Truth: What is it about TRUTH that makes people scared

What is it about truth that we are afraid of? Why when truth is heard we close our ears and act as if we are deaf? You say you want someone to tell you the truth but when you hear it you get all defensive? You don’t want the truth; and you know why? Because you can’t handle it and you know once you hear truth it will require something from you. And that is you must act. See truth causes us to make positive changes and last thing we want is to change the way we are; sure we say it all the time bu