Seagloom wrote...
You begin to understand why I'm a loner. Splendid!
I expect the worst from people.
At one point in my life, after being repeatedly disappointed by people's inability to be loyal and honourable to one another, I realised something:
If I expected the best from people I would probably be constantly disappointed then as well, BUT my default mood between disappointments would be "switched" to being happy and trusting, rather than unhappy and mistrustful. I would no longer be waiting for the next disappointment.
I made a conscious decision to assume people were loyal and honourable towards me until proven otherwise, for the essentially selfish purpose of feeling happy for more of the time.
Contrary to what you might think, there isn't any real "extra disappointment" trade-off, either, because you didn't become more naive or stupid.
If anything, I think that for people of suspicious nature this would probably make you less likely to drive people away, too.
Modifié par Gotholhorakh, 08 février 2012 - 01:41 .