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Denial

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Denial is when we refuse to accept a painful reality, like pretending something hasn't happened.

It's related to mental wellness because it can temporarily shield us from emotional distress. When you ignore or avoid facing the truth, even though deep down you know something isn't right.

While it may provide temporary relief, it can lead to prolonged suffering.

**It's important to confront and address the truth to find healing. **

This will help process emotions, find solutions, and ultimately maintain better well-being by moving forward in a healthy way.

Author's Opinion

Extract from: Owning our Struggles by Minaa B. 2023**

The struggle for wholeness:

Healing our inner child, owning our truth, and reclaiming who we are.

Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE’s)

Traumatic childhood experiences:

-Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse

-Physical and emotional neglect

-Intimate partner violence

-Substance abuse within the household

-Household mental illness

-Parental separation or divorce

-Incarcerated household member

Philadelphia ACE Survey:

-Neighborhood safety level

-Witnessing violence: shootings, stabbings or fights

-Hearing violence: gunshots, fights, yelling

-Being bullied at school

-Being treated poorly by people of other cultural groups

-Experiencing racism

Wounded behavior:

-During moments of discomfort or conflict, we might find ourselves behaving like the wounded parts of ourselves because of the trauma.

Adult tantrum:

-Calling people derogatory names

-Cursing, yelling, or screaming at people

-Getting defensive and refusing to hear the other side

-Engaging in physical or verbal aggression

-Getting angry when you don't want to.

People-pleasing and chronic niceness:

-Being hyper focused on what other people think about you

-Wanting to be seen as a good or nice person

-Constantly second guessing yourself

-Putting other people's needs before your own

-Lacking insight into your identity

-Feeling responsible for other people's feelings and trying to fix or control their emotions.

-Avoiding conflict

-Over apologizing and over explaining yourself

Submissiveness and passivity:

-Expressing your needs poorly

**Engaging in the silent treatment: **

-Purposefully withdrawing from communication and engaging in avoidance instead of conflict resolution

-Having poor boundaries

-Lacking self trust

-Being unable to form an opinion

-Struggling with self validation

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Updated: November 2023

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