This is true. "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst" comes to mind.

I am proud of you too.

I also find myself frequently buying into the doomerism. The insidious part is that I think it has been affecting my health. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual.

Sometimes I think the pessimistic take is actually the most rational take. But I don't think it's good for humans to live with excessive pessimism...at least not for me. It's almost better if I plug myself back into the matrix and live optimistically.

The other thing I've noticed about doomerism is that the catastrophe is always just around the corner, the goal posts get moved and explained away when things don't materialize. Maybe humans are just really really good at can kicking.

Regardless, I find it maladaptive for myself to focus on doom, even though I might agree with a lot of it.