Regardless of the bad economic situation and the impossibility of solving basic existential problems, the attitude of a pessimist and a realistic optimist differs significantly.
Optimism, like pessimism, belongs to the so-called personality style, which includes the way in which the causes of bad events are interpreted, psychologists point out.
An optimist always believes in a good outcome, while people with a pessimistic lifestyle always expect bad solutions to situations.
Whether someone will be a pessimist or an optimist depends, above all, on the hereditary factor that determines temperament.
The style of behavior in the primary family is also very important. Constantly worried parents show their children the world mostly as a dangerous and troublesome place. In such a family milieu, it is difficult to expect that a child will have an optimistic outlook on life when he grows up.
Optimism, it's true, can be learned and practiced, that is, to create, metaphorically speaking, a conditional reflex for such an attitude, experts say. However, before that, a certain level of life wisdom must be achieved and one's own basic life values must be clearly defined. Only then, life and everything that happens in it can be viewed with peace and serenity.
In order to be able to look at life on the bright side, we need to know a lot, not only about life, but also about ourselves. Only those in tune with themselves can benevolently laugh at themselves, as well as at what happens to them. By the way, optimistic people are much more satisfied in life and tolerate failure more easily. The basic quality they possess is hope, and it, as we know, helps us to overcome even the most difficult situations in life, reports Nezavisne.
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