Denial Affecting Cancer

Denial is something that we all live with in some degree or another. Psychological defense mechanisms are used by us to protect us from painful emotions, and some of us may be more aware of this than others. Humor helps people cope with stress by finding something funny or amusing to laugh about when we are stressed. It could be jokes about hospital food, etc. and works in the place of acting out. What good does it do to throw your pill bottles across a room?

Anyone living with cancer will lean heavily on denial to cope …read more