self-Improvement
Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.   
Sunday, 13 January 2008 20:00

Denial is an emotional hearing problem, or emotional deafness.

 

With auditory deafness, the problem is sensory; with denial, the problem is conceptual. Denial is a combination of a refusal to think carefully and an acceptance of a conclusion that isn't warranted by the evidence. At the core, denial is an acceptance of the conclusion: "If I don't think about this, it won't have relevance in reality." But reality goes on its way whether you accept its relevance or not.

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