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Have you ever felt the pressure to stay positive, even when things were really tough? I know I have. This insistence on maintaining a cheerful outlook, no matter the circumstances, is what I’ve previously heard called a Pollyanna syndrome, but we now call it toxic positivity. Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how …

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