The Positivity Police

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Deblc
Deblc Member Posts: 479
edited May 2015 in Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts

Here is a great blog that debunks the myth that we got cancer because we are not positive enough, or did not fight hard enough. It's hard enough dealing with this crapola, without having people make you feel bad for feeling bad, or for not doing your "best" to beat it. Enough with the victim blaming and "positivity" bullying!!!!

http://medivizor.com/blog/2015/04/30/positive-thin...


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  • Hopeful82014
    Hopeful82014 Member Posts: 3,480
    edited May 2015

    LOVE the term 'the Positivity Police.' It is now a permanent part of my vocabularly!

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  • Deblc
    Deblc Member Posts: 479
    edited May 2015

    Hopeful...my pet peeve

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited May 2015

    Debic- this has also been a pet peeve of mine. Thanks for sharing it. Feel better already! I don't need the extra pressure. I didn't get a personality transplant when they amputated my breasts. Maybe they should offer that as a twofer

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  • Deblc
    Deblc Member Posts: 479
    edited May 2015

    too bad they can't mix some positivity juice in with our chemo infusions !!!!

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited May 2015

    yeah but....I don't wanna be like them

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  • Cheesequake
    Cheesequake Member Posts: 264
    edited May 2015

    Great to read this. Arming myself for discussions I KNOW are in my future. Thank you for sharing, Deblc.

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited May 2015

    Thanks, Debic. I am, by nature, very positive and bc hasn't changed that (much), however, I have never believed it would somehow make my bc "better" or a negative attitude would make it worse.People often say that I will beat cancer because of my positive attitude. When I tell them that a positive attitude won't cure cancer, many act like I've uttered the ultimate heresy. They really want to believe that we have some control over this thing.

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  • labelle
    labelle Member Posts: 721
    edited May 2015

    The "positivity" thing doesn't bother me as much at the whole "fighting spirit" thing (also mentioned in this article), as in "you've got to be strong and fight this." Oh, bite me! My body is not a blanking battleground and I'm not going to turn it into one. Battlegrounds don't fair too well from what I know of military history. I'm not fighting cancer, I sought treatment for it and now I'm dealing with it the best I can-sometimes with a positive attitude, some days not so much.

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  • Jujube43
    Jujube43 Member Posts: 178
    edited May 2015

    Frankly, I am a pessimist by nature. A pessimist never expects good things to happen and if they do a pessimist is very happy! Pessimists are never disappointed...Optimist, positive, bah humbug! I do not fight, I just do what I gotta do..

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited May 2015

    Labelle- so well put. And funny! I almost peed myself

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