Am I the only one that automatically thinks of something negative no matter the situation?

I used to think that I was a realist but now I wonder if I ever truly understood the meaning of that word.

According to the internet a realist is a person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly.

My understanding of the word was someone who was neither overly positive or overly negative, just somewhere in the middle seeing life as it truly was the good, the bad and the ugly. Was I wrong?

Nowadays however I can safely say that I have probably fallen to the dark side i.e leaning more to the side of pessimism over actual realism or at least my version of realism. It’s sad how whatever the situation my mind automatically leans more into all the possible negatives of any situation that I find myself in rather than focusing on the potential positive outcome.

Prime example recently during a group job interview while listening to my potential employer talk about how they were looking to have their new hires come on board with their company not as associates but instead as mutual partners my mind instead of imaging a healthy supportive work environment automatically screamed bullshit 😅 cut the cameras dead ass.

I think that it is time for my brain to be rewired. I know that I am certainly not the only person who feels or thinks or sees life that way but I can only focus on changing my own way of seeing things and thinking and that is definitely something for me to work on going forward.

Until next time on this journey of trial and error.