Dealing with Disappointment: Coping Strategies Needed

Always expect the worst and you’ll never be disappointed. If you’re right you’re prepared, and if you’re wrong you’re pleasantly surprised. Ik it’s not a healthy way to live and it’s probably bad mentally but it’s the only way I’ve found to keep myself from being constantly let down

I relate a lot. Usually it puts me into a depressive episode for hours, or even weeks. Also I cry a lot when disappointed.

What helps me sometimes is to think about the opposite. Like making a school project, I think about the things that could go wrong and that they will happen. Somehow it helps coping with the pain when it does happen