Refusing to deal with a traumatic, stressful situation is called
a. empathy.
b. denial.
c. regression.
d. displacement.

The correct answer is denial. 
 
 Refusing to deal with a traumatic, stressful situation is called denial. You're trying to protect yourself by refusing to accept the truth about something that is happening in your life is the denial stage. Denial gives you time to accept things or to adjust to a stressful and painful issues. 

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