Toxic Positivity

littlestar777 said:

What is Christian view on toxic positivity? How do you express your pain or do you even express your pain?

I have a very few senior Christian friends and even Pastor teaching me to just "smile" in any difficult situation.

Say, some is in moderate stomach pain mode, we went for jungle trekking and during the session he/she said turning to extreme stomach pain from moderate pain so we gotta stop the journey. They should tell me earlier right and not keep smiling else i will think they're ok? They're should be taking rest? And we all not need to waste the half way effort too.

Another situation is, senior Christian's dad is keep complaining the stomach is very painful and suspect having critical illness. Then she just tell his dad smile and go to see Doctor yet don't complaint so much. I thought she supposes to listen and understand more about the pain?

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Why Toxic Positivity Can Be So Harmful

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