in denial
- refusingDeclining to accept
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- blindLacking the sense of sight
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
repression · pretending · ignoring · dismissive · defensive · unaware · blocking · suppression · resistance · excuses · deflection · rationalization · disbelief · oblivious · willful · numb · hiding · truth
acceptance of reality
in denialaccepting
Willing to receive
acknowledging · coming to terms · confronting · admitting · facing facts
self-awareness
in denialself-aware
Conscious of own existence
lucid · clear-sighted · insightful · perceptive · enlightened
emotional processing
in denialprocessing
Systematic operation on data
grieving · healing · integrating · facing the music · reckoning with