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> # Denial was a weapon; it killed truth, numbed the mind, and I was a junkie.

[John Hart](https://quotesby.net/John-Hart)\#6

[Addiction](https://quotesby.net/topics/addiction/)[Denial](https://quotesby.net/topics/denial/)[Psychology](https://quotesby.net/topics/psychology/)[Truth](https://quotesby.net/topics/truth/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Denial blocks truth and creates mental addiction.In plain termsRefusing to see truth hurts your mind like drugs.What can you take from it?Accept reality to heal your mind.

### Where it applies

- recovery
- therapy
- personal growth

### Putting it to work

- acknowledge facts
- seek help

### Questions to consider

- What truth are you avoiding?

### Another view

It equates a psychological state with substance abuse.

## More from John Hart

1. > I drifted for what felt like hours. Neither of us spoke; we knew better. Peace like this came rarely and was as fragile as a child's smile.

[Permalink to quote \#5](https://quotesby.net/John-Hart/5/ "Permalink to quote 5")
2. > I thought of the brutal truths so often borne on predawn light. I'd had a few in my time, and they'd all led to this. I was a stranger to myself. I'd gone to l…

[Permalink to quote \#7](https://quotesby.net/John-Hart/7/ "Permalink to quote 7")
3. > I thought of my own wife's tears and her limp submission the night before - the bleak satisfaction I took from her smallness as I used her shamelessly. She's c…

[Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/John-Hart/4/ "Permalink to quote 4")

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1. > Yet still we hug the dear deceit.

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2. > Sanity can take one of two forms: That of either ignorance, or denial.

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3. > Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you.

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