Being "realistic" is often linked to depressive mindsets because it focuses on how things are, and lacks the imagination for how things can be. A depressed min

Being "realistic" is often linked to depressive mindsets because it focuses on how things are, and lacks the imagination for how things can be. A depressed mindset says, "There's no good food in the house", and focuses on this as a negative fact. An imaginative mindset says, "No good food. Time to go grocery shopping". The first is simply "realistic". The later is realistic, and imagines a solution to the realistic problem.