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Feelings and Emotions Are in a Constant State of Flux
This is why toxic positivity is so dangerous.
Nobody lives a perfect life.
You’ve had both good days and bad days in your life. Like it or not, life has had its ups and downs.
Nobody ever experiences just one emotion or feeling. And that’s a good thing.
Why? Because you need to experience it all. That’s part of living life.
Life is made up of many a paradox and uncountable extremes. But most of life occurs somewhere between any given extremes.
Good/bad, happy/sad, positive/negative, light/dark, and so on. While you’ll sometimes find yourself nearer to one extreme than the other, most of the time you’re still somewhere between them.
That’s why extremes aren’t opposite sides of a coin, but opposite ends of a cylinder. What’s more, that cylinder is flexible, because the extremes can change, too.
Something bad today can become good tomorrow. The thing that brings you sorrow today could bring you joy tomorrow.
This is why toxic positivity is dangerous. Because it denies, ignores, and doesn’t recognize or validate other feelings and emotions. That’s counter to reality.
