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How would one approach discussing toxic positivity with a friend?
She can't get any dates or maintain other friendships because of this personality she's adopted, everyone can see right through it and she comes across as annoying at best, and like psycho delusional at worst, doesn't help that she's 30, stacking shelves, thinking she gonna meet a guy of her dreams at work, refuses to use dating apps because she thinks herself above them and might actually be thinking she's gonna make it in the music industry after a few singing lessons.
She also spams random anime shit, but when I try to connect that way as I used to be a weeb back in the day, she's never even seen any classics, just no-name seasonal moeshit.
I know you tried to make her sounds bad but I'm over here like she's got a job, hobbies, goals, dreams and puts her heart into being the positivity people want in this world...sounds like she's doing pretty damn well to me
I don't think anybody wants that kind of fake positivity but I by no means hold any of it against her. I'm somewhat disillusioned from it all and confused and concerned primarily since she says she's depressed, but change has to come from within sometimes.
Well not to be an asshole but that's just the bare minimum. I know plenty of people have less than that, hope that ain't you. Hope you're doing okay, internet stranger.
Edit: Wow people are downvoting this! I don't really get why
Yeah I come from a background of addiction and homelessness so my idea of good may not be everyone's...doing well internet friend hope your doing the same
Yeah been there done that. For me it was a poly-addiction to benzodiazepines and amphetamines, former for work to quell the panic attacks that I'd be fired and deported back to the third world and the latter to play new vegas on the weekends. At the time it was an improvement from a 6 pack a day and a bottle of gin on the weekends. It was a long road outta all that, but trust me, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I don't even drink non-socially anymore.