Denial is a defense mechanism in which a person faced with a fact, feeling, situation or reality that is uncomfortable or painful to accept – rejects it often despite overwhelming evidence.
Three different types of Denial are as follows:
- “Basic Denial” is where the person outright denies the reality of an unpleasant fact, feeling, situation or reality.
- “Minimization” is where a person admits the fact but denies how serious it is.
- “Transference” is where a person admits the facts and seriousness but denies any responsibility and transfers responsibility to someone else.
February 16, 2009 at 11:46 pm
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February 21, 2009 at 5:09 pm
This describes the credit crisis and those involved!
February 21, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Very interesting post, I must give this some more thought.
February 21, 2009 at 6:07 pm
This sound just like the comments that were being made during 2008 about the financial crisis…..
February 21, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Not only the credit crisis, I think denial is a defence mechanism in many areas of life until someone takes responsibility for what is happening in their life and determines to do something about it.