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[–] bastion@feddit.nl 21 points 1 month ago

Absofuckinglutely.

Toxic positivity leads to omnipresent, convoluted negativity. Just feel what's there. Let the thoughts run their course.

Of course, actually discovering that this is viable is kindof a dice throw of readiness. But at least if you don't have the necessary experience, you live the necessary experience.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I wish someone shown this to my parents at any point in their lives! Haha! :D

At least I'm good at acting! Haha!

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

80s america excelled at this. It was the Atheist version of prosperity gospel

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

The law of attraction seemed to be pretty big in the 2000s with What The Bleep Do We Know? and The Secret. That's just toxic positivity wearing a New Age mantle.

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Getting a sense of deja vu from this post

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Can you do one for the opposite? My SO always says I'm pessimistic but I think I'm just realistic. I expect the worse and hope for the best. Anything other than a worst case scenario is a pleasant scenario.

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The expectation you describe is the literal definition of pessimism.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It could be. I just don't feel that way. I feel like I'm always happier because the outcome is seldom the worst. Doesn't pessimistic thinking usually make for depressed people?

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 1 points 1 month ago

There are different levels of depression.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 month ago

Huh, I always heard "hope for the best, plan for the worse". Which I think is a better strategy to handling the inevitable bad.

[–] j0j0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Beginning vs end of inside out 1