I'm just a negative person.

And my negativity, because it's "authentic" - "analytical", "honest", and critical- yup, that's you alright. But the worst you. Dark and rancid, twisted, sometimes toxic. The "you" Scripture calls the sinful nature, damned and devilish. The "you" the devils can relate to, easy target, soon persuaded to do the will of the evil one. Authentic, though.

But what about humility as authenticity? Authentic perspective that can pause long enough to play the "at least" game, my new favorite. 

"At least the birds still sing." 

"At least there's coffee." 

"At least my village hasn't been raided and my family murdered." 

Yes, there will be times the darkness is so dark you can't play any games at all. Then, you should probably go to sleep. 

But when you awake, try to find some reality that doesn't skew dark, whining, grating, condemning, lacking. Get more data to be about and stop justifying your myopia. Proud darkness may be real, but it's not all that is.