But as all toxic societal phenomenons do, toxic positivity reappeared in a disguise: Gratitude culture. Gratitude culture is toxic positivity culture in a costume. A quick google search of “positivity culture” brings up articles about how too much positivity can be harmful, but all of the results for gratitude culture promote it, especially in the workplace. Outside of the workplace gratitude culture also negatively impacts everyday life in the same way toxic positivity culture does. Much like wellness culture is diet culture in disguise, gratitude culture is toxic positivity packaged slightly different and slightly better, but bearing all the same contents.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 17, 2021 15:00 UTC