“If you embrace 'positive thinking,' you are - by definition - spurning 'negative thinking.' So it's as if you were on a teeter-totter and are trying desperately to put all your weight on one side - the 'positive thinking' side.”

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This points to the danger of turning optimism into a rigid rule. The line can be read as saying that when someone tries to stay positive at all costs, they may end up denying ordinary sadness, doubt, or anger, like a balance that has lost its center. It lands when advice about attitude starts to feel punitive instead of helpful.

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