Pressure to be positive really annoys me

Posted by Dinah on July 6, 2011, at 9:45:18

Nothing is guaranteed to make me feel more irritable than exhortations to be positive.
Not that I mind having more positive aspects of any given situation pointed out to me. Or that I mind making an effort to listen to more cheerful music.
But being told to keep a gratitude journal, or start the day with affirmations, or to think positively in a general way - as opposed to correcting some distorted thinking in a current situation - gives me the overwhelming impulse to tell the encourager to f--- off.
I think I'm ok with being encouraged towards realistic thinking, or balanced thinking. But the nationwide worship of positive thinking is truly revolting.
Maybe it goes back to people telling me to smile when I wasn't feeling particularly unhappy. Or maybe it's just contrariness.
I just hate, hate, hate it.

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Pressure to be positive really annoys me Dinah 7/6/11
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