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211 - Toxic Positivity

Stoic Coffee Break

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Toxic Positivity Is Not About Turning Off Your Feelings

Toxic positivity is a way of responding to your own or some one else's suffering that comes across as a lack of ampathy. It dismisses emotions instead of affirming them, says psychologist tabitha kirkland. "It's not allowing yourself to feel what you actually feel," she adds.

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