2007-01-16 19:20:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The ability to change seems to be out of our hands.
2007-01-16 19:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by Dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a survival instinct. We are all in a relative state of denial. And to a degree it is good. If we constantly dealt with the reality of the world we would go crazy or lock ourselves away. If you stop and think about it even for a second you can come up with innumerable different ways you can be hurt physically, mentally, or emotionally - or even outright killed for that matter.
Some people just amplify this tendency of denial to greater degree than the norm to further protect their mental state. Specifically protect themselves from the knowledge that their choices have made the world even more dangerous for themselves.
2007-01-17 03:38:25 · answer #2 · answered by DesignGeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, what is denial? "Denial is an attempt to reject unacceptable feelings, needs, thoughts, wishes--or even a painful external reality that alters the perception of ourselves." It means that even though deep inside you know what's going on, you consciously or not, prefer to stay in the 'ignorance-is-bliss'-zone.
How come we're so great at it? Compared to animals we might be 'great' at it, but that is simply because an animal does not have the option of temporarily ignoring something. Anything that happens in an animal's life requires direct attention, because basically all they have to deal with is surviving. Because we humans have 'created' extra problems that are essentially not important to the problem of 'surviving', such as 'am I happy in this relationship?' or 'is this the right job/study for me?', the basic concept of 'denial' exists.
Why? People are afraid to take action I guess, afraid of 'making things worse', so they prefer to go on as it is now, even if that means denying that anything is wrong.
2007-01-17 03:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live in Denial because it is two blocks down from Easy Street.
2007-01-17 03:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by Carl P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For We can block what we do not like and most of the time we do not like the reality hence the denial
2007-01-18 02:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by shady_man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only guarantee is change itself. No denial here.
2007-01-17 03:25:23 · answer #6 · answered by JAMI E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The self awareness gives us the choice , which no other being has !!
2007-01-17 03:25:19 · answer #7 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because sometimes we are used to things the way they are and we like it that way so when it changes we deni that it happen
2007-01-17 03:25:17 · answer #8 · answered by mike 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we are so weak at facing reality.
2007-01-17 03:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by Gee Wye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we aren't really
2007-01-17 03:22:40 · answer #10 · answered by JUST ME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋