Are you positively positive that you're sick of toxic positivity?

How about compassion and empathy?
That would not include telling someone they need to be positive when they're expressing pain caused by trauma...
And yes I'm positive about that!

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HootyTheNightOwl

What's driving me mental these days is the attitude that ALL disabled people can work.

Sure, many disabled people can and do work - but you can't blanket claim that every disabled person can and should work.

Some are struggling to just do the basic things that so many people take for granted being able to do - like to make and drink a hot cup of tea or coffee without spilling it or breaking the mug.

Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F

@HootyTheNightOwl I know there are some people who are disabled and can't work I used to work with some of them.

HootyTheNightOwl

You do, but it's still become a point of toxic positivity in some countries, with disabled people being forced to jump through hoops of having medical advice ignored in an attempt to get them into work - regardless of if this work actually kills them.

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

SHINEY happy ppl are just on drugs 😵‍💫

Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout maybe they sure don't like reality so they think they can wish it away

LifeVoice101 · 41-45, M

I more than understand. I don’t say much around people. I know what it feels like to be a “negative” person. It hurts when people lack understanding. It hurts to be the person who just wants to be understood. I don’t find many people these days that I can connect with. Most have no idea how to relate. It’s lonely.

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