Optimism is very important to a person’s physical and psychological well-being. Optimism can bring a person up when things appear down while optimism can also help a person get through the tougher times. Optimism can help a person be confident and hopeful in times when there appears to be no hope or it can be linked to depression among a few things. Many people have questioned if having optimism can help a cancer reddened person have hope or if optimism brings the person down when there is no help. Having optimism does help a person to keep up hope when areas of a person’s life appears bleak and studies have proved that optimism is good for a person. The article, Dispositional Optimism and Primary and Secondary Appraisal of a Stressor : Controlling for Confounding ...