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任务型阅读"Just think positively!""It could be worse.""You should look at the bright side!"We've all heard (and maybe used) these phrases without much thought. But they could be contributing to a culture of toxic (有毒的) positivity. For those new to this term, it might sound like an oxymoron (矛盾修辞法). How can positivity be toxic? Isn't it supposed to be helpful, or "positive", as the name suggests?"Toxic positivity is when somebody avoids all negative thoughts or feelings, pretending everything is going well when it is not," explains Melissa Dowd, a therapist at PlushCare, a virtual health platform. Whitney Goodman, another licensed psychotherapist, describes toxic positivity as the "endless pressure to be happy and positive, no matter what the circumstances are."It's also something we can cause other people to experience.Toxic positivity causes us to suppress our emotions, which can make them worse. "Although it can be helpful to look on the bright side when facing challenges," Dowd says, "not coping with negative feelings in a healthy way in the moment can lead to those feelings resurfacing later in different areas of your life or as a form of anxiety." "If I feel like you're going to set me aside, I'm going to stop sharing how I'm feeling," Goodman adds.If you're using toxic positivity against yourself, Goodman suggests remembering it's OK if you're upset about something. It's valid if something annoys you. "Allow ourselves and other people to share when they're going through a difficult time," she says. Dowd adds that it's essential that "we all learn to cope with and process our emotions in a healthy way as opposed to avoiding how we feel" as life's stressors continue to rise. For example, instead of simply saying "Just think positively," we'd better say "Sometimes bad things happen. How can I help?"A. Are there ways to avoid toxic positivity?B. Toxic positivity also interrupts connection.C. It can harm people who are going through difficult times.D. Expressing toxic positivity to others may look like offering them a simple solution.E. They become more intense and can also cause long-lasting health concerns in the future.F. Experts say constant forced positivity can lead to the opposite, and have a negative effect.G. This is what we may bring on to ourselves by not allowing negative thoughts and feelings. 答案：【1】F【2】G【3】E【4】B【5】A

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