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Test The trap of superficial [positive thinking]
Agenda
QUESTION 1: What simplistic version of "positive thinking" does the self-help culture promote?
It suggests that by repeating happy affirmations or ignoring the negative, we can attract happiness and success
Suggests that we should be realistic
Promotes criticism
Teaches you to avoid any emotion
QUESTION 2: Why is the wishful thinking approach fundamentally flawed and damaging?
Because it makes us more realistic
Because it always works
Because it is in direct conflict with our experience of reality and can generate frustration
Because it is easy to apply
QUESTION 3: What creates dissonance when we say "I'm happy" when we feel bad?
Calm and serenity
Even more frustration and a feeling that we are failing even at "being positive"
Clarity
Motivation
QUESTION 4: What is missing from superficial positive thinking?
Logical basis and evidence
Lack of examples
A clear purpose
Support from others
QUESTION 5: What is a healthier and more sustainable alternative to superficial positive thinking?
Pessimism
Realistic optimism and acceptance
Denial of problems
The self-majority
QUESTION 6: What maintains realistic optimism despite not denying difficulties?
The belief in luck
Confidence in our ability to face them
The denial of reality
Hopelessness
QUESTION 7: What does emotional intelligence teach us about difficult emotions?
To repress them
The importance of acceptance ("I feel sad right now, and that's okay") without judgment
To ignore them
To force happy thoughts
QUESTION 8: What happens when we accept our difficult emotions without judgment?
Increases the intensity of the emotion
Reduces the intensity of the emotion and creates space for more positive feelings
It has no effect
It makes us feel worse
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