#pessimism

#pessimism

The study found that optimists shared similar brain activity patterns when imagining future events, unlike pessimists whose brain patterns were unique. This highlights a potential shared cognitive framework among optimists.

"I want to be wrong. Wrong in a new way," says the unnamed narrator of Nate Lippens's 2021 debut, My Dead Book, after learning of yet another friend's overdose and death.

Summer is often perceived as a time for joy and positivity, but for many, including the Irish, it brings discomfort rather than happiness. The heat makes daily life, with its usual pleasures, become a struggle.

"My two millennials detest making phone calls. They only make the phone calls they absolutely have to. They communicate with their friends and boyfriends solely by text. To me, the art of human communication is lost because texts do not convey emotions."