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If it spares people some emotional pain, why don't we respect it as a tool our brains use to make life easier?

In fact, why don't we try to CULTIVATE it?

Is there a downside to remaining blissfully ignorant?

2007-01-20 15:37:57 · 19 answers · asked by ? 2 in Health Mental Health

19 answers

Eventually, it will snap you on the butt and, as they say "ignorance is no excuse for the law."

2007-01-20 15:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

I think you have it incorrect. Being in denial is correct and normal and well cultivated. So well that it avoids facing the truth perfectly. There is no problem if it is to avoid confronting something that will cause emotional or physical pain. And it is normal within a equilibrium that is so well established that to do anything else will cause a rupture in the normal everyday avoidance tactics of that equilibrium. And if you wish to live that way good for you. Every one else does too. That way you can feel normal when you are told something like, your son is taking the business money and buying drugs or your 13 year old daughter is sneaking out the back window and roaming around with a bunch of boys smoking speed and having sex, and you refuse to accept it because you have a well cultivated ability for denial. Or, perhaps your spouse is out cheating on you and you are so perfect at not believing anything or for example you have just been hit by a car and you are in a coma and nothing is wrong. That way we can all go home and sit in front of our tv´s and watch it happen to someone else on the news like as if it isnt you you see on the tv laying there on the ground waiting for the ambulance. Or lets go big and use a religious organization that refuses to accept that the earth is round and revolves around the sun and refuses to let mankind evolve on those grounds and burns or threatens to burn all who purport to such a rediculous idea. I refuse to believe my eyes that have read such a thing as ¨why don´t we try to cultivate it?" when as far as I know we have cultivated it for thousands of years. I don't see anything wrong with being blissfully ignorant... do you?

2007-01-21 00:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by JORGE N 7 · 1 1

Your last question is 'yes'. Sure , boredom can be cultivated. But what does that mean? Life doesn't get any easier, it hasn't, not with even technological changes or 'improvements'.

The real problem lies not in 'especting our brains and use it to make life easier'. People even in the same culture define 'respect' differently. Life is mostly 'shades of grey'.

What specific feeling are you in denial over? Perhaps responding to this question might enable you to 'cultivate your brains'. Still, I'm not sure if your life will be made 'easier'. Or how about cultivating a balance of 'doing' and 'being'. That'd be undeniably balanced, but 'easier'??

2007-01-20 23:50:20 · answer #3 · answered by thru a glass darkly 3 · 0 0

In the case of Alzheimer's being blissfully ignorant can be a plus because the person effected doesn't know that they are sick etc. It's just not healthy to be "in denial" and can hurt the people around you (as in the case of Alzheimer's) If you were "blissfully ignorant" you would be more or less like a vegtable than a human being. As humans we have to suffer some emotional pain, it's part of being a human being and growing up normally and mentally.

2007-01-20 23:46:09 · answer #4 · answered by Dale 6 · 0 0

As far as I'm concerned, a person in denial doesn't want to know what is really going on or just chooses not to accept the facts, while a blissfully ignorant person still hasn't been exposed to the truth in a way that they can comprehend. Once a person has the info, then they can choose to ignore it or accept it as fact. Denial is far more painful than plain old ignorance!

2007-01-20 23:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Yes, there is a downside. When you're living in denial you're living a life that is a lie. No matter what you tell yourself, you're not happy or fulfilled. It's not a tool our brain uses to make life easier - it ultimately makes life much worse. You lie to yourself and to others about what's going on. You manipulate, behave in passive-aggressive ways, and many other things that negatively impact you - all in order to keep the veil of denial in tact.

Although it's not always easy, it is worthwhile to live in the real, present, truth-filled moment each and every day of your life. Remember...The Truth Shall Set You Free!

Good luck and best wishes for an open, honest and truly blissful life!

2007-01-20 23:43:26 · answer #6 · answered by Marvelissa 4 · 2 0

There's a downside to everything. Some would say that through denial we are not experiencing real life, a fulfilled existence ...but on the flip side, life is often not pretty and we do need to get on with things. Denial helps us cope and continue to function.

People have certain things they never get over, deaths and other traumas....denial is not always a bad thing. I think most people use denial to get through life even if they would never admit it.

2007-01-20 23:43:14 · answer #7 · answered by slipstreamer 7 · 1 0

Marveliss You said it alright in denial and if people can not understand it then **** happens!!!!! If they manipulate everything that they want to do then let them lie lie lie the rest of their life into a bubblering idiot until they understand what denial is all about. I feel sorry for those who do not want help. It took me years before I believed in a higher power and I will help those who want to be helped but not the ignorant know it all people.....

2007-01-20 23:56:11 · answer #8 · answered by Carol H 5 · 1 0

Being in denial is to deny something which eventually needs to be faced and dealt with in order for healing to take place. Such a state of mind affects the subconscious mind and does influence our mental health.

2007-01-20 23:44:00 · answer #9 · answered by M B 2 · 1 0

Other than never having any concept of reality, I guess there's nothing wrong with it. Although, it will keep people from taking a realistic look at themselves and others and making good choices. and as we all know, life is nothing more than a long series of choices.

2007-01-20 23:45:54 · answer #10 · answered by rick m 3 · 0 0

We cannot go forward if we are being held back by things we cannot accept. The best thing is to pull your head out of the sand, understand and accept the issue so you can go 'forward' and experience life.

2007-01-20 23:46:34 · answer #11 · answered by longhats 5 · 0 0

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