Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.

Survival depends on denial, and death comes swiftly to those who forsake it.

Evil originates not in the absence of guilt; but in our effort to escape it.

If one abuses or neglects internal powers, external forces will act accordingly.

Denial has rented a room in my head and frequently stomps around slamming doors.

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification.

...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church.

I can't stop shaking. I need you. I want you. I can't let myself have you.

It's all overrated, man. Sex is only a great thing if you're not getting any.

The central mechanism of the avoidance mechanism of PTSD is the ego defense of denial

The thing about denial is that it doesn't feel like denial when it's going on.

Fourteen years without a mother had me believe I could be stoic when I finally met her.

Somehow everything I own smells of you, and for the tiniest moment it's all not true

No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.

We numb our minds and heart so one need not be broken and the other need not be bothered.