Negative People - Do they frustrate you as much as they do me?

I think that many times people are being accused of being negative when they are actually being realitstic. Unbridled optimism lead to too many problems going unaddressed and, therefore, unresolved. One of my issues in this area is exchanging the word "problem" for the word "challenge". It is usually a very sly way of allowing a solvable problem to remain. People complain because "challenges" are eating away at their quality of life. Their being realitistic is the first step toward ending optimistic complacency.

I just responded to another post about negativity and the same goes here. I find myself becomming more and more distant from people in general because of all the negativity they spew. I really try hard to see the silver lining in all situations and I have been having a much tougher time allowing myself to be taken in by their issues. Not saying I don't care for people but I'm really tired of trying to convince them that they are the only ones responsible for how they feel and how they percieve a specific "challenge" (to quote a prev post) I make the decision to be positive and take as much good from every situation that I am involved in as I possibly can. All I can say is that if more people were to adopt this attitude we would have a much better planet to live on!

No,you're right.I deal with it everyday and yes it's very depressing.I don't know if it's job pressure,family,or what but there are a lot of miserable people out there.Me,I learned to scrape the bad things off and always think positive.I always try to cheer people up.Sometimes it works sometimes not,but at least I've tried.

well i dont even notice those negative people coz im too engrossed with my work and dont ever time observing different people..but i do have some friends in workplace and neighbors but not a hint of negativity have been observed ...i guess im not so observant i guess..