Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
When does a good attitude become toxic positivity?
Position‹3 of 3

Toxic positivity occurs when individuals put insane pressure on themselves to ignore difficult emotions

This position holds that the damage is largely self-inflicted: people absorb the expectation of relentless good cheer and then police themselves against it, treating their own difficult emotions as faults to be suppressed rather than experiences to be felt.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. The strictest enforcer of relentless cheerfulness is usually the person themselves
  2. Treating an emotion as a task to be completed turns difficulty into failure