Half empty /Half full type of person

I used to be glass half full kind of person but, the older I get, the emptier my glass gets.

I always plan for worst case scenario, if I know what I’d do if the worst happens I don’t worry about it. Half full, half empty? Guess it depends which way you look at it .

Always half full for me, ever the optimist.

Hope things improve for you soon gillybob

I'm a realist, so sometimes my glass is half full, and sometimes half empty, and drained to the bottom, too, at times.

Gilly has anyone mentioned trigeminal neuralgia to you? Your pain seems very similar

Or, gillybob, has anyone mentioned cluster migraines? BIL had those caused by stress, we think. They can be mistaken for sinusitis, so probably severe toothache too.

My glass is usually half full although I do worry about the family.

Oh Gilly, I was hoping so much that your tooth/faceache had settled down. Are you on the list for cancellations? It's ridiculous that you're being left so long simply because you're a carer, without everything else that life is throwing at you.

A pessimist will worry about bad things happening. Some of them won’t and worry and energy will have been wasted. An optimist will also have bad things happen. But they will have been happier before that. I’m an optimist but even I’m worried at the moment about this dratted virus!

My GP says it’s acute sinusitis but I know it isn’t . I felt the most horrendous pain during the second root canal procedure and despite being well frozen it felt like the drill went right up behind my eye (sorry I know that sounds disgusting ). I almost shot out of the chair . He then proceeded to try and numb it more but I am sure he did something, well I know he did. The next day my face looked like I had been in a boxing ring and it got more and more swollen over the next few weeks. I have lost count of how many courses of antibiotics I have taken and can’t remember the last time I wasn’t in pain. Have since seen a different dentist (the one who has referred me) who says taking the tooth out might be pointless now.

I was never frightened of the dentist . My lovely trusted dentist of over 30 years retired last year and this new guy took over the practise. The very thought of visiting the dentist now is terrifying.

Have you been prescribed anti-inflammatories, gilly, rather than just painkillers?

GPs don't like prescribing them but they will in exceptional cases. I don't mean ibuprofen, something stronger such as Naproxen.

I'm neither half full or half empty. Perhaps I have no glass at all. I'm a 'take things as they come and deal with them' kind of person.Poor Gilly. I can't sympathise with you enough, having been through both toothache and sinusitis in my almost 80 years. One time when I was sure it was sinusitis, the doctor had it x-rayed and sent me to see a dentist who removed the tooth. This was in the 60s - nowadays my brilliant dentist would do a root canal. Have you had any x-rays or scans? I wish I could introduce you to my wonderful dentist, but distance precludes this move. I wish I could be more constructive, Gilly. This situation is not of your making. I just think it's time you were taken more seriously.

I'm definitely glass half empty. I am cautious and not a risk taker and like to have things planned as much as possible. This way things are more likely to go well and I don't need to worry. My take on glass half full is not like people here are saying. To me being glass half full is not being organised, not planning ahead and hence things going wrong that could easily have been avoided - life is worse like that.

An optimistic nature has got me through a lot of difficult times, including at the moment.

And me Monica

I used to be a glass half empty person until a major life event 13 years ago... it was either stay in bed with head under the covers or get up and do something about it. Very glad I chose the latter... I’ve never looked back and see things in a very different light now. ?

Grandmamoira funny how the same phrase can mean entirely different things to different people.

I wasn’t lucky enough to be born with a lovely sunny disposition, so my default is glass half empty BUT I but have been training myself to see things more positively and it’s working. Hence my user name.

silverlining I am not sure it is a question of having a sunny nature, more a question of having looked into the abyss and seen the alternative and decided that being positive is the better option.

Key is being positive, doing all you can to get the best out of any situation, not having a “problem” just a “challenge”.