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What is Toxic Positivity?
What is Toxic Positivity?
Have you heard of Toxic Positivity? How can it be harmful? How can we change our language to avoid it? Watch the video to learn about Toxic Positivity. Check out the posters to find out what you can say instead.
Have you heard of Toxic Positivity? How can it be harmful? How can we change our language to avoid it? Watch the video to learn about Toxic Positivity. Check out the posters to find out what you can say instead.
Toxic Positivity - "Say This Not That" ST Week 1 Toolkit video.webm
Toxic Positivity Week Two Video.webmHow can I avoid Toxic Positivity?
How can I avoid Toxic Positivity?
Now that you know what Toxic Positivity is, learn how to avoid it. Even empathetic people want to "help" by relating others' problems to their own... perhaps in an effort to step into their shoes. However, these good intentions can shift attention away from the person who needs help.*
Now that you know what Toxic Positivity is, learn how to avoid it. Even empathetic people want to "help" by relating others' problems to their own... perhaps in an effort to step into their shoes. However, these good intentions can shift attention away from the person who needs help.*
To learn more, watch the video.
To learn more, watch the video.
*Stand Together acknowledges that many neurodivergent individuals communicate this way and need to relate their own experience to others in order to empathize, and we recognize that this is not done out of competition or lack of listening. When a personal experience needs to be relayed in an effort to relate, try quickly shifting the focus back to the person in need once the situation is understood.
*Stand Together acknowledges that many neurodivergent individuals communicate this way and need to relate their own experience to others in order to empathize, and we recognize that this is not done out of competition or lack of listening. When a personal experience needs to be relayed in an effort to relate, try quickly shifting the focus back to the person in need once the situation is understood.
What can I say instead?
What can I say instead?
Learn and practice phrases to say instead of what you might be inclined to say in order to avoid Toxic Positivity. When someone you know is struggling with their mental health, try to use supportive phrases that show you understand what the other person might be going through rather than just dismissing their feelings with hollow platitudes.
Learn and practice phrases to say instead of what you might be inclined to say in order to avoid Toxic Positivity. When someone you know is struggling with their mental health, try to use supportive phrases that show you understand what the other person might be going through rather than just dismissing their feelings with hollow platitudes.
What To Say Instead Toxic Positivity Toolkit Week 3 Video.webmPage updated
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