Optimism. There’s a study out now that concludes how being perpetually optimistic can be bad for you. Not acknowledging that there is the possibility of something bad going on out there could lead to hasty, harmful decisions.
But don’t feel bad if you’re a Little Miss Sunshine. It’s not your fault. Your brain is defective. Or so the study suggests. When faced with negativity, there is less activity in the frontal lobe in overly optimistic people which causes them not to revise their expectations as much as someone less consistently positive.
In other words, in bad economic times optimistic people are more likely to let an investment ride, leaving them more open to potentially losing everything than someone who adjusts investments accordingly. Or forgetting about safe sex because no way could they pick up any of those nasty diseases out there even when presented with indisputable statistics.
As I see it this just goes to prove that there’s nothing wrong with having a bit of Eeyore in you.
Yesterday, vitamins. Today, optimism. Tomorrow? Can’t wait to find out. Yep, still searching for that sarcasm font.
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