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How do you rebound after failure?
Natalia J 52132119-Mar-24
To ensure you're prepared to turn your setbacks into success, make sure you... what do you do exactly? How do you rebound after failure?
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  • Kay 1490808
    Every one fails from time to. But important to move on.
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    • Sindhu 1439439
      Learn and move on asap
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      • allin
        if you fail, you just pick yourself up and try again, or try something else, what you don't do is sit on your failure an dwell on it, if you can take something useful from your failure, take it and move on, dwelling on a failure or anything negative is unhealthy and unproductive,,,
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        • clifford 1465946
          we all fail at one time but we should learn from it
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          • Jimmy 1471413
            Think about what caused the failure. Then pick yourself up and try again.
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            • Rachelle 1472965
              You have to pick yourself up and go on to your next level of life.After all ,life is to short to live in the past .Enjoy to only life you have on this earth.
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              • Edith v
                You pick yourself up & try again .It does depend on what you feel you have failed in,If it is business or a marriage
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                • Sarah G 76834
                  Repent, and forgive yourself because God has forgiven you, then pray you can do better next time.
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                  • Paul R 936022
                    Great advice Sarah
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                • JANET R 328390
                  I would say - sit down and think about what caused the failure. Did you rush into something ... I say learn from the reason you failed. Then try again ... avoiding any previous mistakes. Best wishes to you.
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                  • Priscilla R 316016
                    It is the same as riding a horse or a bike, if you fall off, get right back on again straightaway. Otherwise you will let the opportunity slip through your fingers and you won't rebound.
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                    • Paul 1474227
                      Realised that it is not the end of the world and move on. Having good friends can be a help and/or talk to.
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                      • Justine 1330102
                        A little self care, brush yourself off, off you go again.
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                        • Judy T 470524
                          I just pick myself up and start again and I try not to make the same mistake twice.
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                          • Laura W 363255
                            One foot after the other. Lesson learned
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                            • Connie B 1227041
                              I keep pushing forward and keep trying.
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                              • Paula J 395266
                                Well, I think it depends on what you call or consider a failure. Are you talking about a failed marriage, lost job or missed investment opportunity? I don't have failures in my life, it has taken me some years to come to that conclusion though. I did once have what I considered at the time to be a failure and beat myself up over it for years but with age I realized there was not a single thing I could have done to prevent it, then I became a Jehovah's Witness and if I always do my best whatever the outcome that's the way it should be. That doesn't mean my life is preordained or already predetermined, it simply means I am living my best life, living by Jehovah's law and doing my best, so whatever happens it wasn't a failure.
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                                • Jenny L 591463
                                  Absolutely, remember the mistakes you have made in the past, learn from them and try not to repeat. Plus guess what we are all human we make mistakes and our mistakes are proof we are human. As Sase has recently pointed out to me I am getting accept and except mixed up. Well I am old and my brain don't work so well so I do apologise for my mistake. Some people on here need to read between the lines and get off their high horses. We all make spelling mistakes or mean a different word we have used and for some the English language may not be their first language. So Please be nice, read if you want or just get over it.
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                                  • doug p 631197
                                    What's failure? I don't rebound as I just don't fail
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                                    • Paula J 395266
                                      Agree.
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                                  • Catalina
                                    Don’t know. You just do somehow. But...failure is certainly more interesting than success!
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                                    • Catherine G 309964
                                      You don't, it counts against you forever by everyone around you
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                                      • Betty 1488920
                                        Learn and move on
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                                        • Gillie52
                                          Get up & try again.
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                                          • Dimitri T 100433
                                            just keep going doing what you like/love
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                                            • Pam G 449028
                                              Learn from your mistakes and improve
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                                              • Karen H 596224
                                                Learn from your mistakes.
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                                                • Phyrephly
                                                  Count 'em, ('failures'), as life-lessons and move on. We all wish we had/hadn't done or said something; if you remember that everyone does it, fairly often, really; and that it teaches us much more about ourselves than success does, failure isn't all that bad, for the most part.
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                                              • Jennifer H 722364
                                                First take care of your emotional and physical needs .may a list of thoughts to let go and take each day as it comes it may take small steps at first but be patient with yourself
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                                                • Missy Wyld
                                                  give urself sum time to grieve the loss..then pick urself up and move on.....failures are not failures as such they are lifes learning curves......be kind to urself xx
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                                                  • Pat C 618241
                                                    Two out of three husbands are dead - I did better by not marrying again!
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                                                    • Elizabeth A 807208
                                                      Never give up there was an old saying try, try, try again. There is something you were created to do and do well - as Ellen said pray about it and move on.
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                                                      • Pat C 618241
                                                        Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again! It might be an old song but it's true
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                                                        • Greg B 520364
                                                          Failure? what does this mean. Sometimes I might not get it right. But fail never.
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                                                          • Brian L 387567
                                                            Variously. Forget it, move on. Find out what the mistake was and tell myself to never do that again. Ask for forgiveness.
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                                                            • Ellen P 667007
                                                              Pray about it and try again if that's really what you want to do in life.
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                                                              • Joe B 288252
                                                                Try and find a bright spot, then suck it up and move on
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                                                                • Beverley 1411982
                                                                  Grin and bear it , fix it,learn from it and move on..Life is too short to worry about it,,You can't always be right.
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                                                                  • PETER M 134659
                                                                    Study where you went wrong, and do it right
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                                                                    • Carolina Z
                                                                      Ever Onward
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                                                                      • Sabine V
                                                                        To be honest, I would feel sorry for myself for awhile. Tell myself off for being so stupid and try to move on and start over.
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                                                                        • Chris 1474535
                                                                          You study harder and learn from your mistakes.
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                                                                          • Colin L 88398
                                                                            Get up and do it all over again but remember where you screwed up last time.
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                                                                            • Karen K 487187
                                                                              once you fall of get back on
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                                                                              • Robin 1488865
                                                                                Just brush yourself off and keep going
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                                                                                • Sonya F 68771
                                                                                  Be positive and move on dont let it drag you down
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                                                                                  • kristian s 513441
                                                                                    I would set a goal that easy for me to fall back on.
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                                                                                    • Su
                                                                                      First get your thoughts in order then set a goal
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                                                                                      • Shawn B 1061185
                                                                                        Well, I stop for a minute, take a deep breath, say to myself that they didn't deserve me (a few appropriate swear words) in the first place, and then move on.
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                                                                                        • Gunter L
                                                                                          Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again.
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                                                                                          • Ek M
                                                                                            Look back on where you went wrong how you cn do it better or alternately, be kind to yourself, it is one foot after the other and go again
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                                                                                            • Wendy 1472398
                                                                                              I’m 62 , no advice , life is crap
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                                                                                              • Muzza
                                                                                                I'm 73, life is wonderful. Be positive and move on.
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                                                                                              • Wendy 1472398Muzza
                                                                                                Why ? For some of us every day is a struggle, I’m just acknowledging that.
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                                                                                            • karen M 876336
                                                                                              'You Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again'
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                                                                                              • phillH
                                                                                                I wait for time to work it's thing
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                                                                                                • B Keeper
                                                                                                  The first thing is to stop thinking of it as a failure. Consider it simply as something that did not work or work out. Set your mind straight on that point and you are already well on the way to success.
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                                                                                                  • Empress
                                                                                                    don't over think it and move on
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                                                                                                    • Robert T 597718
                                                                                                      look on the bright side easy to say hard to do Natalia
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                                                                                                      • Michael B 384408
                                                                                                        A failure is a lesson try your best not to make the same mistake twice put it behind you and move on.
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                                                                                                        • Hilary 1486638
                                                                                                          Keep getting up and moving forward. A mistake s not failure just a set back and part of a learning curve if you allow it to teach you something
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                                                                                                          • Jules 544763
                                                                                                            We grow form our mistakes, if you always do everything right how will you learn, none of us are perfect, if you have a setback in life don't give up keep trying, this is why we have so many suicides, people see no way out of their problems and give up, which is so sad. Count your blessings keep on going it will work out how it's supposed to. have faith in your life and yourself.
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                                                                                                            • Ram 1380429
                                                                                                              We take lessons from failures and try to correct it in the next round of efforts to succeed. It is said failures are the pillars of success.
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                                                                                                              • Paul B 522937
                                                                                                                If you never make mistakes you will never make anything
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                                                                                                                • Val 1394045
                                                                                                                  Head up, shoulders back and continue on
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                                                                                                                  • Maureen 1451641
                                                                                                                    Your failure does not define you.Get up and start from where you are
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                                                                                                                    • Daniel T 626103
                                                                                                                      Seek wise advise from people that have overcome tuff situations, pray, pray, pray, but make sure you have a good understanding of what True success is.
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                                                                                                                      • Kylie
                                                                                                                        Assess the whole situation and learn from it
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                                                                                                                        • boy blunder
                                                                                                                          trying is the first step to failure, hence failure is the first step to success you can not succeed unless you know how to fail, i think being scared to fail is where people go wrong
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                                                                                                                          • Gail 1322118
                                                                                                                            First I might meditate to see what I did wrong. Then pick myself up and start over.
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                                                                                                                            • Bugalugs
                                                                                                                              As the old song says: pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get going again. If others, and not just your family, see you actually taking Responsibility and at least trying to fix things then they will support you.
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                                                                                                                              • Tania NSW
                                                                                                                                It’s not that you get knocked down its how you get up again and get back swinging
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                                                                                                                                • Roy R 1009866
                                                                                                                                  There are different kinds of failure, little one and big ones. Part of being an adult is developing the ability to pick yourself up, after a failure, and try again. Everyone fails in life and if you live long enough you will fail at something but we must not let our failure own us.
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                                                                                                                                  • Amy B 869444
                                                                                                                                    I simply start again & try harder
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                                                                                                                                    • Maria B 89860
                                                                                                                                      Pixk myself up, dust myself down and get on the best way I can.
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                                                                                                                                      • Carolyn K 714554
                                                                                                                                        Try and try again.
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                                                                                                                                        • Mitchell 1261466
                                                                                                                                          Water off a ducks back
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                                                                                                                                          • Pamela G
                                                                                                                                            Keep plugging.
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                                                                                                                                            • Dsmiles2U
                                                                                                                                              never give up we all make mistakes as we are not perfect
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                                                                                                                                              • Kim 1478657
                                                                                                                                                So you took one step back. Now dust it off and start again. One day at a time.
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                                                                                                                                                • JANN R
                                                                                                                                                  Put it all behind you and move on dont think about it just think about your life ahead and make the most of what you have and who you are you can do anything you put your mind to
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                                                                                                                                                  • Glenys H 310155
                                                                                                                                                    pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.... take it as a lesson in how not to do something and consider what you could do differently to ensure a better outcome next time.
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                                                                                                                                                    • Sheree T
                                                                                                                                                      Never give up because if you do then the failure wins, keep moving forward don't let it beat you.
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                                                                                                                                                      • Craig 1486715
                                                                                                                                                        I found the close relationship I have with my mother , has given me the drive to turn things around, feelgood activities are important, for instance, you may like Yoga, relaxing and beneficial. You could think , ok I know a bit about yoga now, I can teach. Bam , the start of something positive and new . overcoming any obstacle is a small success. I didn't feel like it but went for walks , came back with fresh lungs, sore muscles but, you know what, I had.a positive feeling that day, I exercised. I turned a negative into a positive that day. Comfort from a pet is ideal, they give purpose and the comfort of someone appreciating and needing you . We can turn things around with belief and patience. I have always looked at things positively. I don't like myself but I do like that I have inner strength and positivity.In 1 word , I would say . SUPPORT is paramount. We get lonely and that makes us down.
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                                                                                                                                                        • Chosen
                                                                                                                                                          If at first you do not succeed then give up.
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                                                                                                                                                          • Angie
                                                                                                                                                            😆😆😆
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                                                                                                                                                        • writerrochelle
                                                                                                                                                          Pick myself up, dust myself off, and start in a new direction down a new road! I've had to do this all of my very dysfunctional life! ;-D
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                                                                                                                                                          • Don 1365576
                                                                                                                                                            If at first you don’t succeed try try again
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                                                                                                                                                            • Lawrence 1262145
                                                                                                                                                              know that you have to try again and don'ttha what that other failure made you do again. Then you are good.
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                                                                                                                                                              • jeffrey t 1083827
                                                                                                                                                                Keep going forward and live your life!
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                                                                                                                                                                • Darla T
                                                                                                                                                                  Learn from your setbacks.
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                                                                                                                                                                  • emilio 1472725
                                                                                                                                                                    try again
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                                                                                                                                                                    • pam rae
                                                                                                                                                                      hi Asesh s ty
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                                                                                                                                                                      • Susan KTC
                                                                                                                                                                        “Imagine yourself 5 years from now, you’re in the best shape, happier than ever, you’re with your soulmate and financially successful. The only way this becomes a reality is if you work for it, don’t wish for it, work for it!” A quote from a man I really admire, Morgan Freeman.
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                                                                                                                                                                        • writerrochelle
                                                                                                                                                                          I Love Morgan Freeman! ;-D
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                                                                                                                                                                      • Gracie 1488711
                                                                                                                                                                        ‘Think like a queen a queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness’ - Unknown
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                                                                                                                                                                        • MAYANN 1488709
                                                                                                                                                                          REVIST THE SITUATION AND SEE WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG SO YOU CAN BETTER HANDLE THE SITUATION NEXT TIME,
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                                                                                                                                                                          • pam rae
                                                                                                                                                                            keep going..I don't worry about that...
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                                                                                                                                                                            • KaysNSW
                                                                                                                                                                              It depends on the failure.. Cooking -I get really down on myself Relationship -All been over 6 years and then it goes really bad but I haven't handled the last one at all 😔 and not sure how. Anything else -I generally go abuse myself and then have a coffee 😂
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                                                                                                                                                                              • writerrochelle
                                                                                                                                                                                I can relate, after marrying 6 times, but I'm not letting the last one get away with what he did, and I will never let him divorce me! He refused to sign off on my permanent VA ID card after being married to him for almost 20 years so I went to the DAV, who took me to the DEERS ID office on base, who got it for me without him! I wish I could have seen his face when he got the letter from them! I have a file on this evil man and, if he tries to divorce me, I will sue him for everything I can! He almost destroyed me, but my God lifted me up with His right hand, and saved me! Amen! ;-D My husband moved me to WA state in 2013, then left me here, with Nothing! ;-(
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                                                                                                                                                                            • Lorne M
                                                                                                                                                                              Can I get back to you? I don't think failure has happened yet... but I am sure my wife will have a better view than I.
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                                                                                                                                                                              • Linda 3
                                                                                                                                                                                I acknowledge that I failed, learn how I can avoid it happening again, set a plan and than follow it. I don't waste too much time regretting or kicking myself for failures. Learn and move on....
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                                                                                                                                                                                • Allen M 1199636
                                                                                                                                                                                  Bask in the ambience...just dont let the negative talk crush u. Think of annie and daddy warbux...the sun will come out tomorrow
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                                                                                                                                                                                  • Craig 1486715
                                                                                                                                                                                    We go through so many failures through life, but that's humans . We get knocked down but that builds your minds strength, your tenacity, I have been in a Chronic Depression before, but not now. You are strong, it is hard but in 12 months you will look back and be proud of where you are and what you overcame. Me: Antidepressants addiction for 25 years. But somehow deep inside I knew I could get over that addiction. It took 2 years of reducing , I was determined. Now in 2024 I am dependant free from meds
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • Susan KTC
                                                                                                                                                                                      Congratulations
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • Craig 1486715Susan KTC
                                                                                                                                                                                      thank you, your so kind
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                                                                                                                                                                                  • Melinda B 311794
                                                                                                                                                                                    I like a lot of these answers. Unfortunately I tend to crumple in a heap after failure. Talk to my therapist, and/or friends, trusted family.
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                                                                                                                                                      I take a MACHIAVELLI approach to my personal life and work life (before I retired from my job)! I assume incompetence (setting an unrealistic/unattainable goal) on my part! Before I start looking for a conspiracy (however, some conspiracies do exist - ageism, racism, sexism, etc.) is out to get ME!!
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                                                                                                                                                                                      • Teri 1282723
                                                                                                                                                                                        You learn to go forward and upward, learn from the mistake so you don't repeat it. You do whatever you need to to fix your problems and prove that you CAN do it, you ARE smart and worthy:)
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                                                                                                                                                                                        • Enloe M
                                                                                                                                                                                          You bounce back up.
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