iabsurdlyexist wrote:I don't know why I am an optimist or at least I seem that way. Now a cynical optimist? Maybe I am just lucky or Karma is accurate? What are your experiences? Do you turn a negative good or is a negative always bad? Paranoia, fear, pessimism?
My father was a alcoholic and never there, my mother a paranoid schizo and died in her 50's, I was possibly sexually abused and disowned by mother when a child yet I twist things positive, possibly delusional. What makes one person take a certain turn vs. another? I could be a horrible person and worthless yet I made something of nothing. Life is so weird.
How do you diagnose your life?
I tend to be an optimistic realist. This can (at times) be misconstrued as being an arrogant dreamer. It all depends on the person (personality) you're asking.