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Why forced gratitude practices can backfire during difficult times

My therapist told me to practice gratitude in the mornings but when I try to think of what I'm grateful for my mind goes blank and I feel broken.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Prescribed positivity invalidates authentic emotional experience.

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