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Why Toxic Positivity Is Harmful: 4 Consequences of Its Manifestation
31.01.2023 17:00
Updated: 13.04.2023 18:25
Toxic positivity is a behavior pattern in which a person demonstrates a positive attitude when the situation does not allow it, when it comes to something serious. He may also demand a similar attitude from others, and may laugh at those who take something too seriously.
Such behavior often goes hand in hand with an unwillingness to acknowledge problems and solve them. The individual may set himself up to believe that everything is fine as it is, that there is no need to try. Such a position may prove dangerous in the long run.
Toxic positivity can have many consequences. The main ones should be listed.
Impoverishment of the emotional spectrum
If a person always calls for thinking positively, then gradually he may forget how to feel anything else. He will not be able to give in to different emotions and experience them.
As a result, he will have problems with adequately responding to what is happening, with being in a natural state. And this will gradually become tiring.
Difficulty communicating with others
With toxic positivity, relationships with others will deteriorate. An individual who always calls for thinking positive will not notice the real problems that others have.
He will ridicule difficulties, will devalue them in this way. It is unlikely that this will be pleasant for anyone. People around him will be offended, will distance themselves from such an individual. They will not want to share anything with him.
Suppression of experiences
Negative emotions do not go away. They always remain with a person. If he does not express them, they settle in his soul, accumulate.
At some point he will explode, lose his temper, and start to vent his anger. And it is unlikely that he will not do things that he will later be ashamed of.
Mental health issues
They arise if toxic positivity has been around for a long time. A person will see problems, although he will not admit them. He will not solve them, he will let them take their course, due to which they will only get worse.
In this case, he will be in a state of stress, will notice that it has become chronic. Gradually, he may burn out emotionally, may fall into depression.
These consequences of toxic positivity are definitely not positive. You should consider changing your behavior tactics to avoid facing the above.
