If a loved one is experiencing addiction, you want to be able to help them. However, they may be in denial and you may be unsure about what to do. An intervention could be the first step to recovery. During an intervention, family and friends gather together to tell someone how their addiction is affecting their lives and encourage them to get help. In some cases, … [Read more...] about Read This Before You Stage an Intervention
Denial
Are You Living in Denial? Break Free With These Strategies
Ostriches don’t really bury their heads in the sand. However, that is an apt image for what happens when we try to deny our troubles instead of dealing with them. Denial is a common defense mechanism for avoiding facts that make us uncomfortable. In the short term, it can be constructive if it helps us to gradually come to terms with upsetting news. Troubles arise when … [Read more...] about Are You Living in Denial? Break Free With These Strategies