Craig D. LounsbroughTo pretend is to do nothing more than imagine life as something wonderful so that we don’t have to incur the pain that it takes to actually make life wonderful.
About This Quote
Pretending can be a form of escapism. We pretend to be someone we aren’t in order to feel less pain. The pretense is what makes it possible for us to imagine life as something wonderful. Pretending is also a defense mechanism because pretending allows us to avoid the pain that comes from dealing with reality. If we pretend that everything is going well, we don’t have to face the fact that things aren’t going well.
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