Pushing Through the Fear of Being Labeled “Toxically Positive” – to Battle Despair
Ever since I was little, I was called toxically positive. If someone was sad- I’d try to cheer them up and it was often replied to with “you’d never understand how I feel, you have no idea what it’s like to be depressed." I’ve worked in psychiatric hospitals. And homeless shelters And with youth in foster care I can’t tell you how many times people have said those words to me. And the thing is, no one knows what someone else is really going through . We all have silent battles. Sometimes our pain becomes our purpose, [...]