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01-06-2017, 08:15 PM
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Are you knock-kneed?
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Middle Hoosierland
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I'm a defensive Pessimist, not fatalistic optimist
The theory of defensive pessimism suggests that imagining—and planning for—worst-case scenarios can be more effective than trying to think positively.
This is so me.
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