# Toxic positivity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-positivity/847167>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 29, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-positivity/847167 "2020-01-29T16:25:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-positivity/847167/42 "2020-02-04T03:06:39Z")

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> [@phantom\_lamb](#):
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> As someone with serious anxiety issues, suffering from debilitating and terrifying panic attacks for years now - I’m glad there’s a name for what I’ve been additionally suffering from in the form of “help” from friends/family.

I hear that, and while I try to look past it and instead only focus on the intentions of my so called “helpers” it can be trying at times.

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**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxic-positivity/847167/43 "2020-02-04T03:16:04Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> This behavior is common among sports fans. No matter how many losing seasons they’ve had, it’s always “Next year is our year!” They’re going to win the Super Bowl, or make a deep playoff run, no matter how many times they’ve been wrong. It’s almost as if they \*want \*to be crushed by disappointment time and time again.

I grew up as a Boston Red Sox/New England Patriots fan during the 1970s-90s so I’ll have to respectively disagree with your logic here.😃

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