Toxic positive. How to stop suppressing negative emotions and remain sincere with yourself. Gudman W.

An honest guide that will help to master emotions-even the most difficult-in order to truly hear yourself and become free. To become yourself.

every day they put pressure on us, urging us to be positive. Mantra is broadcast from everywhere: “Think positively. Do not pay attention to the bad. " As a result, we get used to believe that the key to happiness and prosperity is in the suppression of the negativity, wherever it manifests itself - in us or in others. Even when we encounter diseases, losses, separations and other problems, we avoid admitting ourselves in our real emotions.

But if all this positive is the answer, then why do many of us experience anxiety, stress and burnout?

In this book, the demanded psychotherapist Whitney Goodman shares the results of the latest studies, which show how much toxic positiveness is harmful to us and our relations, tells why it is important to finally recognize their real emotions, and describes strategies that will allow you to cope with them. By returning your permission to feel, you can become yourself. The book has many examples and stories from practice. The themes of shaming, perception of the body, self-help, self-help.

for whom the book:

- for those who tend to devalue their negative emotions and pull the mask of a positive image.

- For those who, despite their efforts to think more positively, feel sadness and depression.

- for those who want to react correctly to the feelings of other people. Not “everything will be fine” and “thoughts are positive”, but to support, select the words that will help.