Term
Denial
A defense mechanism: refusing to accept an unpleasant fact.
Read People Like a Book: How to Analyze, Understand, and Predict People's Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions, and Behaviors, Patrick King
Explained in
- Read People Like a Book: How to Analyze, Understand, and Predict People's Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions, and Behaviors, Patrick King
- Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life, Susan Forward, Craig Buck
A psychological defense in which a family or person refuses to acknowledge an obvious problem, such as a parent’s addiction.
- The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker
As the author describes it: the habit of seeing troubling information and telling yourself it is not there.