I don't engage pessimists, but I have compassion for them because I was one once. None of us can really know the depth or course of another's pain, anger, or fear, or how and why or why not they choose to deal with it.

Rented an attached ‘cottage’ from a woman whose behavior I eventually had to search online to figure out what I was dealing with.. I believe it’s called a toxic personality, at least that seemed the best fit. Crap - when trapped, I became her captive audience for the continuing misories and injustices of (her) life

We’d become ‘friends’ on facebook, where everything she’d post was ..hideously depressing. Described having been an activist myself, but that you must ‘give people a semblance of hope.’ Nope, more and more of the same.

I met some real crazy’s during temporary rents in locations I was looking to settle. It felt like her behavior represented negative women, and the narcissistic ‘Dr’ I’d rented a room from represented men. Fuck - what a trip!

I'm always feel good, happy, energetic, a bad day occasionally, but such is life. When people whine to me, I have no idea what to say to them, so I just nod my head...but I'm thinking "Don't bring me down! " haha

It’s really nothing to do with sex or age....people of all ages fall into basically two personality types. Optimists and pessimists. Pessimists complain and are gloomy by nature and optimists are the opposite. I am glad to say I am an optimist and tend to look favourably on most people and don’t like to bore people with my health concerns or other woes. I do find pessimists can really bring the mood down when around them, but my natural resilience can usually overcome this. The best thing to do is spend as little time as possible in the company of negative people who make you feel angry at their constant complaining.

Hard not to get peeved at them alright. Gotta breath it out though.