why do we sometimes find ourselves in a repititive situations?

@chiyosan (30184)
Philippines
August 22, 2011 3:45am CST
Have you noticed this on you, on your life, even relationships? I think sometimes we do notice it, we suffer from it and somehow we find ourselves having a hard time getting out of it.. and if we do we'd be all over it again just a few months time... so do you think its just chance that its happening to us, the things we do not want to experience again, do you think its because of our choices, and that its not of other's doing but us putting ourselves in it again?
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@enigma13 (372)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
I have been in a similar situation numerous times. And I realized that my failure to learn from my previous mistakes had led me to that situation again and again. It definitely has nothing to do with other people. We are the ones making the decision for ourselves and we can't blame anyone else for our own actions. Lesson here is to learn from your past mistakes.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
25 Aug 11
i have also been in similar situation a number of times. and when i feel it's a mistake or i fail, i try not to be in the same situation again. learn from our mistakes, that's right.
@celticeagle (159606)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Aug 11
Yes, I have noticed the repetitive situations. We do suffer. We need to realize that this is a learning situation for us. We are repeating the same thing over and over because we aren't taking the right information away from the situation. We aren't listening or paying attention. If we do will will then better understand the situation, react to it differently and then can move on without revisiting the situation again.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
22 Aug 11
I think this is because we usually think and behave the same so we make the same choices over and over again and so there is the tendency for us to encounter similar experiences. Unless we radically change ourselves, not just physically, but in terms of the way we think and how we behave, then there is the possibility that we will experience new things. But I think that's impossible because people hardly change. I mean, it is difficult to change. We may change one thing about ourselves but not everything. Happy myLotting.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
22 Aug 11
That is because we don't learned from the past..That is why I always say to myself what things in the past don't let them totally gone that way..you should take a lesson by hard and use it for the future so that you will not fall in the same thing again. Just in case if you meet the same experience again you know how to deal with it as you already faced it in the past. No big deal.. Unless you learn nothing from past you will get into the same thing again and again.(^^)
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@dogs61 (74)
• Canada
22 Aug 11
Yes all the time especialy when I have school because i'll get into a bad rotation of either doing realy bad on tests and it will get worse and worse as the tests keep coming and i keep doing worse wich make me stress and do even worse the next time. that is probably the one that happens to me at some point during the school year wich i realy hate because it reealy ruins a lot for me especialy my sleep.
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• Malaysia
22 Aug 11
well, it depend on that person.sometime, people are afraid to adopt to new changes. even a bit of change in his'her life would mean everything to that person. so, they may have made the same choice over and over again. there are too many ways for a person to change it. but, no matter what way people suggest, as long as the person not act toward it, they will not change anything. to make a changes in life need a first step of the act/willingness to change
@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
22 Aug 11
The think the things that we experience are because of our personal choices and the choices of those closest to us. Unfortunately we do tend to find ourselves in the same situation. I think we have to unlearn certain habits and replace them with other ones.
@francesca5 (1344)
23 Aug 11
yes, i have certainly experienced. one day i realised how similar the men i have had relationships all really were, even though they seemed different at the time. i think there are lots of reasons for this, its how we have learnt to relate to people, what we feel comfortable, and what we are scared of. and these things influence us, sometimes at a level we aren't even aware of, until we start seeing patterns in life we don't like. i think its possible to stop it, its just getting to the underkying reasons why we keep on meeting the same people, or doing the same things.