11 Clear Signs You Are a Pessimist

Pessimistic individuals overthink a lot

Most of the time, overthinking can lead to sadness, stress, anxiety and depression because it usually invokes certain negative feelings and unhealed bad experiences from the past that affect the mood instantly. Therefore, pessimists often have negative thoughts that can affect their social life. Moreover, many pessimists will always say something negative about themselves in front of other people. Some of them say that ‘laughing at yourself’ is a form of self-irony.

“A pessimist might engage in a subtle negative commentary to themselves (and others) such as ‘I’m not very much fun’ or ‘I don’t have any good luck,'” says Manly.