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dioxol-5-yl t1_it5quri wrote

But hey, if you share something with someone and their positive attitude makes you feel uncomfortable you can just tell yourself this over and over again but what you're really saying is your comfort in believing there is no positive so you can think woe is me how hard is my life is more important than the reality that there is actually a positive

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sensitivepistachenut t1_it6bgpg wrote

I don't think it's the positive attitude that irritates, but lack of empathy and avoidance of the subject. If something horrible has happened to someone, they need some time to process the situation before they can recover. You can't speed up the process by demanding them to focus on positive side. They'll do that when they have passed the trauma

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