The DMC Change Process
Developed by Terence T. Gorski
© Terence T. Gorski, 1999

As people start to learn denial management they program through a sequence of stages in their ability to recognize denial that goes like this: 

Stage 1:  I don’t recognize my denial until after completing this part of the exercise and reviewing my answers; 

Stage 2:  I recognize my denial while I was answering the questions; 

Stage 3: I noticed the urge to start using denial before I started to answer the question, but I ended up using denial when I answered the questions anyway. 

Stage 4:  I noticed the urge to start using denial before I started to answer the question, and stopped my denial and answered the questions honestly.