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Can't Hurt Me · 2018

David Goggins

Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims that refusing to face the truth is the most comfortable place a person can stay. Denial feels safe because it asks nothing of us, yet the phrasing implies that this ease is a trap, keeping us where we never have to change.

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