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.

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The expectation you describe is the literal definition of pessimism.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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?

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 1 points 1 month ago

There are different levels of depression.

[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

This article might help:

https://medium.com/the-ascent/the-magic-that-happens-when-we-stop-equating-pessimism-with-realism-9480a5481540

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 1 month ago

Huh, I always heard "hope for the best, plan for the worse". Which I think is a better strategy to handling the inevitable bad.