I think there is pressure on people to turn every negative into a positive, but we should be allowed to say, 'I went through something really strange and awful and it has altered me forever.' By Marian Keyes

#healthyhabits #toxicpositivity #healthypositivity #emotions #feelings #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #ymhc

When I was actively traumatized for over a decade and was constantly in fight-flight-freeze-mode, all my teachers called me lazy.

When I had a 4 year long depression with anhedonia, my mom called that tiredness.

When I had a PAIS two times for 3 months with fatique syndrome, my mom called that tiredness.

Now I have a burnout my mom tells me "just make sure you don't fall back into that tiredness".

All my life I am an extrovert with social phobia and people keep telling me to get out of my comfort zone.
How do I get out of something that doesn't exist?

#mh #ph #ToxicPositivity #NotJustSad #NotJustTired #NotJustShy

Sharing gifts between people in a relationship is positive, and can deeply connect people. Lavishing people with gifts removes their autonomy, and makes them indebted.

It can be difficult to know when the line is crossed, because it seems positive. #lovebombing #gifts #praise #toxicpositivity

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/15/toxicity-toolkit-15-week-9-love-bombing-3/

Toxic positivity

#toxicpositivity #healthypositivity #mentalhealth #mentalwellness #emotionalhealth #selfcare #healthyhabits #feelings #emotions #mentalhealthawareness #studentmentalhealth #ymhc

In month three you'll start by taking on toxic positivity in the form of Love Bombing in Week 9. In week 10, you'll pick up two more DBT tools GIVE and FAST. In week 11, you'll focus on emotional regulation. #emotionalregulation #lovebombing #toxicpositivity

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/13/toxicity-toolkit-14-the-third-month-3/

Nobody was going to do it for me, I had to figure it out for myself.

I thought that maybe if I got it just right, I could be loveable. I had to have the right mindset, and it was going to be POSITIVE dammit. #toxicpositivity #manipulation #scripttheory #survivor #writer

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/02/27/90-weaponization-of-the-benign-and-beneficial-3/

Sharing gifts between people in a relationship is positive, and can deeply connect people. Lavishing people with gifts removes their autonomy, and makes them indebted.

It can be difficult to know when the line is crossed, because it seems positive. #lovebombing #gifts #praise #toxicpositivity

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