Why do people prefer to lie to themselves than face the truth?

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I’m not sure it’s a matter of “preferring;” I think many people lie to themselves because they’ve done it for so long, and for such deep, dark reasons, they simply don’t know what the truth is. Plus, of course, the “truth” isn’t always an absolute.

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