Quality of thinking is very relaxed, neutral, or even positive. Thoughts come and go effortlessly, without causing any significant distress. Living in the moment, attending to tasks at hand. Feelings of warmth, compassion, humor, gratitude, curiosity.
Life appears to be manageable.
Even when solutions to problems do not seem evident, there is a feeling of faith that things will work out. These qualitites of healthy psychological functioning get projected out into the individual's world, so relationships run smoothly, work gets done, leisure time is pleasurable. The other end of the spectrum, unhealthy psychological functioning, feels very different. The qualitiy of thinking is full of effort, distressful, painful. Feelings of anger about the past, or fear about the future.