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Saturday Minisode No.18 - The Difference Between Toxic Positivity & Having A Positive Mindset

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Toxic Positivity

Toxic positivity is when some one's emotions are de legitimized by telling them to look on the positive side. This may take the form of denying your own emotions, or some one else denying your emotions, insisting on positive thinking instead. I think it's fine and a good idea to encourage someone to try and find the positives in a bad situation, but only when the person is ready to get out of those initial negative emotions. But i think there is a time and a place to just let some one feel the emotions that they need feel in in a particular moment.

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