I guess this is where denial has come into play for me. I am a natural denier. I can deny like nobody's business. I guess it is a learned skill. Makes me laugh, but I know it is dangerous too. Deny too much and you can end up in a heap of a mess. With so many different things. But I think I come from a family of deniers. Growing up my family did a lot of denying. If it made you worry, don't think about it. If someone made you mad, ignore it. It will eventually go away. Denial was a great coping skill. Almost like it never happened.
I can only assume that these skills of denial are passed down from generation to generation. Makes me wonder what all I am passing down to my kids.
Makes me worry, and then deny....
Shannon, I sometimes fall into the trap of denial, also. My mother is into denying big time, though she would deny it! :-( She denies bad things happened in the past, denied she said certain things, etc.
ReplyDeleteI can only hope that I don't become more like her the older I get. I don't think I will because I do tend to be more self-aware than her--I think.