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Disappointed With How My Life Turned Out?

• Renato Leandro
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What to do when you are disappointed with your life?

Example: Tate – Tate often spoke to their roommates about how much they enjoyed day trips like hiking and going to the beach, and suggested they should all plan such a trip sometime. Their roommates agreed and said they could all go sometime in the next few months.

• A few weeks later, after their roommates were gone for a weekend, Tate found out through social media that the roommates went on a hiking trip with other friends.
• Tate was understandably disappointed at not being invited to join.
• Tate was upset at feeling excluded by their roommates, and reached out to a friend to vent.

The friend helped Tate validate their feeling of disappointment at not being invited, after sharing with the roommates how much they enjoyed similar activities. Tate’s friend also encouraged them to adjust their expectations, because their roommates traveled with others who aren’t friends with Tate.

• Tate also reminded themself that the feelings of disappointment and frustration would pass, and decided to approach their roommates later on when they were feeling calmer.
• Tate used three distinct strategies to cope with disappointment in the story above.
• They reached out for support, adjusted their expectations, and reminded themselves that all emotions fade and pass in time, including disappointment.

Whether you’re feeling disappointment in a relationship, in others, or in yourself, there are various healthy ways you can deal with this unpleasant emotion. Acknowledging disappointment, by naming and validating it, is a good place to start. Validation can also help you “ride the wave” of disappointment, which will pass with time.

• Getting support from others and distracting yourself are also helpful ways to tolerate feelings of disappointment while they persist.
• Making your expectations more flexible and realistic can also help lessen the discomfort of disappointment.
• Lastly, it’s healthy to remember and accept that disappointment is a part of life, and we all experience it sometimes.

Please contact us if you think CBT therapy might help you in your efforts to cope with disappointment in your life.

Why am I so disappointed in my life?

People who are disappointed are at greater risk of physical or emotional difficulties, or both. Such individuals appear to have a greater frequency of headaches, gastrointestinal difficulties, moist palms, and over-perspiration than those scoring low on this scale.

• For some, being very disappointed for prolonged periods of time can lead to chronic stress problems.
• Disappointment results from thoughts and expectations being out of line with reality.
• Your expectations and hopes for others may be too high for the situation at hand.
• Even if you think your expectations are appropriate and realistic, they may not be realistic at all.

One solution is to change your expectations to more realistic levels. Some disappointments are actually predictable and preventable. Others are totally unavoidable. It is important to differentiate between the two so that you can respond appropriately. Repeated disappointment may be the result of a pattern of faulty or irrational thinking.

Why does disappointment hurt so much?

The Chemistry of Addiction Explains Why Disappointment Hurts So Badly Photo: Bre/AFP/Getty Images As many Clinton supporters have suddenly rediscovered, disappointment is a powerful emotion. While it doesn’t get the same attention as rage, fear, and grief, it’s no less limited in its ability to unsettle and upset: The feeling of being let down is actually one of life’s toughest emotional experiences.

And that makes it especially difficult, and dangerous, for people who suffer from addictions. The connection between disappointment and increased risk of relapse is especially apparent today, in discussions across the web and in support-group meetings. Across the country, Clinton supporters struggling with addiction are stunned, despondent, and grappling with the unique way last night’s outcome threatens their health.

One thread about the election, for example, is filled with comments like “I have not wanted to drink so badly since I quit,” and “Tonight is pretty much the first time in 10 years I’ve had the thought of drinking seem appealing.” A decrease in resistance to drug cravings is a common response to disappointment; the feeling is inextricably linked with the brain chemical dopamine, which is well-known for its role in driving addictions.

But understanding how dopamine and disappointment mix can help ease its sting, whether you have an addiction or not. Although people tend to think that dopamine is the brain’s “pleasure” chemical, it’s actually far more complicated. Dopamine has many functions, including having a hand in regulating movement and motivation, but the one that’s most relevant here is its role in linking actions, experiences, people, and environments to pleasure — and pushing us to re-create those circumstances in pursuit of the same result.

Basically, certain dopamine systems attempt to predict what’s rewarding, and then motivate us to seek it. For this to work, however, the brain must generate expectations about the future. And this, of course, can be a setup for disappointment. Here’s what happens: The first time someone experiences an unexpected reward — let’s say a co-worker has left chocolates on your desk — your dopamine levels rise, you feel happier, and your brain associates the desk and the fact that it’s Tuesday and lots of other coincidental experiences with getting yummy candy.

1. The next time those factors coincide, you expect chocolate and your dopamine goes up.
2. But when you don’t get it, sadly, your dopamine levels drop back down.
3. Researchers call this a “reward prediction error” — your dopamine systems use your past experience to predict what will make you feel best.
4. And when that fails, it hits doubly hard: Not only do you not get what you wanted, but you also feel the displeasure of having been wrong, and the associated dopamine drop.

Losing hurts even worse, in other words, when it’s not what you were expecting — a neurological explanation for something that so many people already know too well. The Chemistry of Addiction Explains Why Disappointment Hurts : The Chemistry of Addiction Explains Why Disappointment Hurts So Badly

What is chronic disappointment?

There are many stress warning signs that we should all be aware of. During Stress Awareness Month, I have been focusing on the seven (7) Stress Warning Signs as measured by my Stress Mastery Questionnaire (SMQ), The fourth Stress Warning Sign, after Anger, Time-Urgency and Perfectionism, as measured by the SMQ, is one we’re all familiar withDISAPPOINTMENT.

• WHAT TO KNOW Inwardly, chronic Disappointment is excessive ruminating about thoughts and feelings about what people do or don’t do as one expects; it is an internal emotional and physical response that is triggered by any source or event (stressor) that does not meet one’s expectations or hopes.
• The outward signs of Disappointment are verbal expressions of displeasure, disappointment or unhappiness about what someone or some event that failed to meet expectations.

Disappointment, while normal, becomes a stress warning sign when it is frequent, intense and prolonged, especially about more than one event, person or condition. If someone is constantly disappointed it can have a negative and damaging impact on one’s family, friends and co-workers.

Everyone gets disappointed from time to time, but the person who frequently dwells on everything and everybody who disappoint, because they are not meeting expectations, is at stress “risk.” People who score High on this SMQ scale may, for example, be constantly focused on getting out of a job or family situation; feel unappreciated by their boss, children or spouse; is in a state of discouragement about world events; is unhappy with what the next door neighbor is doing; and is always talking about people who don’t live up to their expectations.

These people are at high stress “risk” and should take this warning sign seriously. With chronic or prolonged Disappointment, the Stress Response (fight, flee or freeze) is in constant high gear, with possible physical consequences including: headaches, gastrointestinal difficulties, moist palms, over-perspiration, lack of focus, and other physical problems.

1. Socially and interpersonally, Disappointment can affect relationships with friends and family causing major rifts, arguments and major disagreements.
2. WHAT TO DO ADJUST EXPECTATIONS Take a moment and think about what you expect from family, friends, coworkers, the “government” and the “world,” in general.

What do you expect from life, God, your spouse, coworkers or your children? Ask: “are my expectations realistic or am I setting myself up for Disappointmentsince “I am not getting what I want!” Mentally check to see if your expectations are reasonable and achievable. Ask yourself”Why am I always so disappointed?” Do your friends or family point out that you seem constantly discouraged and disappointed in others? If so, go deeper. Look to see if your disappointment is specific to one person or situation or to most aspects of the people in your life, your work or the world around you.

Focus your energy more effectively and discern whether your expectations can really be met, or not. Write down specific disappointments or examples of disappointment and look for the cause, not just the symptom of your stress. Chance are.it’s your perception and evaluation of the person or situation.

LET GO OF THE NEED TO CONTROL Behind Disappointment is the need to control others or the “world” around us. Recognize that “we control almost nothing, but we can “influence” others to help them come closer to our expectations, hopes and desires. If it can’t belet it, or them, go! This can be done mentally or, in the extreme, physically.

• For example, if you have a friend who often disappoints you, you can mentally let go and say”She is what she is and I have no control over her.” In the extreme, you may have to remove yourself from that person.
• Eep in mind “The only person I control is me!” RE-DIRECT Re-Direct your thoughts away from the people who are not meeting your hopes and desires; or if the events in your world are not going as planned, focus on what can be accomplished.

Stress Masters are people who re-direct their thoughts to be more positive and favorable. When the boss is barking out orders and not recognizing you as a person of value, consider that he might have extra pressure from his superiors and his job may be at stake; or, when you come home and the dinner is not ready, that your spouse has had a hard day and needed to take some time out.

Stress Masters are very good at re-directing their thoughts away from negative thoughts to more positive and beneficial ones. ACCEPT Learn acceptance. When you find you have difficulty accepting others for who they are and what they do, “you are the problem” not the other person. Chances are you have too much fear and have a strong need to control others.even when you cannot control them.

If someone consistently cannot give you what you want, you have choices: i.e., accept the person as he or she is at this moment and then find ways to communicate more effectively to help them change to your point of view. If they simply cannot change, employ the power of Acceptance and Tolerance.

Why do I feel like everyone disappoints me?

3. You are blinded by expectations. – High expectations are one of the key killers of healthy and connected relationships, They leave us in an endless loop of feeling let down. When we expect things of others, we fail to be open to who they really are. And in our drive to get what we want, we fail to see the things they really have to offer.

Why does disappointment feel worse than anger?

I’m not mad, just disappointed As anyone with a parent knows, having them disappointed in you vs. angry with you is just so much worse. Disappointment comes with unfulfilled expectations. Disappointment is the weight of knowing what you could and should have done, and yet you didn’t.

What does the Bible say about disappointment?

Disappointment is a Process – And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power forever and ever. Amen.1 Peter 5:10-11 (NIV) While it doesn’t seem like it, disappointment is temporal, and in His time God will restore us.

What is the difference between disappointment and frustration?

Frustration is when something gets in the way of my doing something I want to do, and disappointment is not getting what I want.

Is it normal to cry with disappointment?

Try to hold space for any emotions that arise – When life gives you lemons accept them. The first step when going through a hard time in life and coping with disappointment, is acknowledging difficult feelings, says Saba Harouni Lurie, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles.

Can disappointment be traumatic?

The Dark Chasm of Disappointment & Learned Helplessness (as published in The Friday Edition of HeartBalm Healing at https://heartbalm.substack.com ) Disappointment to the average person can be upsetting and frustrating. Disappointment to the abuse and neglect survivor and/or those with complex trauma can be devastating.

It can generate a deep abyss of sadness, trigger deep feelings of loss and failure, and a painful chasm between our expectations and reality. As a child, the repetitive abuse of being let down, used, abused, neglected, manipulated, set up for failure, and tripped up for another’s benefit sets the stage for adulthood of the same.

An innocent child lives to hope and love, and even more, hopes to be loved yet for some suffering years of letdowns and disappointments by their own parents and family members is the reality. This abusive pattern can create a deep chasm of disillusionment and defeatism, and develop further into another condition called learned helplessness.

This condition is a way of coping with constant and unrelenting disappointments and manifests as persistent failures, an inability to succeed, a lack of self-esteem, low motivation, cynicism, and feelings of powerlessness. This feeling of helplessness affirms a trauma history where one has little or no control over their own body or life, that nothing will change so why bother trying, and that actions to change outcomes are useless? The ups and downs of hope, expectations, and disappointment is a nauseating ride that has no equal, and the fallout and emotional pain can feel much more acute to the trauma survivor.

As an adult, being disappointed can become something that devastates us totally, can bring our world to a crashing halt, and threatens to close in around us with such darkness and ferocity that we are unsure if we will ever recover. One of the ways we can begin to heal from this destructive pattern is to free it by feeling it, stepping into the moment with it, and being able to love what is.

I have met disappointment often in my life, and as an adult has run away from it – suppressed and avoided it because of its overwhelming intensity. Recently, when it arose and I was faced with it again my clarity to stop running was apparent at the moment. I must have been ready because I chose to stop avoiding it and learn from it instead.

As I sat with the experience of disappointment I could feel my throat tightening and hot and rising anger that moved up from my stomach, to my chest, and to my closed throat threatening to suffocate me even more. I couldn’t speak – the hard mass in my throat would not soften or let go.

• I could feel an inner scream within me that wanted to get out – a voice filled with years of fury and frustration yet the chokehold would not relent but began to dissipate over time.
• I continued to sit with it, learn what it had to say, accept how I was feeling and what was coming up.
• It was intense but I could feel a loving and intelligent energy in the process.

It was valuable for me and showed me that I am not a disappointment. I am not a failure. I am not helpless or unworthy. My feelings are valid and I was able to befriend this part of me and allow it to be exactly as it was. I could see that my voice was very ready to let go, and one day it would be released but for the moment I continued to notice it all happening without judgment or expectation – feeling into all that was arising – proud of myself for facing this repetitive energetic foe, and vowing to face it should it arise again.

1. I know this space well – even though I know I have a voice and a will that can speak, confront, and say deep truths – some old wounds like disappointment hold me more tightly, and are more difficult to unravel and face because of their complexity and the years of overlapping trauma.
2. It is the first time I really sat with it and felt fully into the feelings and sensations arising.

It was not easy and a bit scary but as I sat with it and felt into it with interest it began to lessen and dissipate. There is something about looking at a haunting feeling or emotion square in the eye and seeing it truly – standing in your own power and saying I am strong enough to face this monster and see it for what it is, and allowing yourself to feel into it fully with detached, affectionate energy of curiosity.

The devastation and destruction that comes from repeatedly being disappointed, betrayed, and let down as a child by those that are “supposed to” love us, care for us, and create and foster safe environments in total. We are groomed in these environments to be defeated in a sense, and sometimes we take up the mantle of abuse, and learned helplessness, and betray, disappoint, and defeat ourselves as we get older because that is what we have been taught.

As we become adults, we often find these patterns recurring as broken trust, betrayal, and dysfunction by self-serving people because that is what we have become accustomed to. Take a fish out of a shark-infested ocean and put it in a de-sharked environment and the fish will still be hypervigilant for sharks.

1. The preyed upon will always be on the lookout for predators even in the safest environments.
2. When you’re born in a burning house, you think the whole world is on fire.
3. But it’s not.
4. Richard Kadrey Disappointment is a formidable adversary and worthy of your notice.
5. Worthy of your rebel yell that says “I’ve had enough.” Enough of living with this constant gut punch of disappointment and failure, and going on the merry-go-round back to past traumas, and feeling powerless and helpless.

Enough of feeling the old wounds of your inner child decimated by another abusive encounter, manipulation, or let down by a parent or guardian, or family member who should have only ever loved you. Enough of the aching heart, surging anger, and closing airway in the present moment that holds the intensity of a lifetime of betrayals and letdowns.

When disappointments continue in our adult world they can become a nuisance and upset daily life – throwing us into the stark darkness of survival mode, and away from living fully and feeling that we are merely existing instead of truly living and thriving. These repetitive events with the pain of our pasts in tow are the invitations to look again – to see them from a new perspective – to stay with them and face them for healing and transmutation.

Sometimes it is just time to stop running; to turn and face what is arising within us, and has held us, hostage, for far too long. These emotions can be powerful and should not be taken lightly but we should also see them for what they are. Emotions are simply “energy in motion” or broken down in a different way “e” + motion.

1. As you have noticed in your life emotions like feelings and thoughts come and go.
2. They arise in our conscious awareness and then drop away but it is important to note that they are always moving and never stay forever.
3. Some are more intense than others, may linger longer, and leave a mark or trigger past events that create a ripple effect in our world.

Some can be intrusive markers in our world that seem repetitive, cyclical, and patterned. This is part of complex trauma. A trauma born of repetitive, and pervasive abuse and neglect, in which a child is unable to get away from the abuser, and where there is no empathetic witness or safe person in the environment to go to for protection.

A pattern of trauma that continues to manifest and recur into adulthood. To read more about complex trauma or CPTSD please check out “Courage, Self-Love, and Complex Trauma” from a previous Friday Edition of HeartBalm. Facing intense emotions and feelings arising as an adult should be handled with care and delicacy, and with a qualified and compassionate trauma therapist, if possible.

If you think you can face these feelings on your own then do so carefully. Have someone in place that you can call if you need to or journal through what is arising. I have done this many times, alongside parts work and other modalities, having education in this arena and a trusted therapist on standby so am accustomed to the process but would not advise it for a first-time exploration unless you have guidance from a professional.

• What I want to make clear is that none of it was or is your fault.
• None of it! You are not broken.
• You did not deserve to be treated as less than, used, abused, or preyed upon.
• Your hypervigilance was developed so you could protect yourself, be on high alert for danger and be wary of others.
• Yet, this is not your truth.

Your truth is to live free, see and know the love that you are, and live from this place. To allow yourself to live fully despite what you have endured, been witness to, and how others betrayed you. This is no small task, however, and I do not say this flippantly.

I am inviting you to see through the trauma to your true nature, and to another way. I am inviting you to notice the things that still crumple you to the ground and begin to build your ability to stop and be with the feelings and emotions when they arise, feel into them fully, learn from them, and see how you react to the situation and accompanying sensations.

Then you can begin to create ways to set more self-loving boundaries, work on building your self-worth and self-esteem by changing negative self-talk, and honor the love and grace that has been with you, is with you now, and will always be at your side.

• This is an ongoing process but one that with a commitment to self-love and a heart-centered way of living can bring about real transformation and release for anyone on the healing path.
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SUBSCRIBE NOW Guest Post Disclaimer: Any and all information shared in this guest blog post is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this blog post, nor any content on CPTSDfoundation.org, is a supplement for or supersedes the relationship and direction of your medical or mental health providers. Sunny Lynn, OMC is a spiritual counselor, writer, poet, photographer, meditator, and nature lover on a mission of transmuting complex trauma through self-love, healing, and bringing balm to hearts everywhere. She has a blog and podcast – HeartBalm at heartbalm.substack.com that speaks on the topic of self-care and self-love, mindfulness and healing while living with CPTSD.

What is the root cause of disappointment?

Disappointment is an emotion that happens when we experience feelings of unhappiness. Arrival fallacy, external factors, and childhood experiences are the three leading root causes of disappointment. Prolonged disappointment can lead to medical conditions that affect your physical and mental health.

How does disappointment affect mental health?

Home » Advice for Dealing with Disappointment Disappointments are a reality in everybody’s life. Due to this fact, it is helpful if people learn how to successfully deal with stressful feelings of disappointment in a positive and healthy manner. There are a few helpful strategies that people can use when dealing with setbacks and other disappointments in life.

Disappoints are in many ways just another form of sadness, These feelings of loss remind people of the difference between what they want versus what they have. This difference between reality and expectations is sometimes painful. People can accidentally set themselves up for disappointment when they realize that their expectations are not materializing in their life.

People should remember that, these experiences of disappointment can provide valuable information about their attitudes and value system. The more people know about themselves, the easier it is to be happy with their circumstances. With this mind, here a few strategies to follow when dealing with feelings of disappointment: Use Distress Tolerance Techniques: Some of the principles and practices from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT),

• This kind of therapy, along with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), was originally created to treat borderline personality disorder.
• But the concept of distress tolerance is helpful for regulation emotions and putting things into perspective.
• As a behavioral skill, distress tolerance is a person’s actual or perceived ability to stand up to emotional distress.

Some people experience negative emotions and setbacks as overwhelming, while others seem unphased by the same event or situation. Individuals with a low tolerance for distress seem to have trouble dealing with mild levels of stress. When dealing with this stress, they display negative behaviors that tend to create additional overall stress.

1. One of the key elements of distress tolerance is to survive a stressful and emotional situation without making the overall incident worse.
2. The more people are aware of their thoughts, feelings and behavioral; the easier it is to rebound from disappointments.
3. In order to accomplish this goal, people need to reflect on their emotions and consciously make better decisions.

However, the use of distress tolerance techniques is easier to accomplish with the guidance of a trained mental health professional. Control the Amount of Negativity: Feelings of disappointment are tough to deal with for many people. But, people need to place stressful events in context.

In other words, perform a reality check of the situation. Are things really as bad as people think? Each new day can create new situations that can generate new disappointments. This means that there are times when it appears that the disappointments are occurring at a rapid pace. Hence the old idiom, when it rains, it pours,

Some of these disappointments are serious and life-changing. Yet, there other types of disappointment that are simply small and annoying. After feeling the first pains of disappointment, individuals should step back and assess the overall situation. The feelings can seem real and very important, but these thoughts are not always a true prospection of reality.

1. People can sometimes be dramatic and believe that this is the most horrible thing they have ever experienced.
2. Individuals can let negative emotions like disappointment grow into more serious mental health conditions like depression,
3. This is what people want to avoid.
4. People should not linger on their disappointments, but instead view the experience as an opportunity of growth.

Mentally, people should view these negative emotions as a temporary feeling and not a permanent state of mind. The longer individuals dwell on their disappointments, the more likely they are to become discouraged, pessimistic and negative. When pessimistic thoughts and attitudes prevail, people can become emotionally toxic,

1. This toxic behavior is sometimes contagious and can be projected on to their surrounding environment.
2. This means friends, family and co-workers could start to actively avoid them.
3. This circumstance will likely make any feelings of disappointment – worse.
4. The goal is to flip the negative emotions and turn these toxic emotions into more positive feelings such as determination.

Become More Resilient and Flexible: Individuals need to focus on what they can control, and accept the things that they are unable to control. In this way, people will learn to take disappointments in stride and see these setbacks as an everyday part of life.

This is the essence of resilience. It is okay and natural to feel disappointed. But, this is a temporary state and people need to find a way to move forward. When life does not unfold according to plan, people may interpret this to mean that they will not get what they want. There are actually many ways to achieve goals and obtain what is needed in life.

These “ways” could be things that people are not even aware of yet. A flexible mindset allows people to consider being open to yet unknown possibilities. Researchers have found that one of the best methods for gaining more resilience is to construct realistic appraisals of what is needed in life.

The goal is for individuals to avoid over-idealizing what could be, while coming to terms with what they already have in their life. An attribute of self-actualized people is the ability to distinguish between the means and the ends, These people are able to focus on what they actually want, while at the same time staying flexible to various ways they can achieve this desire.

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When disappointment turns into anger?

Disappointment is directly linked to one’s expectations; when our expectations and the outcome do not match. The occasional disappointment doesn’t normally trigger anger. The unwillingness to accept the reality – that you didn’t get what you expected – is what triggers anger.

What are the hormones of disappointment?

What Disappointing News Does to Your Body It’s almost a funny joke now: The alarm goes off in the morning, and my husband rolls over in bed and says, “Hey—Donald Trump is President.” (It’s sort of like waking up from the nightmare that your dog died and realizing it’s true over and over again.) Only, as of last night, it’s finally official: The electoral college failed to revolt,, handing Trump the 270 votes required to win the Presidency.

1. If you’re a Democrat, in this case—especially one who was still in denial over the incoming administration—news like this has a particularly chilling effect.
2. That’s because disappointment, no matter how it’s caused, triggers a very predictable physiological response: The limbic system in your brain—all the parts that work together to generate emotion—fires up.

Something bad is happening. Your lateral habenula (a small region of the brain scientists have dubbed ‘the disappointment center’) lights up and shoots off directions to the midbrain to halt the production of dopamine, also known as the brain’s pleasure chemical.

Without the hormone, you start feeling rejected and disconnected from your expectations. This isn’t happening. As you begin to process the bad news, the stress hormone cortisol seeps into your bloodstream. (A done on the night of the 2008 US Presidential election found that McCain supporters—aka election losers—experienced a surge in cortisol while Obama supporters’ cortisol levels remained stable.) Your heart rate quickens, muscles tense, and the feeling of defeat turns into total and utter dismay.

Sleep is a joke. Disappointment—whether it’s from a life-altering job you didn’t get or crawling into bed at night and realizing the sheets are still in the wash—blows. We’re also only just starting to understand how it works in the brain. But it could be the reason we’re alive: “It’s an evolutionary response to maximize our survival—we feel disappointment deeply so we don’t make the same mistake again in the future,” says neuroscientist Christophe Proulx, a professor at Laval University in Quebec.

1. If you’re an animal in the wild, you don’t leave your food out unprotected after a grubby gopher steals it.
2. If you’re a Cleveland Indians fan, you don’t bet $5,000 on the next World Series.
3. And if you’re a Dem, you work your ass off over the next four years to avoid a two-term Trump.
4. But what happens when that uncomfortable feeling won’t go away? When a letdown lingers—often longer than the high of having an expectation met—it’s a sign you probably had more to lose than gain, says Proulx.

(When it hangs around too long, and you start over-processing those disappointment signals, depression sets in.) The hoarder that is our brain stockpiles disappointing memories to help us learn, so every time we become disappointed, all our other disappointing memories tag along.

1. The emotions that follow a letdown have a pretty predictable sequence, says psychologist Mary C.
2. Lamia, author of Emotions! Making Sense of Your Feelings,
3. First, we withdraw (think: Instagram blackouts).
4. Next, we avoid our feelings (order the shots of bourbon).
5. Third, we attack ourselves ( I clearly live in a bubble and am so damn ignorant about the rest of the world ).

Finally, we attack others (cue the Facebook red wedding). Pulling yourself out of the dumps is possible—there’s nothing quite like a rage-fueled run to reset your brain—but don’t forget that not getting our way is also what keeps us from becoming arrogant assholes.

Why do I get so upset when things don’t go as planned?

A Word From Verywell – It’s natural to get upset when things don’t go as planned, because not knowing what to expect and not feeling in control can be stressful. However, it can be helpful to keep an open mind, focus on finding solutions, and work on being more flexible, If this is difficult, you should seek support from loved ones or mental healthcare providers. By Sanjana Gupta Sanjana is a health writer and editor. Her work spans various health-related topics, including mental health, fitness, nutrition, and wellness. Thanks for your feedback!

Can disappointment lead to sadness?

Styles of Coping – Major disappointments are often defining moments in people’s lives. Constructively dealing with disappointment can be a self-curative process that can contribute to personal growth and make for greater resilience. Take Winston Churchill as an example.

• Early in his career, the disastrous First World War military campaign at Gallipoli forced him to resign from his position as First Lord of the Admiralty.
• Churchill had come up with a plan (later called “Churchill’s Folly”) to send a fleet through the Dardanelles strait and capture Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), which he predicted would cause Ottoman Turkey to quit the war.

But the plan utterly failed, and tens of thousands died. Churchill was disgraced and demoted. To cope with this calamity and the subsequent humiliation, he refocused his attention and energy away from politics. Six months after his demotion, he became an infantry officer and joined the fight in France.

1. During his time out of the political spotlight, he thought through what had happened to him and what it had taught him about dealing with life’s challenges.
2. While at first he felt overwhelmed by what he called his “black dog of depression,” Churchill realized that it was much more constructive to reframe his disappointments as learning experiences in order to be able to cope better in the future, and to use disappointment as a catalyst for personal growth.

Such soul-searching provided him with new information about himself, the world, and others. Far too many people, when faced with disappointment, tend to attribute negative life events to their personal failings. They resort to obsessional self-blaming, as they feel ashamed or humiliated of not measuring up to the image of their ideal self.

• As a result, they direct their anger inward, to themselves.
• It may prompt them to say that they deserved it, that they were not good enough.
• Others, however, will turn their anger outward toward others, to people who didn’t fulfill their expectations.
• It will contribute to feelings of spite, vindictiveness, and bitterness.

Unfortunately, both emotional reactions keep the person stuck in a web of disappointment. In many instances, disappointment can turn into a lingering sadness — a feeling of loss, of being let down, or even of betrayal. In particular, this is the case when disappointment has been inflicted by people whom they trusted deeply, as in Robert’s case.

What is it called when you always feel like a disappointment?

Reasons for feeling like a failure – If we feel like a failure, it’s usually in relation to other people. You might feel that other people your age have accomplished more in life, that you’re less competent than others in your field or that you’re not as intelligent as the people you mix with.

You might, for example, feel like a failure when you scroll through social media and compare your life to the better, more glamorous lives other people seem to be leading. Or you might feel a failure if you’ve been rejected by someone, or if you tried something new – but it didn’t work out. Your feelings of failure relate more to your perception of the failure and what it means to you – rather than the failure itself.

We can even be quite successful – yet still feel a failure. You may feel that other people believe you to be more intelligent or competent than you really are. You think you’ve somehow deceived everyone into thinking you’re better than you are, and worry about being ‘found out’.

What does the Bible say about disappointment?

Disappointment is a Process – And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power forever and ever. Amen.1 Peter 5:10-11 (NIV) While it doesn’t seem like it, disappointment is temporal, and in His time God will restore us.

When disappointment leads to anger?

Disappointment is directly linked to one’s expectations; when our expectations and the outcome do not match. The occasional disappointment doesn’t normally trigger anger. The unwillingness to accept the reality – that you didn’t get what you expected – is what triggers anger.