Posted by Dinah on July 8, 2011, at 8:54:38
In reply to Re: Pressure to be positive really annoys me, posted by emmanuel98 on July 7, 2011, at 20:59:49
All the literature seems to indicate that it is helpful. So surely it must be helpful to many people. If they had talked about it in that way, I'd have had no problem with the original article.
It's the blanket characterization of it as helpful to *everyone* that I find infuriating. And the lack of studies validating the viewpoint of people like me.
But I'm very very glad it's helpful to you. Except for the emphasis on positivity and the assignment part of it, gratitude and enjoying the small things in the moment has been helpful to me as well. It's just seeing some cheerful person trying to get me to be cheery too that annoys me no end.
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