ngl send them some articles on toxic positivity and hope they're capable of self reflection
source: my family has/had a lot of people who are unironically 'don't be sad about it! think hopeful thoughts and good things will happen! being sad and pessimistic means bad things will happen'
unfortunately in some cases it can take experiencing senseless tragedy personally to rattle them out of this.
ngl send them some articles on toxic positivity and hope they're capable of self reflection
source: my family has/had a lot of people who are unironically 'don't be sad about it! think hopeful thoughts and good things will happen! being sad and pessimistic means bad things will happen' unfortunately in some cases it can take experiencing senseless tragedy personally to rattle them out of this.