Is it possible not to be optomistic or pessimistic?

Question

Is their a word for it or do you have to be one or the other.?

Answer 1

I guess so. There are different situations in life, therefore people will look at things differently. There may be a logical veiw of something that may effect the atmosphere of the situation.
Simply because you look at one situation negatively, does not make you a pesimist and the same goes for optimism.

Like i said, there are different situations and different views of each one.

Answer 2

In my opinion, evaluation for optimism or pessimism
must be biased and perhaps a subject can be both
optimistic and pessimistic within different facets of
the subject. I don't think neutrality in this context is
possible. To not know the reason is not to be neutral;
it is to not know whether it is optimistic and/or pessimistic.

Answer 3

Being moderate, sometimes with a little pessimism and sometimes with a little optimism. I would not say that this is a definitive answer. I think this is an excellent philosophical question and should be explored deeper, and researched, may be psychological studies have been done in this area.

Answer 4

That would be realistic, and I think most of us combine moments of optimism and pessimism to equal out to a sort of realism that works most of the time for us. How about you?

Answer 5

You can live in the now and experience life before you get a chance to analyze it and fit it into a category.

Answer 6

how bout neutral?

Answer 7

"Dead in the water."
"Comatose."
"Indifferent."
"Apathetic."
"Passionless".
"Cold".
"Blase".
"Unimpressed."
"Unfeeling."
"Lymphatic."