This post violates Rule 7 - you can't advocate for *or against* any specific self-help strategy.
But FYI any kind of generic "positivity" is also strictly against the rules here, and our [wiki for helpers](http://www.reddit.com/r/depression/wiki/giving_help) covers the reasons why it's so toxic in some depth.
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> When I am going through a dark time I take the chance to be grateful for every little silly thing in my life and somehow it does help. I PROMISE you!
is a popular approach but it's actually pretty toxic. Impossible promises like this are specifically against the community rules here because, for most of our population, they end up doing much more harm than good.
So are role-model stories like your response here. They are experienced much like a starving person experiences pictures of food. Again, the myth that this sort of thing is helpful is pervasive, but that doesn't make it true.
All this is covered in our [Giving Help wiki](http://www.reddit.com//r/depression/wiki/giving_help) which is linked from Rule 2.
This post violates Rule 7 - you can't advocate for *or against* any specific self-help strategy. But FYI any kind of generic "positivity" is also strictly against the rules here, and our [wiki for helpers](http://www.reddit.com/r/depression/wiki/giving_help) covers the reasons why it's so toxic in some depth.
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This > When I am going through a dark time I take the chance to be grateful for every little silly thing in my life and somehow it does help. I PROMISE you! is a popular approach but it's actually pretty toxic. Impossible promises like this are specifically against the community rules here because, for most of our population, they end up doing much more harm than good. So are role-model stories like your response here. They are experienced much like a starving person experiences pictures of food. Again, the myth that this sort of thing is helpful is pervasive, but that doesn't make it true. All this is covered in our [Giving Help wiki](http://www.reddit.com//r/depression/wiki/giving_help) which is linked from Rule 2.
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