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user-inactivated · 4265 days ago · link · · parent · post: Smile or Die - RSAnimates a scathing critique of the culture of forced positivity
Mesmer. Read and weep. (The blurb that is, not the book itself.)I've never heard anyone try to explain effects of positive thinking in terms of magnetic
or quantum mechanical forces or whatever.
As a young teen I worked for a chiropractor who also practiced what he called homeopathy/energy medicine. I had no understanding of science then, but thinking back on it, it's astonishing to see the number of white, middle-aged women who play into this type of thing. It sounds scientific, so it must be true.
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