Finding Your Way Through Therapy 44: E.44 When Being Positive Can Be Harmful: The Trouble With Toxic Positivity

In this episode, we discuss Toxic Positivity and how it can be harmful for our mental health.  While having some positivity is helpful, but when we do it to avoid the negatives, not talking about the hard things, and how it can backfire. We discuss how it can teach you to suppress emotions. We also discuss possible solutions, including validation.

 
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