I’m sure that you’ve felt disappointed once or twice. It’s nothing to be ashamed of; disappointment can play an essential role in life. It gives us a chance to reassess our positions, change things, ...

Often prompted by a mismatch between expectations in a relationship and the reality of their experience, couples can often experience disappointment that prompts several other complicated emotions at ...

People in committed relationships emotionally respond to each other mostly by habit. In fact, adult emotional responses of any kind are to a large extent habituated associations formed by repetition ...

It’s one thing to be disappointed in someone. It’s entirely another thing when someone is disappointed in you. I experienced that recently when I sat across the table from my friend at lunch as she ...

Disappointment is a natural human emotion that occurs after a perceived failure. For our young children, this perceived failure can look like not getting the toy they wanted, not being invited to a ...

Did you think you were alone in feeling let down and generally dismayed because someone you trusted wasn’t so trustworthy? Research shows us that when we expect something good to happen, or for a ...

A friend of mine who was raised in a fundamentalist home told me a disturbing story recently. One Sunday morning, the youth pastor at her Southern Baptist Church passed out three-inch galvanized nails ...