The belief that one should be happy all the time is delusional and leads to detachment from reality.

“This idea that you can just be happy all the time and you know everything's great and awesome. is like, "No, life doesn't work that way." And in fact, if you try to if you try to think that way, like you're just going to become this like delusional looney who's completely detached from from reality”

Promoting a culture of curated perfection is harmful because it invalidates real human struggles and increases feelings of isolation.

“I am just so tired of us pretending this toxic positivity of like only show the highlight reels and show how happy you are and show how much money you make and show the relation, show all of the beautiful. But then we wonder why we feel so alone when we don't see the other side”