On one hand: "If you're hurting, feeling lonely, depressed, suicidal, etc... talk to someone." encouraging people to open up.
On the other hand: "Stay positive. Cut out negative and toxic people out of your life." encouraging people to stay positive, while simultaneously and unwittingly stigmatizing and shaming people who experience difficult uncomfortable "negative" emotions.
For those who experience heavy uncomfortable emotions, knowing who to trust becomes a tricky endeavor to navigate. (spoken from firsthand experience) As social beings, the threat of being ostracized can be quite scary.
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