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Why toxic positivity hurts during terminal illness

My wife has terminal cancer and everyone keeps telling us to 'stay positive' but we both just want to be sad and angry and no one will let us.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Society's discomfort with death forces artificial optimism onto those who need permission to grieve.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Palliative care and comfort medicine?”

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