Realism VS. Pessimism

There's a thin line between the two, realism and pessimism. Usually optimism is on its own lying towards the other end of the spectrum, so nevermind about it. And also because I'm usually only on that end when conversing with a depressed friend, which makes me on this side 95% of the time.

I feel bad for people who bother to read my blog sometimes, I'm so damn angsty LOL. I respect you all man. Feel free to discuss life with me anytime, it's one of my favourite topics! And I don't think I judge? I'd flat out tell you if I find you wrong though, but I don't think I'd unfriend you without ample understanding.

Back to the topic. I'm always guiding my emotions by logic, so I feel pretty realistic most of the time. And I know I sound depressed in my posts but that's 'cause I voice my musings/muses here. I guide myself by a pretty sad set of beliefs so I'm actually kinda happy in real life tbh. Lowered expectations and whatever. There's a saying that goes, "Pessimists expect it when things go wrong, and get pleasantly surprised if they don't." Following logic, this makes being a pessimist more realistically beneficial to us as the odds are, essentially, in our favour.

I gotta mention the other side of the argument though, that human psychology may work differently. Optimism seems to put a person in high spirits most of the time, and when their expectations get crushed, the true optimists get right back up on their feet. If they do fall, however, they fall the hardest. So it's up to us whether we wanna take the risk, and being calculative I choose not to. Do you?