I hope this is an appropriate place for this. Shadow work is just as important as light work. Your feelings are valid and cannot always just be imagined away.
Clever title not by me. It’s a line from a Bad Religion song called Spirit Shine.
You also shouldn’t feel bad about finding happiness where you can.
Not necessarily directly related to the meme, but I can easily see people conflating them.
It’s a careful balance that’s hard to get right. It’s ok to not be ok with the state of the world, but it’s also ok to find your own way to survive and to still be happy despite the state of the world.
Toxic positivity genuinely makes me more angrier than anything else. Let people be sad when bad things happen. Trying to bottle it up or redirecting with no plan to deal with the negatice emotions later only makes things worse.
Thankfully this is a .world comm focused on mental health so I can say this. I don’t think it’s productive or particularly helpful to anyone to be constantly acknowledging “the system”.
Example: your boss screams at you. IMO the best reaction would be like “damn, what a dumbass, I’ll do my best to avoid him in situations like this one or change my job”. Simple fixes and you can go on with your life. But no, posts like these want you to turn this simple day to day issue into one you can’t ever do anything to deal with, and amplify the negative feelings from just simple anger or sadness to hopelessness, to further “class consciousness” or whatever political motivation. Same thing with right wingers being robbed and turning it into some immigration or race thing instead of just settling down.
Not to say there isn’t space to discuss this stuff, but actively reminding yourself of problems you have no say in fixing is a negative pattern❤️ Oddish!
