Are you a positive or a negative thought person

[spookycat2]

I'm generally a glass half-full person, however when it's obvious there's not much of a positive outcome possible i'm a realist.

 

[Ronni]

I too am a realist, verging toward the positive rather than the negative.

All my life I have attempted to take any situation that befell me and turn it to my best possible advantage/look on the bright side.

My tire is flat? At least it happened close to home and I’m not stuck on the side of the freeway.
New recipe I tried was a disaster? Ok cool I’ve been wanting to try that restaurant that just opened.
Tripped over the dogs and went down? At least I didn’t break anything, only skinned my hand.
Etc.

After Devin died I lost that completely, and I thought, irrevocably. Anything that happened my thoughts about it were completely negative, which makes sense because my entire life view was dark and forbidding.

Within this last few months I’ve managed to regain some of that positivity, though it slips away very easily, especially on the days I’m really struggling.

 

[BJintheUK]

I always used to describe myself as an "optimistic pessimist", and I think that still holds true today. I hope all will turn out OK, but often I don't really expect it to.