Good Vibes Only: Our Culture of Toxic Positivity

Third Thoughts
9 min readAug 10, 2021

We live in an age of life coaches, self-help gurus, and Instagram influencers. Even after going through a global pandemic that cost people lives, loved ones, friends, jobs, their mental well-being, and so much more, we still hear a familiar message preached persistently online and offline, telling us to stay positive. The fact that the phrase “good vibes only” has achieved meme status is one solid…

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