Quote Originally Posted by kingjustin
denial is more of a subcategory of cognitive dissonance.
Okay, thank you. By the way you're avatar is the most unexpected thing and my brain officially hurts as a result.

Anyway, this reminds me of a scene from Arrested Development (the funniest show ever)

It went something like this:

Tobias:This reminds me of a psychological concept called 'denial,' whereby the mind finds a concept so hateful that it rejects it all-together.
Lucille: You are a terrible psychologist and you will never be successful as an actor because you have no talent
Tobias: (after a pause) Well if you're not going to say anything I guess this conversation is over.