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…when people do well, give them lots of positive feedback, be specific about it, and find ways to deepen any new habits emerging from their successes.
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Toxic positivity is the advice we might technically want to integrate but are incapable of synthesizing at the moment.
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We force positivity on ourselves because society tells us to, and anything less is a personal failure.
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Healthy positivity makes making space for both reality and hope.
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When we show up authentically, rather than using toxic positivity, we’re validating that what the other person is going through is real, empathizing, and not sugarcoating or denying their experience.
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Positive thinking is often a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. Instead of helping, it leads to emotional suppression, which is… ineffective, taxing, and maladaptive.
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Anything with ‘at least’ in front of it is minimizing. It’s not helpful to compare suffering.
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Positive thinking gives us the illusion of hope and control.
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Bad things happen to good people every single day.
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Being human means making space for the positive, the negative, and everything in between.
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