It’s easy being positive for some people. Others can’t maintain such a mentality for more than a few minutes. Nothing wrong with either side, but it can create a challenge in one understanding the other. We all want to be positive as much as possible. Maybe there’s a trick to it that pessimists and negative people can’t figure out. Maybe it’s simply not in everyone’s nature. Seems like a perfect topic for questions. (Don’t worry. Those who tend to be negative get their shot in two days.)
- Why do you think some people are always positive?
- How easy do you think it is to be positive in the face of disaster?
- What connection do you believe positive energy has to mental health?
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This isn’t me. I like to think I’m somewhere between realist and pessimist. I’ve just seen too much.
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Some people come across as perpetually positive but you never know what lies beneath the facade. I knew a grad student when I was at UC Irvine, always happy and postive and always saying nice things to everyone. She committed suicide.
Being positive in the face of disaster is something everyone else needs! It takes a special person.
I agree with Annabelle. People who are happy and positive more than 50% of the time are likely to have good mental health.
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Why do you think some people are always positive? I think being positive has an influence on how people react to challenging circumstances. Those who are always positive have learned that to react negativity to negative situation only makes them worse.
How easy do you think it is to be positive in the face of disaster? I think it is very difficult and must be a learned response.
What connection do you believe positive energy has to mental health? I believe positivity feeds good mental health as well as physical health. The mind and body have protective mechanisms that tend to be called up in times of challenge. A positive attitude keeps the most stress related defenses as backup.
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