Toxic Positivity with Instagrams favorite Therapist, Whitney Goodman (SitwithWhit) Part 2

Instagrams favorite therapist SitWithWhit discusses her new book Toxic Positivity and how it influences our mental health

How do we define toxic positivity?  Where did we develop this mindset from an evolutionary perspective?  Why it’s difficult for us to sit with challenging emotions within our relationships? What areas do we see this most in? How the illusion of control plays a role in our need to be positive? How are manifestations and affirmations different from toxic positivity?  What is Groupthink?  How does it stifle creativity and intimacy?  How we perfect the art of pretending and how this harms us?  The numbing behaviors we use to deny our feelings? How do we align our affirmations with our values?  Why our “negative” emotions are so important to feel and how to make use of these experiences?  Why the pressure to feel gratitude can create shame and be unproductive?  What is the difference between emotions and feelings?  How does labeling our emotions help us use our emotions in a more adaptive manner?  How does a false sense of vulnerability actually hurt us?  The other end of the spectrum: a victim state of mind? What is radical acceptance and strategies/tools to use to implement this frame of mind?  How the pursuit of happiness can get in the way of our experience of joy?  Happiness Driven vs. Value Driven  What are positive fantasies and how do they help us through difficult times?  How toxic positivity plays a role in our perception of health?  What is helpful positivity vs toxic positivity?

 

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