So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Denial has been a way of life for me for many years. I actually believe in denial.
The climate is changing, and anyone who disagrees is, in my view, still in denial.
I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
I have a very highly developed sense of denial.
Denial is a very powerful thing.
It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.
I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy.
The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient's race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment.
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