“…In fact, it is impossible to draw a definitive line between normal and 79 pathological denial" (Stotland & Stotland, 1998, p. 248). For some authors, denial implies 80 first the recognition of a reality, then its active but unconscious rejection, a refusal to accept 81 its existence (Bardou, Vacheron-Trystram, & Cheref, 2006;Spinelli, 2001). Others consider 82 this a relatively conscious adjustment mechanism (for example, Brezinka, Huter, Biebl, & 83 Kinzl, 1994).…”