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Having a bad day? Feeling down, depressed or negative? People may tell you to cheer up – focus on the positive. Look on the bright side. There’s even a hashtag for this: #goodvibesonly. That’s toxic positivity say some experts. It’s okay to feel down, depressed and negative. In fact overly positive thinking does us more harm than good. “Most people have a good knowledge of positive emotions and how to deal with them,” according to Dorothee Salchow, a coach in Hamburg and a lecturer at Germany’s Society for Positive Psychology (DGPP). She lists the 10 positive emotions as follows: pleasureinspi…

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