Is being realistic being negative?

I’ve always considered myself an optimist who deals in realism. I like to look on the bright side of things, but prepared to deal with whatever is thrown at me.

Acceptance is already beginning on a good note. I believe you need to get over the incident, give yourself some time to forgive yourself, and treat yourself to some pampering to get yourself out of it. It would be horrible if you refused to get out of that circumstance and continued to feel sorry for yourself.

I get accused of that too. Micromanager who is thankfully gone asks how we handle a certain situation, so I speak up, and get told that instead of describing it negatively, focus on the positives. I wasn't describing anything negatively, I was being factual. This from the person who criticizes everything everyone does, and almost never provides positive feedback. So Happy she's gone.

As long as you don't let your self get to negative and mistake it for realism. You'll be fine. You need a positive outlook, too.

That is the way I get through life with prayer, a lot of positive thoughts, and always trying to achieve my online goals,

Most people elude reality, and when someone brings reality to light for them, they feel insulted and belittled. It's just the way some people are, and unfortunately it is to their detriment.

I am very realistic and logical to a fault so some say.

But I do know some people who have a hard time seeing the positive in our experiences. Do you know such people?

I agree with all you've said. Sometimes, you just have to face facts.

Yes, accepting the reality is also a kind of positive attitude. Accepting that something is impossible is not negativity.

I am a realist. I used to be and optimist; but that has changed as I age.

I agree with you as long a you know you will find someone better or you are okay with being single them it shows you are optimistic.

Yeah I was told I need to think positive and not dwell on the bad (reality) always wanted me to put a positive spin on things... Sometimes there just isnt a rainbow... There is no rainbow in having intermittent power, there is no rainbow in having no running hot water, there is no rainbow in the fact my dad left us for a hoe with bills coming in with no communication so we could have at least gone on centrelink, there is no rainbow of having lived in a house with a rodent infestation for 10 years.... "least you have a house" to be fair the streets would probably be more hygenic at this point.

I completely agree. We were taught to always look on the bright side of life but somewhere along the way a lot of people misunderstood it for always coloring the world pink and not looking and accessing the situation as it is. Left a lot of people living in denial.