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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.