WHAT CAN MAKE A CHALLENGING SITUATION WORSE?

Research has shown that accepting negative emotions, rather than avoiding or dismissing them, may actually be more beneficial for a person’s mental health in the long run. One 2018 study of more than 1,300 adults found that people who habitually avoid acknowledging challenging emotions can end up feeling worse

“To expect that this time is going to be the time to make yourself better and to change yourself, that’s the toxic positivity,” said Clinical Psychologist,Jaime Zuckerman, noting, “There’s nothing wrong with trying to make the best of it, but making the best of it is different from toxic positivity. Making the best of it is accepting the situation as it is and doing the best you can with it, whereas toxic positivity is avoidance of the fact that we’re in a really bad situation”

1. TOXIC POSITIVITY

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2. PERFECTIONISM

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