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spider-bro t1_it4rij0 wrote

Reply to comment by PM_SHORT_STORY_IDEAS in [Image] "Toxic Positivity is Forced..." - Susan David by true90sstory

But the choice to turn something into a positive really only works when it comes from the inside.

Like I recently decided I want to be a therapist so that all the bullshit I’ve been through becomes an asset. This was based on Jordan Peterson’s quotation “Find a future that justifies your past. A future that makes your past worth it.”

He didn’t tell me: “Turn your sexual abuse into a positive thing”. He said, to everyone, “This is possible”. When I was ready, I was the one who connected those dots to my own specific past.

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PM_SHORT_STORY_IDEAS t1_it4zjhe wrote

In the strict context of the post, I absolutely agree with you. To say that positivity or trying to encourage someone to be happy is wrong universally feels equally dismissive.

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