What is the best way to get over an embarrassing situation?

Question

OK, so I was supposed to act out somethin with a friend and we kinda messed up our play we came up with. Every group had to perform one in front of the class. (No, its not theatre class.) I was so embarrassed cuz we did horrible and everybody saw.

So what's the best way to get over a situation that was embarrassing? What do you say if people bring it up?

Answer 1

If they bring it up, then just laugh with them and say, "You know what, that was so embarrassing! I felt like I did horrible! I know what to do next time though!"

If they're saying to make you feel bad, once they see that it doesn't, they'll forget about it and move on to someone else. If they're saying just cause they thought it was funny and they don't think you mind them talking about it, then they'll see how cool you are by being able to laugh about it too. Either way, you'll win!

If it's not brought up by anyone, then just forget about it :) Everyone else eventually will. Everyone has something embarrassing happen at one point or another in their life.

Answer 2

First, remember that embarrassment is NATURAL. Put yourself in the shoes of the audience. If someone was performing and they messed up, and you see that they are NOT blushing, not trying to laugh it off, but just cooly put on an indifferent face and finish up and sit down as if nothing ever happened. Wouldn't that actually be a little weird and lifeless?

When someone brings it up, blush and tell them it happens, it could happen to them also. Remember that embarrassment is really the body's natural response to a threatening situation. When you feel embarrassment, it means your body has gone into the biological "fight or flight" mode. Your heart pounds and blood gathers near your muscles and shows up on your face as a blush. It is because you feel threatened and this is your SOMATIC nervous system simply kicking in your natural reponse. Eventually, no matter what, you will settle down because the PARASYMPATHETIC nervous system emits soothing chemicals in your body when as soon as it "realizes" that there is no real threat. So next time you are embarrassed, don't feel bad and just breath and tell yourself that there is nothing to be embarrassed of. Understand that your nervous systems are automatic and are just kicking in and there's not much you can do except to think, positively, "Well, here goes my body doing it's flight or fight thing. Now I just wait for it to realize there's no reason to be so panicky."

Answer 3

So it sounds like your performance sucked. Great for you! Now at least you know what to work on. Blah blah blah I'm sure you've heard that already. So really? Do this performance again and again in private. Make it as hysterical and goofy as you want. Be a crazy duck and laugh till you pee your pants! Then you'll see how embarrassing your act really was, but how funny it is too.

Answer 4

The best way to get over something like that is to remember you're not the only person in the world that has ever embarrassed yourself in front of other people.

If someone says something to you laugh about it yourself. It's not the end of the world.

Answer 5

You could ask the teacher if you could try it again... because it did not turn out the way you had planned or practiced.

That would show that you are an "adult" and that you can overcome embarrassing situations easily. Hopefully, you get another chance.

If not, you could ride it out... But remember this... if your "screw-up" was a one time deal, no one will care. But if you carry yourself that way all the time, it becomes you.

Answer 6

embarrasing moments lol hmmmm....well lol i'm on our school basketball team and i'm one of the best players. well we had this game and my bestfriends were playing with me and my crush was in the crowd watching me, well i'm pretty small so i always end up intercepting the ball, and that what i did, it was a pretty tricky throw too and i got the ball and everyone starts cheering so i dribble theball down to the net and they all start cheering and i shoot, well i miss (my chrush was watching lol i was nervous, i shoot good only when i don't care about making it that much) so i shoot again and miss then i shoot again and still miss,i'm getting pretty pissed off. well it turns out that i was shooting on the wrong net and the guy i like fell of the damn bleachers laughing. this was like last nite too. i was so embarrased lol i couldn't score the rest of the game, then the game ended we lost by 1 point and i started shooting awesome i'm like wtf, but by then my chrush hadstopped watching. anyway i just laughed it off, if you make a big deal out of it then people don't, lol now everyone is over it and my chrush didn't even mention it. so don't worry about it lol

oh haha i just realized i spelled chrush wrong the whole time it is supposed to be crush lol no wonder i get called blonde so much lol

Answer 7

Just write it off as a mess up. It sucks to be embarrassed, but you probably are making it bigger than it really was - and you will remember it long after everyone else has forgotten.

Honestly, people just don't focus on us as much as we may think they do, so you can be happy about that.

Answer 8

Remember that all people expose daily to a different embarrasing situation you'r not the only one, but take it easy & laugh it off as the most here have told you ....

Sense of humor makes situations going easier :))

Answer 9

I used to artwork in production unit maintenance with a guy who had a perverted experience of humor. each and every time we've been working in a community the place it became difficult for others to work out us, yet they knew we've been there working, he could wait his hazard, and whilst he heard that yet another worker became passing by ability of interior of listening to distance human beings, he could make loud smooching, kissing noises, and then slap himself loudly (so it regarded like somebody purely have been given their face slapped) and on a similar time he'd be announcing "knock it off Frank" to me. That became particularly embarrassing to me because of the fact it made it sound to the passersby like I had purely kissed him.

Answer 10

Talk about it. Laugh about it. Fess up to feeling embarrassed. You'll be over it in no time. How much does it really matter in the grand scheme of things after all?