LRT: The comic touches on this but it isn& #39;t its main thrust: one troubling effect of #toxicpositivity is the erosion of trust in expressions of positivty. If there& #39;s one valid mode of expression, that means there are effectively no valid modes of expression.

I do tend to think that this also goes hand-in-hand with (particularly American?) tendencies to embrace one& #39;s "true self" (no such thing, but that& #39;s another tangent) uncritically as a valid and noble thing beyond reproach. No! You have to interrogate your feeling and reactions!

Some of us ARE the "toxic" people in other people& #39;s lives, but we& #39;re not beyond hope--it takes work. How can we hope for the world to get better if we don& #39;t turn these demands back in on ourselves?

Okay, I& #39;m digressing a bit and realizing I& #39;m writing this thread to tie two arguably (un)connected pet frustrations together. I also tend to wallow in negativity to a possibly unhealthy extreme. So grain of salt and all that.