Can you do one for the opposite? My SO always says I’m pessimistic but I think I’m just realistic. I expect the worse and hope for the best. Anything other than a worst case scenario is a pleasant scenario.
It could be. I just don’t feel that way. I feel like I’m always happier because the outcome is seldom the worst. Doesn’t pessimistic thinking usually make for depressed people?
Can you do one for the opposite? My SO always says I’m pessimistic but I think I’m just realistic. I expect the worse and hope for the best. Anything other than a worst case scenario is a pleasant scenario.
The expectation you describe is the literal definition of pessimism.
It could be. I just don’t feel that way. I feel like I’m always happier because the outcome is seldom the worst. Doesn’t pessimistic thinking usually make for depressed people?
There are different levels of depression.
This article might help:
https://medium.com/the-ascent/the-magic-that-happens-when-we-stop-equating-pessimism-with-realism-9480a5481540
Huh, I always heard “hope for the best, plan for the worse”. Which I think is a better strategy to handling the inevitable bad.