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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Denied
Unconscious
Forms
Weakness
Behavior
Existence
Form
Defeating
Self
Unseen

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