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| Poisoned Shuriken by Alex Manning. |
Toxic positivity is positivity that denies truth. It minimizes and dismisses negative emotions regardless of circumstances. It pushes away nuance and reality to focus solely on a narrative of fake joy. Acting positive can be a coping mechanism, but when you do not allow yourself or others to feel and process the emotions they feel it becomes a cage. That makes it as useless as constant negativity. Toxic positivity is stoicism with sparkle emojis attached to it.
We can help people and ourselves better by being constructive with our encouragement. ''Failure is a part of growth and success'' instead of ''Failure is never an option!!''. One tells a person that one failure is not the end of the road because there are more chances to rise, the other is a distressing falsehood. Only one is helpful. Choose to be helpful to your friends, family and self today.
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