Does anyone else feel like they see things for how they really are rather than being overly optimistic? I hear it could be a sign of minor depression, like depression realism. Sometimes I wonder if I am mildly depressed. But either way, I feel like even people without depression can still see things in a different light compared to others. While someone who is overly optimistic may know for a fact, 100 percent certainty, that they will get the job they want or that a new friendship or relationship will last for a long time or even a lifetime. I feel like that increases the chances of major disappointment if it doesn’t work out.

Others, including me, may secretly think, I may get the job, but there is a chance I won’t. The new friendship or relationship may work out, but it may not or at least not for long. Some people consider me to be pessimistic to think this way but it is just how I think? Is this form of thinking wrong or even a sign of depression? Just wondered, I don’t think it is wrong to think this way. Basically it helps lessen the impact of disappointment if something doesn’t work out, but if it does then that is a bonus and a great feeling to have.