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Doing the Small Stuff Feels Pointless

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How Do We Deal With Emotional Disappointment?

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We create an expectation for ourselves, and then let's say we try to live up to that expectation. But if we fall short of the expectation, this window leads to disappointment. Once we have this emotional disappointment, what we're going to do is cope with it, ok? So ihave to deal with all these negative motions with things like video games, gambling, et cetera. The more they fall short of their expectations, the more they engage in this sort of gambling behaviour.

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