Toxic gratitude is when individuals use gratitude as a way to avoid uncomfortable emotions, manipulate others, or only focus on positive aspects while ignoring negative realities.

“toxic gratitude is when you use gratitude to only focus on the good but you completely ignore the big messes the second way that you use gratitude in a toxic way is when you use gratitude to manipulate or shame other people the Third Way is when gratitude becomes a justification to do nothing and to”