What is toxic positivity? What it really boils down to is believing that being happy or positive is the only way to be, and ignoring negative emotions. (Your own, or those of others.) It's not sustainable and it's not healthy I know that most of what I share is fun, positive, motivational, etc, but I do my best to be honest. I want everyone to know that my life isn't perfect, no matter what is posted online. Someone once told me, "never compare your real life with someone else's curated online content" and it hit me hard. We so often look to others to see how we are doing in life, when what we see often isn't real. I do strive to look for the good in every situation that I can. Even the worst days have a lesson somewhere. But, even if good comes from it, that doesn't mean that I can (or should) ignore the pain or difficulty of being in that situation. I have struggles, just like everyone else. What's important is getting through those struggles a...
