Are you Optimistic or Pessimistic by nature?

Im partially optimistic and partially pessimistic. Thats all I can say. Its because, at many of the situations I feel that you need to be pessimistic to avoid the forecoming problems. But at handling the problems related to the families, I feel I need to be more optimistic and take a wise decision. Pessimistic decisions there may worsen the problem more.

I've always been the optimistic one. Always looking at the bright side of things. There was a point in my life where I decided that it's no use worrying about something that you have no control of. People worry, get depressed, sometimes get sick, and all these doesn't help in solving their problems at all. So if you think about it, it's such a waste putting a lot of energy into a problem that you cannot do something about. So I just let the big man upstairs take care of it because I know with Him nothing is impossible, and let my mind take a rest. I enjoy life more being this way, and I believe a lot of people would lead better lives if they can incorporate optimism and drop their pessimistic views.

Well I am a pessimist by nature my friend but I have made myself become an optimist - and positive thinking really helps! Whenever a negative thought pops into my head I try to replace it immediately with a positive one! You really can change your mind set - I know i have and continue to do it! xxx

I'm rather pessimistic. Life isn't always pretty and good things don't always happen and life isn't fair and I got a bum deal and so on. These thoughts run wild in my head. I can get the upper hand at times but the negative certainly rules my brain. It's hard work to think happy thoughts. And by now I'm so used to it, it seems normal.

i am optimistic by natue,in a way that whatever bad happens i take it in an affirmative way, i think i should give myself another chance as such and i should learn things, learn lessons from the mistakes i have done in the past. I never think that i have done a huge mistake and i should go and try it once again. When something bad happens,hope for better... thats optimistic character!

I see a glass as half-full. I guess that makes me an optimist... But there are times that I am as suspicious as they come...I guess that makes an occasional pessimist...

Im an optimistic... i cant think of any task as impossible,infact people who say "man....its impossible for me" are deep pessimistics..I say "Mann..its possible".. When a person says a task as possible, his mind automatically prepares for the task and then its the person who has to think how to solve the task... if a person says a task is not possible for him, then his mind automaticaly sets the flag to false, and even though how hard the person tries to work on, he cant get any fruitful result..

I am optimistic and I believe that - 'Hope for the best and be prepared for the worst'. Life is here to enjoy and enjoy it as much as you can.

I look at a water glass that is filled halfway up and say the glass is half full I am an optimist and always will be. I enjoy life and I enjoy everything to do with life. i wake up in the morning and smile and say What a beautiful day!!

I am very very optimistic by nature becasue I and not a Pessimist. I always look forward of a brighter future inspite of all the hardships that I am going through...no matter how the dark each and every moment that passes by...by doing so, I am able to survive and hurdle even the hardest obstacles that went my way...otherwise...things have turned out very differently.

I can definitly say that i am an optimistic person. I know that i have been an pasimistic one before, But i really saw that it does not help me in any way, and when i started seeing things in an optemisitic way, good things started to happen in my life. :)

These days, I think I am a more pessimistic person. I wish I weren't and I try to be positive, it's just that there has been a lot of things go downhill in my life in the last 6 months and I just feel like I am in this whole that I'm not sure I'll ever be able to climb out of.

Myself, I think that I am an optimistic person. I see the things in my life as they can be achived. And as much as I know I have achived almost all of the things I wanted do do.

I unfortunately find myself to be very pessimistic, but i don't like to reveal it to other. I find im more comfortable being pessimistic. I find it worse when you are hoping for something great, and then life just lets you down. Makes you feel..excuse me..like crap. But if your already expecting the wort, and something better happens. It can brighten your day. Or f something bad does happen, well hey, you were expecting it....thats just how i think.

More and more in the optimistic camp. I am looking to find the best side of everything. I believe there is a good side to the events that seem to be hopeless. In every failure, there is something of value to be found. It is easier to be pessimistic because most people are. It takes energy and effort to be an optimist and you have to keep at it and soon it becomes a habit. I may be a bit pessimistic in some minor areas of my life, but in what really matters, I am much more optimistic.

Hello LightninStrike! I can say with confidence that by and large I am quite an optimistic person. I have always tried to see positive side of the picture and always hoped for a better outcome. I believe that optimism can really turn things positive for me. In fact just a couple of days ago, I started a discussion on the movie, "The Secret". It's based on the law of attraction which says that we attract what we think and what we actually are. I think that one can take something positive even from an apparent negative. It is possible that losing something may turn out to be better in some way that we don't understand. I have had experiences in my life where something appeared really bad and negative but later turned out to be very positive. Like I loosed top spot in my 10th grade which really made me upset as I was so longing for that top position. That loss turned my attention to other things in my life, like my family, friends, the problems of poor people around me and my other responsibilities. Had I topped then, I couldn't be such a versatile personality that I now enjoy to be. Plus it gave me really a good perspective of my shortcomings, hence a totally bad appearing thing came out to be positive. If I lose some competition, I think that it is positive not only in the sense that other person who won would be happy but also that I have more work to do to merit it. Sometimes when I get injured and lose blood, I think that it's good as I'll have new blood to replace. If I miss a train or bus and it wasn't my fault, I think that it wasn't probably better for me and in some cases it turned out to be so, as in some instances that bus got accident. Having said that, I do try to see, analyze and weigh negative side of the picture and possible negative outcome from anything. I know that it may seem weird and unfitting with optimism but I am sure that seeing the other side of the picture strengthens and stabilizes my optimism. By seeing negative and dark side, I not only work and eliminate factors of possible negative outcome to reduce the likelihood of that negative outcome but it also prepares me to bear and tolerate in much better way if it really turns out to be negative. I think there are always two ways to approach something, a positive one and a negative. Positive one will always give peace of mind and bliss while negative will create yet more panic and suffering.

I used to be a pessimist. But when I got a bit older and got my son it changed slowly. Now I try to see something good in everything. It is hard sometimes, and yes, there are times when I can get pretty pessimistic. Trying to think positive thoughts and not beating myself up because I can't do everything right now or won't be able to do it perfectly have helped me getting even more optimistic. I rather see on a glass as half full then half empty :)

i do hope i am optimistic. but, the real life situtions often upset me. how to be more optimistic is important and necessary for me. to be more opitmisitic, and more objective. meanwhile, i have this kind of experiece. when i was a kid, i think i am really an optimistic guy, whenever happens to me, i will take it easy. but when i grow up, i become less and less opitimistic.sometimes, life really gives us a good lesson, and changes our character. i think what i say here seems to be pessmistic guy, although i eagerly want to be an optimistic guy...^_^!

Optimism is a healthier outlook but I am pessimistic and cynical by nature. I think I was just born that way and life events have reinforced a natural tendency.

I am more of an optimist than a pessimist. Sometimes, I do feel pessimistic about something when a bad situation really looks to be beyond hope, but usually I try to look at the brighter side of things when things don't go well, but there is still a ray of hope that things can improve. Being optimistic helps one to stay positive, and thinking and acting positively will help one to conquer over adversity. So I am less inclined to be a pessimist.