I too, have serious doubts.
Anyone who knew my mom, my maternal grandmother or my paternal grandmother, would have to agree that these three ladies were characters of eternal optimism and good cheer.

My wife is definitely not a pessimist either.
Eighteen-some years ago, after losing the ability to walk and not yet knowing why, and finding out her son had five major heart defects, she awoke to her husband telling her he "wanted to stay married but wanted the freedom to see other people".
She tried to kill herself with pills that evening, but it was a definite cry for help because she called 9-1-1 immediately afterward.
After that she made a vow to be a fighter.
She not only fought successfully to keep her son alive, she also fought to keep what she still has.

If I was a pessimist, I indeed might live longer but a long life is not a particularly good thing when it is lived out in solitary confinement, which is where I would be, in a maximum security prison, because if I was a pessimist, I would have killed quite a few people a long time ago and I would not be walking as a free man today.

Nope, I am sure that optimists are the ones who live longer.
I think the authors of the study have confused caution with pessimism.


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