Denial (WAS: , SAD seasonal affective disorder)

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> > I refused to accept this subconsciously

> > and hoped it would go away.

>

> Isn't that what is sometimes called positive thinking?

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> No, I think that's called Denial. Vicki

Oh! I thought denial was refusing to accept something consciously. I

don't see how anybody could hope something would go away and at the

same time deny that it was even there.

That's too subtle for me, I am no philosopher!