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Do you see the best in every situation, or the worst?

Are You Actually More Optimistic Or Pessimistic?

This Word Test Will Reveal If You’re More Optimistic Or Pessimistic

Being more optimistic means you generally tend to take most of life’s setbacks in your stride and don’t read them as detrimental. When you have a good experience, for example, you don’t see that as merely luck as many pessimists would, you see it as something you deserve and have worked hard for. Your kryptonite is overly negative people, since they can severely affect your mood. Often you feel as though you have to overcompensate for their negativity, and this drains you of a lot of your energy.

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Being more pessimistic doesn’t mean you’re a wholly negative person, in fact in many cases it’s exactly the opposite. It does mean, however, that you err on the side of caution with much of what you do. For example, when life is going good you have a tendency to read this as out of the ordinary and immediately expect something terrible to come along. Your pessimism fluctuates based on your mood or environment, so if something unfortunate happens at the start of the day, you’ll tend to write off the entire day as a Bad Day.

Are You Actually More Optimistic Or Pessimistic?

The rules are simple: Look at the image BEFORE scrolling down and think of the first word that comes to mind. Once you have it, scroll down and pick the word you were thinking of. If it’s not there, just pick the word you’re most drawn to.

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