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How do you cope with bad news?

I bottle all my negativity up inside me, and put on a happy front. ^_^ I know it's unhealthy, but someone needs to be positive in order to help any others who might be affected.
 
I'm the type who bottles everything up, and keeps it there. I hate being vulnerable or being seen to be vulnerable, so I keep what you call is a 'strong front'.

It works pretty well. If I don't talk about it, it goes away mostly, or I just end up forgetting.
 
I usually seclude myself, stop talking for a couple days. It gives me time to think without disturbance, because the slightest interruption in my train of though makes me mad.
 
Depends on the bad news.. if its a death in the family, I tend to go very quiet but it doesn't sink in at all and I'll be fine for a few days, and then.. around and after the funeral is when it tends to really hit home for me.

I do tend to prefer to seclude myself when I'm dealing with this kind of stuff though, I hold back infront of other people and end up just bottling it otherwise.
 
This thread makes me appreciate that I'm almost 19 and have never really had any 'bad news' per se. In all seriousness I think the worst news I've had was about 2 months ago when I got a letter basically saying my 'holiday' was over and I had to start looking for work. I went out and did some parkour, that always makes me feel great, so I guess I'd do the same with 'real' bad news.
 
I shout at everyone and lock myself away from the world with a packet of fags and a bottle of Vodka.
Then I get into arguments with everyone I care about and get into random fights.
I realize that now everyone hates me.
I cry.
I get angry because I'm crying.

And then the cycle starts over again, until I manage to wear myself out.
 
No matter how bad it is, I just pour it with my close friends and hopefully they would cheer me up. Either way, life won't go back or fast-forward if I just sat still and cry.
 
Depends how bad we are talking...

Usually, I'll go to my room, turn off all the lights, lock the door and just lay down and listen to music until I feel alittle better.
 
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