How do you cope with disappointment?
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gtravels loves her life penguin
ANSWERS: 19
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what kind of disappointment, or is it disappointment in general ? some people get depressed often, but what I usually do is have something to do that relieves stress. something i can get my mind off of it for a bit, until I am a bit more relaxed. I then try to find alternatives to that disappointment and see how I can avoid it in the future. it's hard,because i don't always remember, but trying is all I can do :-(
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By pokin whoever dissapointed me, IN THE EYE.
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I usually withdraw for awhile and start to focus on the good things about my life and I work myself out of it. We all get disappointed from time to time, but we probably disappoint others at least as much as we are disappointed so there's no point in dwelling on it.
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I sleep on it - it always looks slightly better the next day. Time is a great healer etc. The other thing is to find out why I was disappointed - ie, was it something I did, and if so, could I do things differently next time? And if there's nothing I could do differently, then it's back to just letting time pass and the feeling recede.
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Parayer, I prayer when someting is not going right.
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Having quite a few disappointments thoughout my life i have got to the point where i can hide it most of the time it depends on how big the disappointment is.
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I try to think beforehand about the various ways something might turn out, and how I'd cope. That way, if it turns out well, I'm happy, but if it turns out badly, I'm more prepared for it than I would be otherwise. It doesn't hit me as hard. Of course, a great big disappointment is going to knock me over, the same as it would anybody else - but it'll be even worse if I haven't thought through it ahead of time.
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anger. anger combined with an intense desire to punch someone and scream. possibly simutaniously.
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Bullets Fire Bombs anythink you like im not one for dealing with people who disapoint me. I have a selected Group of friends and they dont let me down or disapoint me (i work with alot of them). so i mean keep your life in check and there will be little disapointment. Theres a difference between running out of weed and being disapointed and failing an exam. I just shrug my shoulders and go meh at the little things, and talk to my friends about the major things.
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Some year before it was more difficult for me, but I am getting cooler about that. Or you mean this kinds of things which totally change your life? For instance, losing your job in a moment where you cannot find another one so easily? Well I would not try to repress my feeling, go in a desert place and cry out loud, I suppose I would feel better afterward. I would not want to think about it for months.
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Ride with it for a while knowing something will perk me up in the near future and wash those blues away.
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IF YOU WERE A PESAMISTIC (YEP I CAN'T SPELL!) YOU DONT GET DISAPOINTED.
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I have become an OPTIPEST. I take an optimistic outlook for all pessimistic events.
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the ones that i use the most often are,the aesops fable of the fox and the grapes,where he walks away saying the grapes were probably sour anyway,or,that everything works out for the best,or that thats fate,it just wasn t meant to be.
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By telling myself that it can be worse, and compare my plight to worse things.
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I think on the good things I have and what good I can still do. And then I get busy again usually helping others so I don't feel like it's all about me me me.
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It's something i've struggled with myself....try this link to a very useful article....hope it helps.... http://ezinearticles.com/?Six-Powerful-Steps-to-Help-You-Cope-With-Disappointment&id=1030016
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its one of the hardest emotions i find to deal with, fortunately, im gutted for a day, and then i get over it, fairly quickly, spose im a born optimist :)
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gtravels, disappointment is not on the road to anywhere good. It is a lingering by-product of something that was lost and is best forgotten. The unpleasant milieu can and should be short-circuited, proscribed, circumvented, left behind. I suggest this treatment include focussing on the good things that abound in your life, launching new endeavors, immersing yourself in positive activities and friendships. Acording to Aesop, however bad your situation there is always someone worse off than yourself - I can't imagine how he ever came to hear of me though.
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