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Freud believed that the foundation of mental health is the ability to face the truth about oneself. 'Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ' He argued that we use defense mechanisms—denial, repression, projection—to lie to ourselves and avoid pain. The goal of psychoanalysis was to strip away these lies. He teaches that truth is often painful, but it is the only cure for neurosis.
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