well, huh

[rm]

My sharp melancholia explained. Or something.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/lf_nm_life/us_mood_memory

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I love it!

[cozzene.livejournal.com]

Apparently I have been negative my whole life. I still remember phone numbers of children I was playing with in 1979.

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

I see a vicious cycle.

[lefaym.livejournal.com]

My dad told me about a similar study a while back, where it was found that although optimistic people are usually happier, pessimistic people are usually right.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

So this is why i still remember DOS 3.1 commands.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

In my experience realistic people are mistaken for pessimistic people ... and that's why pessimistic people seem to be usually right. :)

Which might explain

[newwaytowrite.livejournal.com]

why I am not a good memorizer. I am more a concept and learn from doing kind of person which is apparently why I am smiling and happy trying new things.

I think realistic is required in many a setting, which sadly is lacking when you encounter so many people who have such a low situational awareness.

Sadness has never worked for me. I just can't stay in that head/heart space for any length of time. Mostly because I just can't stand myself when I go there.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Huh. I always thought my memory was sharpened by all the memory games I used to play alone (being an only child.) But if it was the crazy people who raised me by locking me in the bathroom and quizing me about Catechism... OK.

[sethg]

I believe the technical term is depressive realism.