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The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma.

Judith Lewis Herman
Events, Denial, Conflict
"Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror". Book by Judith Lewis Herman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 1992.
The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma.