{"id":82916,"date":"2018-04-17T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=82916"},"modified":"2022-05-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:00:00","slug":"feeling-let-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/feeling-let-down.htm","title":{"rendered":"Always Feeling Let Down By Others? This Could Be Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_82918\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/14986297892_67ca394921-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82918\" class=\"wp-image-82918 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/14986297892_67ca394921-1-335x400.jpg\" alt=\"feeling let down by others\" width=\"335\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/14986297892_67ca394921-1-335x400.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/14986297892_67ca394921-1.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-82918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/56832361@N00\/14986297892\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" \">Karen<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">by Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Always feeling let down by others?<\/strong>\u00a0Perhaps you explain it as &#8216;bad luck&#8217; or &#8216;being too nice&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But if being let down is something that keeps happening in your life, <\/strong>then the common denominator is you.<\/p>\n<h2>Why You Are Always Feeling Let Down By Others<\/h2>\n<p>What behaviour might you unknowingly be playing out that actually creates a life where everyone lets you down? And how can you break the pattern?<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. You don\u2019t set boundaries.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/healthy-boundaries.htm\">Personal boundaries<\/a> are just what they sound \u2013 <strong>letting others know what is and is not acceptable for you, <\/strong>and what you are and are not willing to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you do not set boundaries then you over give time and energy not because you want to, <\/strong>but because you do not know how to say no.\u00a0If the other person has no problem with boundaries and doesn&#8217;t give back as much as you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/generous-person-or-over-giver.htm\">over gave<\/a>, the end result is feeling letdown and used.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read our articles on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/how-to-say-no-more-effectively.htm\">How to Say No<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/healthy-boundaries.htm\">How to set \u201cBoundaries<\/a>.\u201d How different would life feel if you kept more of your time and energy for yourself?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. You have misunderstood what giving is.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_82919\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/8418491031_f2b086b579.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82919\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/8418491031_f2b086b579-400x309.jpg\" alt=\"feeling let down\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-82919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/karen0618\/8418491031\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" \">karen lao<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Is your idea of giving that whatever you put out, you should receive in equal measure<\/strong>? You\u2019ve actually mistaken giving with a business transaction.<\/p>\n<p><em>What if giving meant that you only give your time and energy when\/if it feels good, and that you do so with absolutely no strings attached? What if you stopped giving at all until you felt that you could give from such a space?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. You are blinded by expectations.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/high-expectations.htm\">High expectations<\/a> are one of the key killers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/healthy-relationships-help-guide.htm\">healthy and connected relationships<\/a>. They leave us in an endless loop of feeling let down.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">When we expect things of others, we fail to be open to who they really are. And in our drive to get what we want, we fail to see the things they really have to offer. It&#8217;s not that they give us nothing, it&#8217;s that we are asking them to give what they simply can&#8217;t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Think of one person you are having difficulties with. Write a list of all the things you expect from him or her. Are these things fair? What would it feel like to just rip up that list and drop all expectations?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">4. You are actually being controlling.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_82921\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/5141400973_f2aaeb398d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82921\" class=\" wp-image-82921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/5141400973_f2aaeb398d-400x234.jpg\" alt=\"feeling let down\" width=\"431\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-82921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zbellink\/5141400973\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" \">Alex Bellink<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sometimes the hard truth about why you\u00a0 feel let down is that you didn\u2019t get to do things your way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You simply can\u2019t fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/controlling-behaviours-actually-guilty.htm\">control other people<\/a> or even life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Take a moment to think about the person who has let you down. When is the last time you discussed his or her wants and needs in the relationship?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5. You are codependent.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On the surface,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/great-codependency-hoax-codependent.htm\"> codependency<\/a> looks like a person who is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/generous-person-or-over-giver.htm\">over giving<\/a>, too nice, and always wanting to make other people and partners happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But beneath that is the pattern, \u201cI help you and do everything for you and then you have to make me feel good in return\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a lot to ask of someone else, and the end result is often feeling let down.<\/p>\n<p><em>Look at how much of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/self-compassion.htm\">self-esteem<\/a> comes from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/quiz-healthy-destructive-relationship\">relationships<\/a>. What are three things you could start doing to feel self-esteem in a way that is instead sourced from within?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">6. You are stuck in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/victim-mentality.htm\">victim mentality<\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_82925\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4662765381_2f8f266a69.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4662765381_2f8f266a69-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4662765381_2f8f266a69-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4662765381_2f8f266a69-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4662765381_2f8f266a69.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4662765381_2f8f266a69-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4662765381_2f8f266a69-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-82925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pagedooley\/4662765381\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" \">Kevin Dooley<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s a fact about over giving, being \u2018too nice\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/saying-no.htm\">never saying no<\/a>\u2026. then always feeling let down.<\/p>\n<p>You are <em>choosing<\/em> to do all of it. Nobody is making you do so. Except, perhaps, your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/why-do-i-feel-guilty-all-the-time.htm\">feelings of guilt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So you are not actually a victim, you are just choosing to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>What three things would you have to give up if you decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/live-life-like-victim-12-ways-tell.htm\">stop acting like a victim<\/a> (other people\u2019s sympathy and attention, always having a good story to tell, etc). And what three things might you then stand to gain?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">7. You are projecting.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Being let down is often a form of<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/psychological-projection-are-you-making-everyone-else-responsible.htm\">psychological projection<\/a>, where we take a trait that is within us and attribute it to another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it possible that in your over giving, you sometimes over extend and<\/strong> let others down? Cancel at the last minute? Forget to call? Do a half-hearted job of things?<\/p>\n<p><strong>And often we are constantly letting <em>ourselves<\/em> down, <\/strong>by refusing to listen to our real desires or take time to ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><em>Think carefully over the last month. Can you find three ways, no matter how small, you could be perceived as letting people down? And can you find three moments you let yourself down by saying yes when you meant no, by not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/self-care-and-depression.htm\">practicing self-care<\/a>, or by not standing up for yourself?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">8. You are in a pattern of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/quiz-healthy-destructive-relationship\"> choosing unhealthy relationships<\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you constantly align yourself with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/toxic-friends-what-to-do.htm\">toxic friends<\/a> and partners who are evidently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-a-narcissist.htm\">selfish<\/a>\u00a0or e<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/fear-of-commitment.htm\">motionally unavailable<\/a>, then you will always feel let down.<\/p>\n<p>A pattern of choosing this sort of relationship will come from childhood programming. It might be that you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/partner-mother-father.htm\">\u2018dating a parent<\/a>\u2019, or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-childhood-trauma.htm\">childhood trauma<\/a> left you with certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/examples-of-core-beliefs.htm\">core beliefs<\/a> that are controlling your choices.<\/p>\n<p><em>Look back at your last few relationships or friendships. Did they begin the same way? Have the same dramas? The same power dynamics? Do either relate to a pattern you might have had with a parent growing up?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">9. You need proper, healthy support.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes we always feel let down as <strong>we don&#8217;t have support and are seeking it from people who can&#8217;t give it. Or we have no idea how to even accept support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you actually know how to accept the help and assistance of others? Or do you often push away opportunities and offers?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Is it time to seek real support to break your pattern of feeling let down?<\/h2>\n<p>If you find that your endless sense of feeling let down is making your life difficult, or you suspect it comes from a childhood experience, then it might be time to seek proper support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/difference-between-psychotherapy-and-counselling.htm\">counsellor or therapist<\/a> creates <\/strong>a safe, unbiased, and nonjudgmental environment for you to understand your feeling of always being let down by others.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Would you like to try a session with a therapist and work on your tendency to always feel let down by others? Harley Therapy connects you to London-based therapists as well as online therapists working right across the UK.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Have a question still about why you are always feeling let down by others? Post in our public comment box below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-114425 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2019-02-23-at-18.17.37-395x400.png\" alt=\"Andrea M. 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