Jujurnya,...aku give up! Sampai rasa dah malas nak mencuba sebelum mencuba. Sebabnya dah tak nampak sisi positif sampai rasa macam kalau ada positif tu pun ianya bertoksik! Ergh....God what I've done???
Apa itu Toxic Positivity?
The phrase toxic positivity is the culture of portraying yourself as being happy no matter what. You're basically switched off to anything which might be viewed as negative.
Yeah, aku selalu buat macam ni. Tak sedar pun aku pernah buat....rupanya, dah jadi makanan dah pun. Ingatkan aku bagus sangat nak selalu stay positive. Rupanya, hampeh! Huh...penat kan jadi dewasa....dia penat tapi seronok, tapi penat tapi....ergh...Aku pun dah takde point sebenarnya untuk terusan berharap yang harapan itu sentiasa ada. Lagi-lagi dalam waktu sekarang. Jadinya, aku lebih suka "let by gone, be by gone" or "let it be it"...(okay, ni tanda aku hidup dalam TP...lolz!)
Tanda-tanda Toxic Positivity
- Hiding/Masking your true feelings
- Trying to “just get on with it” by stuffing/dismissing an emotion(s)
- Feeling guilty for feeling what you feel
- Minimizing other people’s experiences with “feel good” quotes or statements
- Trying to give someone perspective (e.g., “it could be worse”) instead of validating their emotional experience
- Shaming or chastising others for expressing frustration or anything other than positivity
- Brushing off things that are bothering you with an “It is what it is”
When you deny or avoid unpleasant emotions, you make them bigger
By avoiding difficult emotions, you lose valuable information
When people don't pay attention to negative feelings, and then come across to others like they don't have them, it makes them less approachable and relatable
Antara kesan lain Toxic Positivity dalam hidup:
- Hiding or denying feelings leads to more stress on the body and/or increased difficulty avoiding the distressing thoughts and feelings
- Encourage a person to keep silent about their struggles
- When we don’t want to show a part of ourselves, we create a fake face or public persona for the world
- Suppressed emotions can later manifest in anxiety, depression, or even physical illness
- Begin to live inauthentically with ourselves and with the world
What we should do when we stuck in the loop of toxic positivity?
- Accepting difficult emotions helps with coping and with decreasing the intensity of those emotions
- Think of the emotion as guidance
- Acknowledge and listen to our emotions when they aren’t as pleasant
- Am for balance and the acceptance of both good and bad emotions rather than all-or-nothing thinking
- Set healthy boundaries with anyone who passes judgment on your authentic experience and speak your truth

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Maknanya, kita kena luahkan jugak perasaan yang kita tak suka tu, barulah toksik tu keluar dan positive yg masuk hehe :) I think the main keys here are acceptance and acknowledge... kalau kitaa bertindak tanpa kita terima keadaan tu, memang akan berulang ulang ulang dan ulang, pada kita lah.
BalasPadamMaknanya, kita kena luahkan jugak perasaan yang kita tak suka tu, barulah toksik tu keluar dan positive yg masuk hehe :) I think the main keys here are acceptance and acknowledge... kalau kitaa bertindak tanpa kita terima keadaan tu, memang akan berulang ulang ulang dan ulang, pada kita lah.
BalasPadambetul....circle of life sebab nampak macam senang untuk terima dan syukur, tapi payahnya lahai untuk amal kalau tak dilatih dari awal....
BalasPadamberkerak ego ^_^!