Disappointed

@AmbiePam (85273)
United States
September 5, 2012 2:50pm CST
It's amazing how disappointment can just ruin your mood. I don't know what is worse: feeling disappointed in someone or knowing someone you love is disappointed in you. Which do you feel is worse? Which is easier to "shake off"? I'm having a hard time shaking it off today.
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@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
5 Sep 12
I know you didn't give this option, but I'm going to say I sometimes get disappointed with myself for disappointing a loved one or friend. I feel awful when I'm not able to hold up on a promise or commitment to someone. It really doesn't hurt my feelings when someone disappoints me, because I've been disappointed with other people before.
@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
6 Sep 12
stoutjodee, I would be like you. I really hate that feeling, too. I want to take back all the bad feelings or word that hurt Or actions that do not measure up.
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
5 Sep 12
To me feeling disappointed in someone is awful.When someone is disappointed in you it can make you feel terrible.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
5 Sep 12
Wow, that is a hard question, someone being disappointed in me or disappointed in another...I think the hardest would be the latter, because if someone is disappointed in me for something I did, I feel more in control, that I can fix it, or give it over to G♥d... I hope you feel better soon, regardless of what is going on, He is there and so am I..
@AmbiePam (85273)
• United States
6 Sep 12
Thanks. : )
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• United States
6 Sep 12
You're welcome.. I hope you are feeling better today..
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
6 Sep 12
I think it depends on the person involved and the situation for me. I do hate to disappoint people and it does make me feel very bad when that happens but on the other hand depending upon what the person did to disappoint me depends upon how depressed I get about it. That probably sounds like a bunch of blabbing nonsense. I hope you get what I am trying to say. As far as shaking it off. I think I can shake off being disappointed in someone easier simply because I am a forgiving person. Now if someone is disappointed in me (depending upon who it is and the circumstances) I get very depressed about it.
@AmbiePam (85273)
• United States
7 Sep 12
I understand what you mean.
• Philippines
6 Sep 12
So hard to point out with your disappointment but whatever it is just look things back and weigh how it turns out disappointment in either ways. I'm sure you will come up with solutions. Hope things will be ok soon.
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@AmbiePam (85273)
• United States
6 Sep 12
Thank you. : )
@beenice2 (2967)
• Sackville, New Brunswick
6 Sep 12
Well when someone is disappointed about me for whatever reasons, it can be a downer. But what helps me to get slowly over it is to talk about it to either my husband or my sister and or go for a walk and steam it out alone and reflect in all that I ask God to help me to get over because often on our own by our own strength it is impossible to shaking it off. So good day and good luck.
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@AmbiePam (85273)
• United States
7 Sep 12
That's a good method to deal with things.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
8 Sep 12
to me they are just as bad, I don't feel good either way. Although little disappointments don't really bother me though.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
15 Sep 12
If someone is letting me know I have disappointed them then to me they are trying to lay a guilt trip on me. That's their problem, not mine. I can find my own guilt trips thanks if I find I have hurt someone close. The thing is, we are all human and every now and then we will each stuff things up and I think if we truly care, we forgive. We forgive ourselves and we forgive the other person. Not dwelling on the situation is also a good idea. Nothing positive can come from such a negative scenario. Best to turn things around as soon as possible.
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
5 Sep 12
I can accept disappointment....by to disappoint someone else I feel so bad. LIke if I promise something to my grandkids and things don't work out and they are disappointed I feel like I have really let them down.
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7 Sep 12
disappointment really hurt our modes thoughts and level of thinking and we totally become insane to decide any thing!
@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
5 Sep 12
That's a good question. I wanted to say that feeling disappointed in someone else is easier to shake off. As a mom I feel a bit disappointed everyday when my kids are mean to each other, make a mess, or something else like that.. and I get over the disappointment pretty quickly. But the thing is that's not really true disappointment. I expect my kids to do things like that. I wish they wouldn't, but kids do that sort of stuff so although I don't like it, I still sort of expect it from them so it's not a major disappointment when they do it.
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
14 Sep 12
I think for me the hardest is having someone I am crazy about disappointed in me. I am pretty hard on myself anyway but if I have let someone that I love down..that is the worst.
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@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
8 Sep 12
hi dearest Ambie, sorry I had not read your discussion when I mailed to you. I am sorry that disappointment ruins your mode and I hope you are better by now. I think one is as bad as the other. Please feel free to e mail me when you need help with the situation. I dont want you to feel alone when things like this are coming your way. Hugs to you.
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• Greece
8 Sep 12
I feel worse if I have disappointed someone. I don't just disappoint them I also disappoint myself because I have failed in some way to come up to expectations. The bottom line is that I have let myself down too. It is easier to forgive someone else because we make allowances for them, they might have had a bad day or we didn't know them as well as we thought. But what excuses can one make for oneself? Usually just an honest appraisal such as, we were thoughtless,uncaring, too busy, too occupied with ourselves and of course that makes us feel depressed. So if someone is disappointed in you, and an apology or explanation does not help then you must forgive yourself and move on. Today is nearly over, so promise yourself a fresh start tomorrow, and go to bed nice and early, that always helps me. May I wish you some happy dreams.
@VGDesigns (102)
• United States
7 Sep 12
Gosh! That is a tough one. I'm disappointed in my boyfriend being disappointed in me. LOL! I'm trying desperately to shake them both off. I think that if you can find forgiveness and try to understand the other persons point of view, it makes it easier. Even if it means forgiving yourself...sometimes the other persons disappointment in you is more of their problem than it is yours. Hope this helps.
• United States
7 Sep 12
I never get over either. If a person disappoints me, I never trust them again. If I disappoint someone I assume I will Never be forgiven so I walk away.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Sep 12
I'm sorry u are feeling that way today. Sure is not a good feeling either way. I guess it would bother me more to know someone was disappointed in me even tho i hate to be disappointed in someone.Hope u are able to 'SHAKE IT OFF SOON'.
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@hestylim (1210)
• Indonesia
6 Sep 12
I am sorry about what happened to you. Being someone's disappointment will make me feel like I am a loser. Being disappointed in someone, makes me feel so down. Though actually both feelings are as bad. Being someone's disappointment, I will prove to them that they are wrong about me. If someone disappoints me, it goes back to what they did that caused me disappointed. Someone who brings great disappointment, usually being "cut off" my life.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
6 Sep 12
It is difficult to think that people you like/love have disappointed you. best option is try to convince yourself that you will find another suitable person early. no point in trying to convince the other of your goodness.
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• Philippines
7 Sep 12
Disappointment; a word a person doesn't want to feel. When you are disappointed your day will be ruin. Sometimes you can't do a right thing. I think feeling disappointed to someone is better for we can control our self and we can understand that person why he's doing that I mean it's easy to let the situation pass when you are disappointed to someone.You won't feel sad you just feel disappointed but when you disappoint someone you love that's different story. That sounds sad. I just can't imagine how sorry I am when I disappoint the person I love, when I disappoint God the feeling of being sad in within you. It's not an easy feeling.
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• United States
7 Sep 12
I don't know what would be worst be honest. I feel like both can take a large toll on you either way. I have days like that. I just feel like i cann't get out of that funk im in. But you have to always try.
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