Toxic Positivity

Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras · Jul 16, 2026 · 1m

Morning Mantra: "Never tell a person to be strong when they come to you to be weak."

I know I talk a lot on here about being positive. But there is a phenomenon called toxic positivity that we should all be aware of.

Toxic positivity is a process which results in denial, minimization, and invalidation of the authentic human emotional experience.

Toxic positivity is a forced, false positivity. So when you or someone share something difficult, it insists that you turn it into something positive. Which ultimately should be our goal, except we need to feel our emotions, process the experience…