"there is nothing worse than living with someone whose negativity and assuredness about how the sky is likely to fall in can ruin one’s sense of contentment. Especially when such doomsayers are hopelessly wrong...". ..... and quite often these views cause internal conflicts, as many contain both views within our view of ourselves and tend to judge others by our expectations of ourselves. we think we can overcome our own failings and follies, indeed many think we have already conquered our faults. we then think others too should overcome the faults we see in them.