Denial

__**Denial**__:
 * Most commonly used defense mechanism.
 * Occurs when a person can not ccope with the stress or anger that may accur because of something they did or was done to them.
 * For Freud it was unconsciously used to avoid problems/conflicts and avoid reality.

__**Denial of Fact**__:
 * avoiding a fact by lying or falsely agreeing with someone.
 * typically used by someone who avoids certain facts which they think can be harmful to them.


 * __Denial of Responsiblity__**:
 * avoiding personal responsibility by blaming, minimizing, or justifying.
 * blaming is directly putting the blame on another person. minimizing can be when you make the problem appear smaller than it actually is. justifying is when you try to make your choice seem as the "right" one based upon your perception.
 * denial of responsibility is usually used to shift the attention away from a person to avoid potential harm.


 * __Denial of Impact__**:
 * when a person avoids to think about what their problems are causing them to do.
 * used mostly to avoid the guilt which might reduce or eliminate a sense of pain or harm from bad decisions.


 * __Denial of Awareness__**:
 * used mainly by people who say that they were not in the right state of mind when something occured.
 * similar to denial of responsibility.


 * __Denial of Cycle__**:
 * plan, scheme, chain of events.
 * a big plan which ultimately derives from trying to cover up one lie.
 * serves as a way to blame or justify behavior.


 * __Denial of Denial__**:
 * denying that you have a problem and are lying.
 *  invovles thoughts, actions and behaviors which boost confidence that nothing needs to be changed in the persons personal behavior.