Glass Half Empty or Half Full

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Sometimes my mum tells me that I shouldn't always be so negative about things, or rather "a fountain of negativity' I disagree with her,believing rather that if the day is good,then the glass is half full,if the day is bad,the glass if half empty.

My Dr was wondering why people on the Autism Spectrum appear to have such a negative outlook on things sometimes. I told her about this forum and she asked me to ask around,see what others think. Her main worry is the younger kids,like an eight year old she treats who is very very dark almost too dark for his age.

She's not being judgmental here she simply wants to help.

So what do you guys think? Glass half empty or half full,and if so why do you pick you decisions?

And,do you think we think more negatively than the average person?

This glass is 2x too big

Glass isn't half empty or half full - it's two times too big.

Seeing things negatively is to cope with change or the unexpected. Expecting something bad to happen makes things less bad if something bad does happen. While, on the other hand, if something good happens instead it's easier to cope with a good change rather than a bad one.

It's also just being realistic. I think a lot of it is "emotionally supporting someone" where you tell them positive things while an autistic person is likely to see things realistically, and thus is might come across as negativity. Bad experiences probably play a part.

Neither, I have deliberately knocked over the glass and smashed it into a million tiny pieces!

If your glass isn't full, be a man and fill it. If it's full, be a man and drink it. If you're a girl, be a man and do it anyway.

Don't sit around wondering pointless things about glasses, that's not what they are for.

If you appear to others like a 'n****r at a clan rally', then I suppose negativity is a normal outcome.

However, being negative sucks for you and you rain on others parades and bring them down, so yeah, try not to go there as much as possible.

The problem of negativity is mostly not authentic to being aspie, but how we are treated by society and family

Completely full, just not all liquid.

Maybe I'm too literal here, but I always thought it was a daft expression anyway since they are both the same measure. I could never remember which one was supposed to be positive and which one negative. You could logically explain it either way. Half full could be bad because you've only got half, but half empty means you've already enjoyed having a full glass and consumed half and still got another half to look forward to. So half empty should be better.

I'm over thinking this aren't I?