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NaTssz t1_it6hgcw wrote

Reply to comment by trippingbilly0304 in [Image] "Toxic Positivity is Forced..." - Susan David by true90sstory

How come? And what is better than focusing on positivity?

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Ferret_Brain t1_it6l7sc wrote

Because there sometimes isn’t a obvious positivity, or it seems bleak/pointless even when there is one.

Would you tell a CSA survivor “just focus on the positive”? You might as well tell them to just get over it as well, or that what happened to them wasn’t that bad.

Acknowledging someone’s pain and suffering, imo, is far more beneficial for their healing, because it shows you care about and acknowledge how THEY feel.

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