Negative is the New Positive: How Positivity Obsession is Damaging Our Mental Health and How Negative Emotions Help Us Become Whole

Society is obsessed with positivity. It is often presented as the ultimate solution to our complex mental struggles. Feeling sad? Just think positively. Feeling hopeless? Be grateful—at least you’re alive. Lost your job? Everything happens for a reason. At first glance this advice seems harmless. But in reality it often forces us to suppress our true feelings thoughts and emotions under the guise of positive thinking. The result? We become more anxious stressed and depressed. In striving for an ...See More