Thanks Owl, I appreciate your replies. I felt my last couple of posts weren’t replied to for a while and considering the subject matter of them it didn’t make me feel great.

Yes I agree, thinking positive is not going to change a situation, and toxic positivity is a real and unhelpful thing.

Did you see the Pixar movie Inside Out btw? Like many Pixar films it works on many levels but I saw it over the holidays and it had some smart things to say about denying true emotions - very smart.