Exploring the negative effects of toxic positivity and proposing tragic optimism as a healthier alternative to constant positivity.
We're urged to stay positive and keep up a cheerful disposition ... but sometimes things are just awful, aren’t they?
On All in the Mind this week we look at why we engage in toxic positivity, why it's so damaging when we do and whether something called 'tragic optimism' could be the antidote.
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