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Can Positivity be Toxic? – Ep 54

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Toxic what? Yeah The topic this week is a little out there. According to some people you can actually be too happy. Which in my thought is a bunch of whoey. And this is for many different reasons the biggest being that you can make people feel bad for being happy.

Now if you have listened to any of the other shows you know that you can’t make anybody feel anything. They may have a thought about an action but their thought is what makes them feel a particular emotion. They have the choice to feel anything they want. If they choose to feel bad becuase you are in a good mood then that is on them.

Another problem I have with this word is the word Toxic this implies that people are able to poison other people and we, as humans, simply don’t have that ability. We do not carry toxins in our body. Now I do understand what they are getting at but it is just a horrible miss use of the word so I believe I need to correct it.

Now You can use a positive outlook on life if you are trying to repress other emotions but that is again on you you are not going to inflict that on other people if they choose to not be happy.

https://www.scienceofpeople.com/toxic-positivity/

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