Coming soon :D
First draft for now: counterfactual-including optimism e.g. "I see there are birds flying in the sky today ^-^ but even if there were no birds, today would had still been AWESOME ;P" and counterfactual-excluding optimism e.g. "I see there are birds flying in the sky today ^-^" while implying that, if there were no birds flying in the sky, it wouldn't had been so amazing (the degree of negativity may vary, from a "still amazing but not as much" to "totally depressing scenario"). I think I may focus more on the counterfactual-including optimism here, but I'll probably explore both lol. Hmm... another distinction may be "necessary counterfactual-excluding optimism" vs "contingent counterfactual-excluding optimism". The former means that a person, no matter what happens, always tries to see the "good" in a situation, while however implying that if the scenario had been different, it wouldn't had been as good e.g. if someone doesn't have as much money as the have, they may say something like "I'm so grateful that I'm not filthy rich... life would start feeling meaningless, and there are so many negative sides of being rich". That person may or may not actually believe it. A person who engages in "necessary counterfactual-excluding optimism" would say something like that while poor, whereas if that same person was rich (or became rich afterwards), they would had been grateful for being rich and said that being poor is a bad thing. Contingent counterfactual excluding optimism means that by chance, it simply happened that a situation that a person likes manifested in their lives.
Example (related to banning drugs):
Counterfactual-excluding optimism: "It's awesome that the government banned drugs [optimism], drugs are dangerous and cause issues [counterfactual-excluding, i.e. if drugs were allowed it would be bad]"
Counterfactual-including optimism: "It's awesome that the government banned drugs [optimism], the government is enjoying its freedom to ban what they deem ban-worthy [counterfactual-including, i.e. even if drugs were allowed it would still be awesome]"
Layers of optimism and pessimism:
1: Optimism (external layer) + pessimism (internal layer). Example: "I feel sad today, and that's a good thing, it'll help me understand feelings better and help me grow and become more mature".
2: Pessimism (both layers). Example: "I feel sad today, and that's a bad thing, life is so short, I should not waste time with bad feelings, I should be happy..."
Etc.