Toxic positivity

Hear me out. It’s not like I want to wallow in the frustration and anticipation of doom or anything. It’s just that this idea that you can just ‘get over it’ or ‘snap out of it’ by practicing positive thinking drives me nuts.

We are doing so much harm to our community by implying that their suffering isn’t real. By minimizing or denying their reality we create distance and more pain. Which ironically creates more negativity.

Turns out acceptance and validation do a lot more good than anything else.