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forwardslash · 4234 days ago · link · · parent · post: Smile or Die - RSAnimates a scathing critique of the culture of forced positivity
It's hard to not be skeptical of her when she starts out with, "Why are all these straw-men so unreasonable?!" I've never heard anyone try to explain effects of positive thinking in terms of magnetic or quantum mechanical forces or whatever. Whenever I've heard about positive thinking it has been on how it affects your own body. Our minds have amazing ways of physically changing our body, and as social creatures our behaviour can affect those around us.