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“Perhaps the most tragic way that self-deception harms us is that we start believing our lies and we teach them to others.”

Teach Lies Harm Tragic Self Deception Others Believing

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“Self-deception comes from not having enough psychological strength to admit the truth and deal with the consequences that will follow when the truth is acknowledges.”

Truth Psychological Consequences Self Deception Deal Acknowledged

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“The areas in which we felt most insecure, unsafe, unloved, uncomfortable, embarrassed, angry, and generally unresolved as a child are the areas that we will be most prone to self-deception as an adult.”

Angry Uncomfortable Embarrassed Insecure Self Deception Adult Unloved Unsafe Unresolved Prone Child Areas

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“At the most basic level, self-deception is fooling ourselves into believing something that is false -- or -- not believing something that is true.”

True Self Deception Believing False Ourselves Basic Fooling

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“The truth is that our self-deceptive lies range from seemingly tiny untruths to massive life-altering falsehoods about reality.”

Reality Truth Lie Self Deception Life Altering Untruths Alternative Facts

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“One major cost of self-deception is that we use painful life experiences to justify being non-ideal versions of ourselves.”

Life Pain Cost Justify Self Deception Experiences Version Major Ourself Non Ideal

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“Whether what you learned was objectively true or false, the conclusions that you made about yourself, your environment, and other people will be replayed in your life because they become a part of who you are.”

Life Environment True Learn Yourself Become False Part Conslusions Replayed

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“I cannot overemphasize the impact our childhood has on our ability to be honest because we live out what we learned as children in our adult relationships.”

Children Ability Childhood Honest Impact Live Learn Adult Relationship Overemphasize

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“Living through difficult life circumstances in not an excuse for passing trauma onto someone else.”

Life Difficult Circumstances Living Excuse Someone Else Passing Trauma

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“When we aren't honest with ourselves about who we are and what we want, we allow other people and circumstance to determine our life course.”

Want Life Determine Circumstance Are Ourselves Allow Course Nonest

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“The more we lie to ourselves about how we are contributing to our problems, the more harm we will cause to ourselves and our relationships because we will blame others for undesirable aspects of our lives instead of taking responsibility for our role.”

Relationships Harm Problems Lie Taking Responsibility Contributing Lives Cause Ourselves Blame Undesirable

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

“We would all benefit by shifting our focus from seeing pain as bad to seeing pain as motivation to change.”

Pain Motivation Change Shifting Benefit

Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception

Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception