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Old Mar 11, 2010, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bloom3 View Post
it's the negative thinkers who don't seem to flourish or adapt well imo. i see the positive folks as the ones who are better off adjusting to life's difficulties. jmo

I think they're saying that in the past paying attention to the unpleasant was adaptive.. it prepared the fight or flight response and protected us. Now it's not adaptive but it doesn't effect us evolutionarily (negative thinkers still survive and produce offspring).
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