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What Is Toxic Positivity? Ft. Whitney Goodman, Psychotherapist & Author

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How to Deal With a Toxic Situation

I think the cautionary tale I'm trying to highlight is what happens if you get stuck in that place for a prolonged period of time. We all have some control over our situation and from there you can really go into like problem-solving mode instead of just wallowing. There are literally thousands upon thousands of mindset shifting things out there. People want to feel heard understood and validated so we can pick up those tools she probably already knew like yeah my mindset kind of sucks right now. It crosses the line when it's dismissive and that could be like to yourself or somebody else. So toxic positivity got its start in religion because that waslike the main cultural force right and evangelical mega politics

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