On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:13:41 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Yes. And given the way my life works, that's where I suspect I'll end
>>> up. :-/
>> 
>> Well, if anything we can always count on you being pessimistic about
>> life. ;-)
> 
> Well that's not entirely true. As you may have noticed, when something
> actually goes right for once, I suddenly become very optimistic.

You need to make it less "sudden" and more a way of being.  While it is 
true that an optimist is likely to be disappointed and a pessimist 
surprised, having a more positive outlook tends to be better for one's 
mental health.

> (Perhaps excessively so.) It's just that for the most part, my life is a
> failure, so usually I'm pessimistic.

See, you need to stop with statements like "my life is a failure".  
That's what we've been saying.  And I won't bore you with things like 
"you've got a roof over your head, you eat regularly, and you've got a 
paying job - and that's much better than a lot of people have" because 
that's not generally helpful.

But at the same time, you maybe should admit once in a while that while 
you think your life sucks, compared to people whose lives really suck, 
you don't have it so bad.

Jim

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