Dealing with failure (need advice)

Yesterday I had my philosophy exam. It's safe to say, I definitely won't be getting the A/A* I wanted because during the first paper I had one of my 'freakouts', I'm in the small hall for anxiety reasons already and most of my other exams have gone reasonably okay, considering. I have no idea what came over me and it astounds me of all exams I was set off by philosophy.

It's not the first exam I won't get the grade I want though; my English Literature exam went balls up and I had a panic at the start, thats been filed though as it was triggered through no fault of my own. I was meant to get an A in that subject too...

I guess what i'm asking for is advice on dealing with the failure. I feel like i've let people down, predominantly myself. I know I can't change what's happened but I felt like I needed to sorta vent and ask for some tips on how to not think about it or how to rationally deal with the inevitability of not getting the results.

Thanks.

Hi!

I'm sorry to hear what has happened A similar thing happened to me too with English Lit a few weeks ago. I totally freaked out in both of the exams and there's no doubt in my mind that I've failed. Like you, I feel the same. I know how frustrating it is to see all your hard work go to waste and I know this is easier said than done, but please don't let it try to get to you so much. After my lit exam, I moped around feeling sorry for myself for days but then I realised there was just no point at all. You worked hard for those exams and you know you did, just because you slipped up on the day doesn't mean you're rubbish at it - you know that, your parents know that, your teachers know that. Whatever you get on the day please don't let it bother you too much and hey, who knows, you might have done a lot better than you think. Don't feel like you've let people down - these are YOUR grades, no one else's. Even if the worst comes to worse and you do end up with a grade that you're not too happy with just remember that it's only a GCSE

Good luck and remember, like you said, you can't do anything to change it now so there's no point obsessing over it.

The only person that matters is you.
If you tried your best , then thats good enough.

There's a simple answer , which is just resit and for goodness sake dont beat yourself up if everything doesn't go to plan. Learn from it and improve.

If you lost your leg, that would be a biggy, underpeforming in a few GCSE's is not. You dont even have the results yet.

Yesterday I had my philosophy exam. It's safe to say, I definitely won't be getting the A/A* I wanted because during the first paper I had one of my 'freakouts', I'm in the small hall for anxiety reasons already and most of my other exams have gone reasonably okay, considering. I have no idea what came over me and it astounds me of all exams I was set off by philosophy.

It's not the first exam I won't get the grade I want though; my English Literature exam went balls up and I had a panic at the start, thats been filed though as it was triggered through no fault of my own. I was meant to get an A in that subject too...

I guess what i'm asking for is advice on dealing with the failure. I feel like i've let people down, predominantly myself. I know I can't change what's happened but I felt like I needed to sorta vent and ask for some tips on how to not think about it or how to rationally deal with the inevitability of not getting the results.

Thanks.

Hi!

I'm sorry to hear what has happened A similar thing happened to me too with English Lit a few weeks ago. I totally freaked out in both of the exams and there's no doubt in my mind that I've failed. Like you, I feel the same. I know how frustrating it is to see all your hard work go to waste and I know this is easier said than done, but please don't let it try to get to you so much. After my lit exam, I moped around feeling sorry for myself for days but then I realised there was just no point at all. You worked hard for those exams and you know you did, just because you slipped up on the day doesn't mean you're rubbish at it - you know that, your parents know that, your teachers know that. Whatever you get on the day please don't let it bother you too much and hey, who knows, you might have done a lot better than you think. Don't feel like you've let people down - these are YOUR grades, no one else's. Even if the worst comes to worse and you do end up with a grade that you're not too happy with just remember that it's only a GCSE

Good luck and remember, like you said, you can't do anything to change it now so there's no point obsessing over it.

I'm not sorry. You just have to understand the concept of hard work which unfortunately lots of people, like you, struggle with.

You could spend months and months revising for an exam and still panic whilst doing it you know?

Hi, thank you for your response
I'm sorry to hear a similar thing happened to you too it honestly sucks but nevertheless, I hope you get good results.

Thank you for your advice, I'm going to try and distract myself as much as possible; nothing can be done to change what's already happened. I guess we'll have to wait and see on results day!

Hahahahahaha!!! No

What makes you say that?

You, this strange being I have the displeasure of communicating with.

Hmm okay looks like you don't know how to reply so you've just resorted to insults. Have a nice day

Umm I do know how to reply and I've chosen to reply in this way. Hope I helped!☺️

I mean replying in a manner that actually answers my question in a proper way

You just seem a bit lazy. What's your BMI?