How do YOU get over disappointment?
450732
lower expectations and live in the moment
21838
Disappointment: Recently finding out my one and only chance of having a child is not going to happen.\n\nGreatest Luck: Making a wish to go to Italy without knowing it would happen a year later.
245809
Everyone will disappoint their mate sooner or later but they learn from their mistakes.  If you are consistently being disappointed then I would certainly question the validity of his feelings.\n\nAnd sometimes, good people just get it all wrong no matter how hard they try not to disappoint...
718130
You understand it, then detach from it and rememberthe feeling. Once you come to grips you can only go up from there. start off with small goals and work your way up doing larger tasks. Don't overwhelm yourself and be sure to talk to someone to get another view or just to vent.
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i'm not heartbroken, but i am disappointed right now. i was gonna attend a piss out with my mate who promised to give me a lift. i was waiting for him since half six, and it was already quarter to eight pm. and some of my mates already in the party were trying to ring me to see if i was still going, but i was already pissed off i didn't feel like going there.\n\nnow, i'm watching my favourite flicks, while answering questions here. makes me feel a lot better. i should be fine tomorrow.\n\ni hope you'll be fine by tomorrow as well. isnt it a comforting thought that youre not alone? we're both feeling disappointed right now, so ye.
1159471
hi... \n  i've had the xperiance like u... i know what it feels like... this is the advise one of my frnds had given.... never think of past mistakes...they cant be changed... each day is a new day.. so whenever u feel sad think of something nice that had happened or just try to divert ur mind  from ur melencholy.. maybe surfing the net or chatting would help... or else jus do ur fav thing or if u like reading read ur fav book.. believe me it works....\nkeep smiling.
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Think BEFORE you react.  When you feel that twinge of jealousy creeping upon you, breathe in deeply and try to clear your mind.  Try to take your thoughts to another place, or another time in your life where you felt happiness and satisfaction like never before, i.e. maybe as a kid at an amusement park.  This is a little trick called thought transference, you take your mind away from the situation at hand and think about something else to remove the thoughts you don't wish to think of from your mind.  Good Luck!!!
267766
i believe so...especially when things don't go our way\nactually we should start looking at "disappointments" as lifes lessons and learn and grow from them....
412287
Take a walk in the sunshine. The sunlight increases serotonin levels. Focus on good things either in your past or things you want to happen in the future.  Also drink a couple of glasses of water it seems to help pep you up.\n\nWhen I feel this way, I tell myself I can have a one day pity party and tomorrow when I wake up I am going to start the day with a brand new attitude.\n\n\nGood Luck:)
722853
This is easy. Only when you have expectations, can you be disappointed.  And when you have something to lose, property, reputation, friends, job, then you can be controlled by the fear of maybe losing that.  When you have little or nothing, then you have nothing to lose so you really do not care.  Either we as people are mostly self-centered (nothing to lose) or we think of others (care, kind, concern).  Thankfully, most of us are genuinely good and want to make the world a better place, so we want to do what we can to make it better.
1094373
Don't fell bad about being rejected. Everybody gets rejected. You will get over it in time.
582269
You don't say why you feel you are a big disappointment to everyone in your life.  Personally, I don't truly believe that.\n\nYou are being harsh on yourself - you need to lighten up.\n\nWe are put on this earth, not so much to please others, but to please ourselves.  We can only do the best we can and that is all that is asked.  We are human beings - not perfect.\n\nStop believing that you are a big disappointment - because you are not.\n\nBetter days are ahead.\n\nGood Luck!
272069
Let me ask you this.  If you had a time machine and could change any event in your past, would that make you feel better about yourself today?  If it would then realize what it is about that event that is sabotaging you today.  If it is a past thing, often times we know intellectually that we are ok but our emotions are still tied to that past event.  Emotions stay the same no matter how old we get.  We cant stop the pain in life sometimes but we can increase the tools to deal with it.  When you dropped something as a young child you cried.  You can drop the same item now and it is ok, why?  You have information now that tells intellectually it is ok.  The emotions are the same but the tools to deal with that event are in place.  You have already experienced that event and it no longer shocks you.  So what is it about your life that is shocking you now?\n\nWhatever the issue is past, present, you need to see what is eating away at it.  It is ok to feel bad, it is the flipside of the coin to feeling happy.  The problem is if we become depressed about it, all life's issues become sensative and bigger problems than they are.\n\nYoung or old we all feel down at times.  Some just hide it better or keep themselves occupied to endure those moments.  Sometimes we feel like we are being taken somewhere and have no way to steer it.  The key is planning what you want to do.  Life is 90% how you react to it.  If you think you are successful and a good person, people will be convinced of it too.  Most reality comes from someone's perception.  They believed it and it became so.\n\nDepression is impression without expression.  Something gets you down, find a way to express it.\n\nIf you kind of hate yourself then you have not completely made full judgement on yourself yet.  If you hate yourself than you are having an expectation that you are not at yet.  Find out what that is and is it a valid expectation?\n\nGood luck to you!
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Be very kind to yourself.  Let yourself be sad about how things didn't work out, but after a reasonable amount of time, start to distract yourself from your sad feelings.  Be around friends that make you laugh, do nice things for yourself, take time getting to know yourself again and what you want out of life besides what you don't have, then start taking steps to make all of your dreams come true.  With time your heart will heal.
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Sit down and make a list of your past accomplishments. When it is finished take note of how many things on the list surprised you about yourself. Wow! You did THAT? \nAllow yourself to "feel" accomplished. \nThen imagine what you would say to your child, best friend, anyone you love, if they were having a moment of doubt. (We all have them!) Now give yourself that advice!\nAlways remember that the world, like a good lover, is waiting for someone with a positive attitude to grab hold and make it theirs!\nSurround yourself with positive ideas, positive inspirations, and positive people!\nYOU CAN DO IT!
732551
dun get disheartened... mine oso... haha...
360624
If you keep getting hurt by your intuition, emotionally, then stand back and  try to observe the outcomes of real events more carefully because you are taking action on your intuition too soon. Remember your mistakes so you do not repeat them.\nHowever, if you fail to pay attention to your intuition, you may not have a clue about things you should follow up on or things you should avoid.  Disappointments and failures are life experiences that often build emotional strength and wise judgement, in the long run.