Someone who has practiced deception cannot change immediately because the sin patterns are so habituated and hidden even from themselves. Anyone who engages in abusive behavior has practiced self-deception. They have practiced avoiding the truth. – Diane Langberg, Ph.D @DianeLangberg on X (Twitter.com) , March 21. 2024 Self-deception
This is one reason a person can maintain that they “have no regrets” despite loving confrontation from multiple people.