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Re:Toxic Positivity by tallanvor on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @06:04AM (#31490075)
For actual information about Toxic Positivity, I think the following posts and articles are likely to be much more helpful:

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-toxic-positivity-509395...

https://thepsychologygroup.com/toxic-positivity/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tired-of-being-told-cheer-up-th...

And I haven't read it yet, but I saw a new book on the subject is out "Toxic Positivity: Keeping it Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy": https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Positivity-Keeping-World-Obsess...

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Re:Toxic Positivity by WesolyKubeczek on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @06:27AM (#31490205)
I feel like the whole Cheerful Fairy episode in the Hogfather has more substance than the linked article. And is fun to read.

Although shitty articles sometimes give nice topics for a better discussion here in the comments, so why not.

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Re:Toxic Positivity by curiousgal on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @06:40AM (#31490294)
> Keeping it Real

Not be confused with Dave Chappelle's sitcom https://youtu.be/D3U55usfJK8

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Re:Toxic Positivity by JonShartwell on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @07:48PM (#31498905)
I’d also add Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-sided, motivated in part by her irritation with people telling her to be positive after hearing about her cancer diagnosis https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113758...
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