{"id":3244,"date":"2024-07-11T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:47:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:47:49","slug":"sometimes-i-hate-my-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/sometimes-i-hate-my-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I Hate My Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Or, the perils of “worst-case scenario” thinking<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

I’ve been a worst-case scenario thinker most all my life — at least, as far back as I remember thinking about anything. Sometimes it seems better than wearing rosy glasses, if only because I prepare myself mentally for pain or disappointment (sometimes, if I’m lucky), but maybe it would be more pleasant to be an optimist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway … I noticed a week or two ago that a friend seemed to have dropped off the radar (so to speak), and I immediately jumped to the conclusion that something dire had happened. She didn’t respond to my e-mails or text messages, and after a few more days I went so far as to prowl her Facebook profile and send messages to a few of her relatives to see if they had heard from her.<\/p>\n

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\n(Image: “Target Man,” by Nevit Dilmen, on Wikimedia Commons.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Then, before I heard from her relatives, she replied to my text! Turns out her computer had gone kaput while she was traveling, and other than a little inconvenience all was well.<\/p>\n

So why did I envision the worst?<\/strong> Was it just because she and I were working on a project together? No, I seem to do that all the time — and I don’t like it.<\/p>\n

I wish I could look at situations — whether something broken, or a miscommunication with someone, or a revelation of perfidy — and see them in the best possible light instead of the worst. I think it might make for a more pleasant life.<\/p>\n

What about you?<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

P.S. Even though sometimes my brain goes places I’d rather it not, at other times it actually produces something worthwhile. For such possibly interesting things, see
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