I once heard an explanation of this which went as follows:
If we are anxious about a situation but don't feel up to dealing with it, we can shut down and avoid the issue, whatever it might be.
Sadly, however, this has the effect of magnifying the problem because, although we have put off dealing with whatever it is, it is still there, so we increase, rather than decrease the anxiety.
The problem could have increased too by the very act of denial and become ever more difficult to deal with.
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