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Denial of one's need for others is the most common type of defense against bonding. If people come from a situation, whether growing up or later in life, where good, safe relationships were not available to them, they learn to deny that they even want them. Why want what you can't have? They slowly get rid of their awareness of the need.

Denial of one's need for others is the most common type of defense against bonding. If people come from a situation, whether growing up or later in life, where good, safe relationships were not available to them, they learn to deny that they even want them. Why want what you can't have? They slowly get rid of their awareness of the need.

Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern

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Henry Cloud
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Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Henry Cloud: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5719588, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5719588 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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