In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.
Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.
The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is above all else a variable. With a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before. Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it. Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.