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How Much True Positivity is Too Much Positivity?
Unless it’s toxic positivity, there’s never too much to be had.
Positivity has gotten a bad name of late.
This is largely due to the many and loud proponents of toxic positivity.
If you aren’t familiar with the term — toxic positivity is positive to the point of ignoring, disregarding, and pretending that all negatives don’t exist. Deny the bad, don’t even look at it. Keep a positive mindset and a positive attitude and all will be well.
If you live in the real world, then you know that this is total bullshit.
Nobody is positive all the time. Anyone who claims otherwise is probably trying to sell you something.
Bad things happen to everyone. All the people you know experience the death of loved ones, get fired from jobs, get dumped from relationships, lose friendships, contend with unexpected expenses, gain weight, lose hair, and the list goes on and on. Nobody experiences a negativity-free life.
And the truth is — you need negatives in your life. Why? Because you can’t appreciate positives without them. This is a world of paradox, yin and yang, and opposite extremes. Most of who and what you are in relation to them is somewhere in the middle.
