Gratitude seems simple, but what about when societal expectations make us feel like we are forced to bypass our feelings to show it? CA and Jaime discuss how gratitude can be used as a weapon, how societal pressures of showing it affects those who are neurodivergent, the importance of authentic gratitude, and more.

Notes:

• The origins of gratitude

• How the way we are taught gratitude affects how we see it as adults
• Gratitude and guilt
• Social constructs and neurodiversity
• Why bypassing your feelings to show gratitude can be dangerous
• Gratitude and gaslighting
• What does genuine gratitude look and feel like
• Weaponized gratitude

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