In the Midst of Disappointment

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What do you understand by Disappointment?

Disappointment is something that is emotionally painful when the promises we expected from friends or family do not go our way. Disappointment is very common and is usually caused by people who do not give warning, so it is part of life.

I view disappointment as dissatisfaction as well as sadness when something we expect as a form of reality does not occur again, especially if that would immediately favour us when we need it. Disappointment occurs during COVID-19, where many events such as weddings, naming ceremonies, and other activities are canceled, and people put their trust in these events to make them happy.

Have your ever been disappointed before? What caused it?

Yes, I have been disappointed before, and this happened when some people took my phone from me, and I narrated that to one of my area friend about how that thing happened to me. Although he accompanied me to look for the two guys who took my phone, we unfortunately did not see them. When we reached home, I asked my guy to borrow me some money to add to the money I had saved somewhere in order to handle some situations like this.

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He promised to give me that money whenever it's available because he was someone that I trusted. He has the money. I often visited his house, which served as a reminder. He failed to meet my expectations that day, and it would have been better to tell me the truth that he didn't have money and to look elsewhere. I later bought the phone from someone; I didn't expect he would give me the money, and I was so happy to purchase a new phone and continue my journey on the Steemit platform.

Why is it so hard to deal with disappointment?

Disappointment is something we see as a betrayal when it happens to us because it does not allow our reality to meet our expectations, especially when things we've planned for the future fail.

It's hard to handle because, as humans, our brains interpret disappointment as failure because when it happens to us, we feel embarrassed and sad, which triggers our emotional response to always think negatively as if there is no hope again and our life is meaningless.

Our safety will be lost due to broken trust from relationships with our partners as well as from our family. So, this will be very difficult to handle because it will affect our sense of security.

What can we do to make disappointments less painful?

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Disappointment must be viewed as something we learn from because there is a famous quote which usually says,

Every disappointment is a blessing.

We must not let that affect us; in fact, it must be something that keeps us stronger. However, We must feed ourselves with kindness, and also we must try to avoid harsh judgment whenever we are facing such challenges. Doing so will help us to adapt to such situations because it is human behavior to be disappointed.

When we are expecting something from someone, we must have an alternative plan because if this doesn't work, another plan will work in our favor.

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