tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post4591615244677553858..comments2024-03-28T02:01:21.139-05:00Comments on Family Dysfunction and Mental Health Blog: Hitting Denial on the HeadDavid M. Allen M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-65482349122315921122013-09-09T20:42:17.460-05:002013-09-09T20:42:17.460-05:00Where the abuser in denial, actually believes that...Where the abuser in denial, actually believes that the denials, and lies, she created in order to avoid responsibility for her actions, are the truth, then they can not be expected to be appalled by their actions.<br /><br />My wife and punch a child in one second, and then in the next second, look into the child's eyes and say that she never hit him. She believes in her lies, in a split second after the lies are created.<br /><br />The Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727306179371024333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-2676924301927152872013-08-06T06:16:32.231-05:002013-08-06T06:16:32.231-05:00My family fit into those 4 stages perfectly, they&...My family fit into those 4 stages perfectly, they're still right in them. My father admits nothing, the family go with the flow, I know in my heart they know it's true but the verbal emotional punches thrown at me for the slightest of comments is huge. I've decided to cut them all off for my own well-being.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570179735613422277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-22994266093542290552010-06-29T11:46:32.938-05:002010-06-29T11:46:32.938-05:00Moviedoc,
Denial (= lying) is but one of many for...Moviedoc,<br /><br />Denial (= lying) is but one of many forms of resistance (= strategies) that people will use to avoid admitting a systems stability-threatening and fear-inducing truth to another family member (or to a therapist).David M. Allen M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-5028704327293869452010-06-29T10:10:53.108-05:002010-06-29T10:10:53.108-05:00You borrow at leas two terms from psychoanalytic t...You borrow at leas two terms from psychoanalytic theory: resistance and denial. How do you distinguish their definitions when used in a systemic context?moviedochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617061594621924756noreply@blogger.com