The better side of toxic positivity is like when someone offers you a glass of fruit punch. Nice, but it doesn't erase that you know you will need more than a glass of sugar water. You're a human being, not a hummingbird. Toxic positivity has been mishandled, too, like "shut up about that so I can just collect my paycheck and pretend everything is fine," and that's like handing someone a fruit punch that's gone bad and saying, "just smile and drink it!" It's time for me to leave when that's the best they can do.
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