There are times when one cannot accept facts for fear of shattering one's being. As I listened to Ian's news, all of Digit's life, since my first meeting with him as a playful little ball of black fluff ten years earlier, passed through my mind. From that moment on, I came to live within an insulated part of myself. Dian Fossey
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When one cannot accept facts for fear of shattering one's being, it is a sign of denial. Denial often takes the form of self-delusion, especially when one has suppressed events in the past because they were too painful to deal with. Ian's news was a shock to me. I had never thought about my role in Digit's life.

It was as if I had stepped out of my own life and into his. It was as if he wrote me off as soon as he understood what I had done to him. That denial caused me to ignore what I knew about myself and my role in Digit's life until the day Ian called me on the phone.

When Ian said, "I have some things I have to tell you," it shook me up so badly that I could not begin to process what he had said at first.

Source: Gorillas In The Mist

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