November is the month of Thanksgiving; a month to look at one’s life and be grateful for what we have. Over turkey and the fixings, we are supposed to sit around a table Norman Rockwell style and get along famously because we have each other.
Reality differs greatly from fantasy in that lots of people do not feel gratitude for their family of origin or the circumstances in which they find themselves. Instead, they find themselves feeling guilty because in November because they do not get the warm and fuzzies at Thanksgiving.
In this article, we are going to focus on toxic positivity and gratitude shaming.
Toxic Dysfunctional Homes
Unfortunately, many of us grew up in homes that were highly toxic and dysfunctional. Holidays were just times of the year when we were forced to stay home from school and in with harmful parents and siblings.
While some fighting among family members is expected, there was constant conflict between our family members in our homes where the fight never ended, and the problems were never resolved. The primary cause of toxic dysfunctional homes is a corrupt parenting style where the parents are abusive, controlling, or neglectful.
Living in a toxic household does not only involve physical, sexual, and narcissistic abuse but also a constant state of war exists between the parents, which makes living in a toxic home a living hell for children.
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