I was pondering something yesterday.
Although I'm an introvert, I've met many different types of people in my lifetime. Some online, and some real life. Some of them optimists, some of them pessimists, and some are a mix of the two.
Interestingly enough, I think that the people who admit to being pessimistic are actually somewhat optimistic deep down, because they are actually aware that the way life appears is because of how they see it, not for how it really is. They acknowledge that their outlook affects how things appear.
On the other hand, people who carry a pessimistic attitude, then label themselves "realists" actually seem MORE pessimistic to me. Because they don't believe that the problem is their outlook. But they just see being negative as being "realistic". I've heard the "I'm just being realistic" line many times. But it is still an outlook whether you admit it or not. It is scientifically proven that human minds are hard wired to blow up negative thoughts more than positive thoughts. So in a way, you almost have to go against
your own nature to see things clearly.
If these people were really "realists", they would in fact look at things in a more positive light than the majority of people. Because they would be looking outside of how they are hard wired to see things.
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