millions of disappointments, should I choose to ignore them?

United States
September 16, 2012 1:23pm CST
Just like million of people out there, I hate disappointments, but sometimes it just happen, not everything going the way you expected. Recently I also experienced such disappointed experience through an online business I try to work on. It was going quite well on the first phase, but it didn't go well on the second one. And I work on it with quite a lot of effort and expectation. Like someone said, don't expect things too much, or you end up hurting yourself so much. Now, I knew the exact meaning. Maybe not everything goes the way we always want it to be, so when disappointment comes in my way, I try to ignore it. So, how would you cope with your disappointment?
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@riyauro (6421)
• India
16 Sep 12
yeah people change because they don't want to share the goodness of wealth with others and that is why they change. Don't worry you will be better than them one day. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
16 Sep 12
I am sorry that one above was for another discussion and by mistake it got posted here. anyway coming back to your discussion. I eat chocolate when i am disappointed. it cools me down. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
• Indonesia
18 Sep 12
I feel the disappointment many times. I've tried all I can as much as possible in order to get what I want, but sometimes what happens does not match my expectations. When I feel like a failure and disappointment for not being able to realize what I dreamed, I would say to myself "it's just an experiment, tomorrow for sure I will do better than today and way way better than yesterday"
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
disappointments does happen, people can and will always be disappointed at some point, at someone, at some circumstances, at some results of what they did, at people we love even. However we should know and take heart that it is part of what this life is. Sometimes what matters really is that we do not let these disappointments bother us, shake our beliefs, and lose our focus. For me, I know i have been disappointed too many times, I simply do not let them get to my nerves that i am unable to do more for other things, or do something that would only make me feel less competent to improve and do better.
@moneymaka (492)
• United States
17 Sep 12
You know, I would just remember the saying, "Hope the best prepare for the worse", you can't let disappointment get in your way of success, I always continue to push forward to get what I want and always have a plan B, there are a lot of successful people in the world and I don't think everyone just has it easily lucky. Just keep trying.
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
It's important to acknowledge our disappointments and not just ignore them. Disappointment can build character and patience if you allow it to. Learning to deal with your disappointments constructively can make you a stronger person in the end. Every time I experienced it . I just take a deep breath and go for a walk to put my disappointment into perspective. That's the way I coped my disappointment and it helps me to calm my nerves.
@Otanetix (508)
• United States
17 Sep 12
Yes, I hate those moments of disappointment; I usually get angry start pitying myself for awhile. Eventually, I try to either watch a funny YouTube video, watch the news, go to sleep, or read a novel to me forget. For the most part, my coping mechanism for disappointment is just not to dwell on it and occupy your mind with something else. Although I have those moments where I feel completely helpless after something disappointing happens, I usually come to the conclusion that I should just forget about it. I try to think that tomorrow is just around the corner, which is good because it's a new day. Life can be difficult there are just things that cannot be controlled. Moving forward may not be easy, but dwelling on the disappointment will not lessen the pain. I do not enjoy feeling pain so I try to force myself to forget about it. I do it because I do not want to feel overtaken by my emotions.
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
16 Sep 12
Disappointments will always be part of our lives. We can never really get rid of it, we can just deal with it and move on. Whenever I get disappointed with anything, I tell myself that it is okay to feel bad about it for a while. Then I try to cheer myself up: do a bit of shopping, have a haircut, a spa or my nails done, anything just to calm me down and put me in a better mood. After that, when my mind is cleared, I will go back to the incident and see if I can figure out what went wrong and what I could have done to prevent so next time, I will be ready.