According to the book called ‘Learned Optimism’ by Martin Seligman, Optimism is the way you explain things to yourself. Optimism does not mean being positive and happy. You can go into a bad situation and feel bad about it but still be optimistic. There’s a difference between optimism and toxic positivity.

Let’s say you’re at your rock bottom and you start seeing things from a different perspective and try to maintain your optimism by seeing the negative thing as a temporary setback, which is painful but isn’t likely to last long and those circumstances could happen to anybody. So, you can see anybody can be optimistic until and unless they know that the bad situation isn’t gonna be here forever. 

Now that may not apply to everyone. Never force yourself to be positive when you don’t really want to. We also need to understand it’s okay to not stay positive all the time, it’s okay to wallow, it’s okay to share your pain. Give yourself a break and then start reconnecting with yourself that you’ll get through this. Never try to pretend to be okay when you’re not and always take care of your mental health without getting lost in the world of toxic positivity.