Do You Always Expect The Worst?
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If you always expect the worst from people, your argument may be that that protects you—that if you don’t expect good things to happen then you can never be disappointed. You’re not wrong, but you’re also probably not happy. The trick in life isn’t to expect the worst, but rather to expect the best and know how to handle the worst if it happens. You don’t need to constantly be on the lookout for disaster in order to be prepared for it, but it’s a mentality many people who expect the worst have. And if your excuse for expecting the worst is that terrible things have happened to you, then what do you have to say for the people out there who have had truly terrible things happen to them (worse than your being cheated on or losing your job) and manage still to expect good things? Stumped you, huh? Here are signs you always expect the worst.
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You don’t let yourself celebrate
If something good happens, you don’t allow yourself to celebrate. You usually believe something will go wrong, take the good thing away, and then you’ll just be disappointed and even humiliated for taking joy in the good thing.
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You don’t tell people about your victories
Whether that victory is being offered a promotion or simply being asked on a second date by a guy you really liked, you purposefully withhold this information. You fear things will not work out, and you dread the embarrassment of having to tell people that.
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People don’t tell you about their victories
For fear that you’ll rain on their parade, your friends, family, and coworkers don’t tell you about their victories. You’re such a doomsday believer that you cannot even fake being happy for somebody, so people don’t want to share their joyous moments with you.
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You don’t go to people for condolence
That’s not normal. If somebody cheats on you, if somebody calls off your engagement, or if the job of your dreams is given to somebody else, you should feel compelled to reach out to a friend for comfort. If you don’t feel that urge even the tiniest bit, then you’re a serious case of expecting-the-worst. You weren’t even fazed by this terrible event.
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People don’t come to you for condolence
Nobody wants to hear things like, “That’s just the way life goes,” “People can’t be trusted”, and the dreaded “I told you so” when their heart is broken. So nobody comes to you for condolence.
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You don’t even get mad when people mess up
When someone does something stupid or selfish, you don’t even express your discontent with them. You don’t believe people can learn from their mistakes, change, or empathize with others much so you internalize your anger.
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But you also give no credit to those who do good
You don’t applaud or thank people who do good. Why? You imagine their next bad move is just around the corner, and that this was more a lapse of character on their part, or a plea for attention and approval more than a desire to do good.
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Your job is not the job you want
If you always expect the worst, then you probably didn’t apply to that competitive college, you probably didn’t compete in the creative writing contest at school, and you probably didn’t apply to the job you wanted. You assumed none of that would go the way you wanted so instead you settled for a life you don’t want.
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You are dating someone you’re not crazy about
You think, “At least that way, if they do something terrible to me, it won’t actually hurt me because I’m not that into them anyways.”
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You cancel a date at the hint of mishap
If a guy texts to say he is running five minutes late or if he misspells your name in a message, you cancel the date, believing these to be signs that he is a disappointment and awful like everybody else.
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You have a long list of instructions on your dating profile
Your online dating profile says things like, “Please no narcissists, misogynists, men who go to Vegas on a yearly basis, men who aren’t sure if they want to be married…” and so on. You’re just trying to eliminate every possible bad scenario.
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You read messages from men like a detective
You don’t enjoy messages men send you. Instead you analyze them as if they are clues as to all the ways this person will lie to and disappoint you.
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You do the same thing every single weekend
You eat at the same restaurant, attend the same instructor’s Pilates class, get the same coffee and go to the same bar every weekend. You have found places where things don’t go wrong, and you don’t dare visit any place else.
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Even your mother tunes you out
Even your mother, who apparently is supposed to listen to your every rant, has started to tune you out because you just depress her. Yikes.
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You experience unexplained anxiety attacks
Of course, you do! If you walk around thinking negative thoughts and restricting positive thoughts or emotions, your body is bound to find some way to vent and that will probably come in the form of an anxiety attack.
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