Affronter – to
face
There’s a term,
terror management, which I’m quite fond of. It’s a little absurd -
terror by it’s nature is not something that can be managed. It would be like
making a shark a pet. It’s a term used when people kind of ignore something
that they know, just to make life a little easier. Some people
think denial is always bad, but I don’t think that’s true. If you are choosing to
ignore something truly obvious, there’s probably a good, protective
reason for it. (A wonderful book on this theme is The White Darkness by Geraldine
McCaughrean). For myself, denial
is sometimes necessary to limit these moments.
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