I don't know about your family, but in mine, there's always this tendency to minimize, put a bright side on things, explain why it's really not so bad, ask why are we focusing on the negative, to puff things up.... I wonder, sometimes, if there's a culturally imposed will to stay blind to unpleasant truths.
I don't know about your family, but in mine, there's always this tendency to minimize, put a bright side on things, explain why it's really not so bad, ask why are we focusing on the negative, to puff things up.... I wonder, sometimes, if there's a culturally imposed will to stay blind to unpleasant truths.
For sure. Not just in our families and communities. I think it serves many of us to repress what hurts/shames/triggers, no?