3 Reasons Why Positive Thinking is Making You More Miserable, and How to Have True Happiness in Life

July 10th, 2017

By Juliet Tang

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Are You Faking It?

Have you ever forced yourself to be positive when you really wanted to punch a pillow or tell the world to screw off instead?

Maybe you are desperately trying to live by the mantra of “positivity thinking kills negativity,” or don’t want to appear like an ungrateful jerk when you receive the 3rd wedding invitation in the mail after your last messy breakup. Perhaps you obsess over teachings from Law of Attraction gurus about cultivating positive thoughts so you can attract positive things, or feel ashamed to show your true feelings because every person on your social media is smiling like Christmas came early for them and makes you question your own sanity.

I have committed almost every single one of the “forced positivity” listed above in the past, and much more.

Don’t get me wrong, positive thinking is a beautiful thing, and it is essential for all of us to take care of our vibration for multiple reasons. However, being fixated on the idea “I must think positive regardless of how I am truly feeling” may just make you more miserable.

Why? And how to turn it around?

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