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Latest revision as of 12:34, 26 June 2025
Denial
Denial is an Awareness Reduction Mechanisms that the Bodily Ego uses to avoid uncomfortable confrontation with ideas, feelings, or realities. Denial is the unconscious or conscious refusal to be aware of some thought, idea, action, or event.
Concept Map
Key Terms
Lightning Path Human Development Framework >
- LP HEALING Framework
- LP Connection Framework
- LP Creative Framework
- LP Psychological Framework
- Pathfinder Educational Model
- Human Psyche
- Bodily Consciousness
- Consciousness
- Connection Capacity
- Connection
- Physical Unit
- Connection-Centered Psychology
- Disconnection
Human Psyche > Awareness Reduction Mechanisms, Bodily Algorithm, Bodily Ego, Ego Mode, Spiritual Ego
List of ARMs
Related LP Terms
Denial >
Non-LP Related Terms
Denial >
Notes
Denial, not a river in Egypt, is the simple verbal refusal to accept reality as it is. Denial is often invoked when there is an external challenge to remember otherwise repressed or suppressed materials. When somebody comes up to you and says, “Hey, do you remember being a bully in school,” your defensive response might be to deny so you do not have to admit and recall. For example, my mom beat me with a wooden spoon and leather belts when I was a child, but when I recalled these events and challenged her as an adult, she denied she ever did it, presumably to prevent feeling bad about some of her actions. Similarly, if you challenge a CEO for cheating in order to not pay taxes, that CEO may deny that they are doing that at all, as Tim Cook did when the U.S. Senate questioned him on his company’s use of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions in taxes.[1]
Treatment
Denial is rooted in fear, anxiety, and pain. One denies one's actions when one is afraid of what others might do should they learn the truth (Tim Cook might go to jail for tax evasion) or when the awareness brings anxiety or emotional pain (my mother denied her abuse to avoid feeling guilt and shame). To treat, address the underlying fear, anger, guilt, or shame.
Guilt and shame may be resolved by teaching the client to change their behaviours, atone for past negative actions, and teaching them to forgive themselves in order to release guilt and shame. Note, releasing guilt and shame requires concrete behavioural changes and sincere action to atone.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Brendan Sasso, “Apple CEO Denies Using Tax ‘Gimmicks,’” Text, TheHill, May 21, 2013, https://thehill.com/policy/technology/301043-sen-levin-upbraids-apple-ceo-tim-cook-over-tax-practices.