D E N I A L

Denial is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person faced with a fact that is uncomfortable or painful to accept rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence.

I use to think that denial is a reflection of immature minds, because it unable to decipher between reality and fantasy, also denial represents a person's inability to cope with truth. No doubt, sometimes the truth is harsh and hard to swallow.

I came to learn recently exactly, why and how people sometimes choose to live in denial.

Sometimes it helps people cope better, not that they are not aware of reality but the shock is sometimes too much to take, so they chose to take one step at time and bit by bit.

Sometimes it helps the people around them cope easier because when someone denies they are feeling bad, the people around them are less worried.

Sometimes denial is the easiest way to cope with an issue. ' Oh, I failed my exams' ' Its ok,the paper was hard, its not that I did not study hard enough'

Sometimes denial is just not as bad as what people think .

BUT is it ?