Your story is spot on with my experiences dabbling with reframing lately (the kind presented in Learned Optimism, where the practitioner is aware of their belie

Your story is spot on with my experiences dabbling with reframing lately (the kind presented in Learned Optimism, where the practitioner is aware of their beliefs and debates internally to install new beliefs. Negative things are reframed to be temporary or impersonal while positives are permanent general traits about the individual) I've known some people who have seemingly indestructible self confidence, bordering on delusional, and this seems to be how they do it. I don't particularly want to be delusional, but I'd rather be happy than right.