What you see first in this mind-bending optical illusion reveals if you are an optimist or a pessimist

A QUICK glance at this optical illusion can reveal a lot about your personality.

Determine whether you're an optimist or a pessimist with this brainteaser.

The illusion shows a cat walking on a set of stairs the mind-bending layout will leave you questioning a major detail.

While the feline is facing forwards, it is unclear what direction it is walking on the stairs.

Its paw is outstretched as it continues moving but which way is it going?

The greyscale image, shared by The Minds Journal, warps your sense of perspective.

Whichever way you think the cat is moving is said to reveal a lot about your personality.

If you see the cat going down the stairs

You are said to be pessimistic and sceptical if you perceive the feline to be descending the stairs.

Your past is said to shape how you view the cat in this confusing image.

“It may have been based on your experiences in life or just because of the sort of people you may have met that tilted your view of life towards the negative side,”; said the pros at The Minds Journal.

“But this means that you don’t trust easily now, you calculate before you commit, and you are wary of people who seem too sweet.”

According to the experts, people who view the cat going downstairs are “much sharper and shrewd”, making them almost impossible to trick or deceive.

If you see the cat going up the stairs

On the other hand, you are thought to have a more optimistic outlook on life if you see the cat walking up the stairs.

According to the pros at The Minds Journal, these people see potential and growth wherever they look.

“Your mind has been trained to look at ways of rising higher in life,” they explained.

“So given a situation where you have the choice of rising higher than others or falling to their levels, you would inevitably be the better person.”

These people are said to show “clear signs of ambition” and aspire to rise high in life.

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