I suppose because I am someone who talks a lot about my feelings, I get a lot of platitudes and advice on how to stop being so darn sad all the time. Sometimes this is well-meaning. Sometimes I think it comes from a place of annoyance or guilt or whatever other feeling the toxic positivity machine has made people feel. One of my recent favorites is the insinuation that I just haven’t yet learned how to manage my feelings. I need to get better at handling rejection and don’t I know that it’s just part of the industry. I need to adopt some sort of coping mechanism. This is another…