Are depressed people more realistic?

[thesummerqueen]

so your answer to the OP is that pessimism is not more realistic then optimism?

Apparently not in my case.

the OP is pessimistically deluded then?

I didn't say that. Pessimistic, maybe. Deluded? That remains to be seen.

again from the OP:
The typical person, it seems, depends on these happy delusions for the self-esteem needed to function through a normal day...

does this mean you are atypical who is not depending on happy delusions?

If the study found conclusively that the majority of people live on happy delusions, then yes, I would be in the minority. On the other hand, what was the sample taken from?

All I can say is that I don't tell myself that ALL of life is happy and great. I just recognize that MY life is rich and good, and I'm grateful for it and continue to work hard to keep it.

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PS - I hate it when you lazy people have to quote an entire large post because you can't be bothered to snip it down to key sentences or phrases. Such a waste of forum space.