The Optimist vs the Depressive Realist - Who is the Rational One in the Room?

In my seven years of writing about bipolar here on HealthCentral, I have never posted on the topic of optimism. Better late than never ...   “Optimism,” declared Voltaire in Candide, “is the madness of insisting all is well when we are miserable.”   Yet, psychology claims otherwise, and to a certain extent they have a point. Optimists live longer, are healthier, happier, and - of course - less depressed....
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