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Denial Architecture Disorder (DAD): How Avoidance Becomes Design
Denial Architecture Disorder (DAD) reframes denial not as a momentary defense, but as a structure the nervous system builds to avoid unbearable awareness. This paper defines DAD as part of the Denial–Fracture Continuum, showing how avoidance hardens into architecture, reaches rupture, and, under severe or unintegrated trauma, may deepen into fragmentation.
Mint Achanaiyakul
5 hours ago9 min read
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