what normal really is. Therefore, to call it spiritual abuse feels crazy or overreactive. Natural human denial is another factor. Denial is actually a God-given ability to delay feeling strong emotional, psychological or spiritual pain. We are not talking about conscious forms of denial, like lying, blaming, minimizing, or rationalizing. We are referring to the automatic numbness that occurs when the amount of pain associated with a situation is too much to bear all at one time. People who experience