“When a nine-year-old is dealing with a huge negative thing, it doesn't matter if I agree that it's a huge negative thing. What matters is that experience... I just have to wait out the big bad feeling... and then in its wake, there is some space for something positive”

Hidden Brain · Why Am I Unhappy?

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What was described

Suggests that telling a child to "focus on the positives" when they are experiencing a big negative feeling is unhelpful; instead, wait out the negative feeling before introducing positivity

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