@dustytakle I KNOW you don’t do that…just saying it’s very real. I get the flip side, too. People not doing the work in their own lives. Just giving perspective on how people push positivity on others pain. It can cause an opposite outcome..deeper depression, etc.
@dustytakle I am in agreement with you get more of what you focus on. however, we have to be a safe place for hurting people that don’t “think positive”. They need love & acceptance exactly as they are. Toxic positivity is cramming “be positive” down peoples throats before we love them.
@dustytakle Toxic positivity is VERY real. It’s not validating or allowing someone to feel their authentic feelings & instead implying “positive” thoughts are THE thoughts we SHOULD think. It isolates & shames people that are in pain or grieving, it’s gaslighting.
Hope is not denial of what you’re going through or what’s going around you. It’s seeing the difficulty and seeing the pain and still pressing forward with confidence that it will get better. Keep your hope alive!… https://t.co/UPPioZ8CUX