Dealing with grade insecurity and comparison
Does anyone know how to stop comparing myself with my peers and friends when looking at grades.
I’ve never been a super smart student I am average. I did my GCSES in 2024 and got 6As and 3Bs my friends got between nines and sevens so I felt a little embarrassed and disappointed in my grades. I don’t think it’s jealousy but i just can’t help but compare myself to them. My sibling got all As in gcse and between A-A* in alevel and is studying at a top uni. I feel like a disappointment compared to them but I’m still so very proud of their achievements.
All of my friends are planning on studying academic subjects at uni yet I want to explore a more creative career. It’s not like they make fun of me or anything but they do throw around shady comments time to time making me second guess myself.
Idk how to stop feeling so down and upset about my grades but I want to stop asap. I always wake up with a pit in my stomach and I’m getting quite tired of feeling this way.
So does anyone know how to stop feeling like this?
I’ve never been a super smart student I am average. I did my GCSES in 2024 and got 6As and 3Bs my friends got between nines and sevens so I felt a little embarrassed and disappointed in my grades. I don’t think it’s jealousy but i just can’t help but compare myself to them. My sibling got all As in gcse and between A-A* in alevel and is studying at a top uni. I feel like a disappointment compared to them but I’m still so very proud of their achievements.
All of my friends are planning on studying academic subjects at uni yet I want to explore a more creative career. It’s not like they make fun of me or anything but they do throw around shady comments time to time making me second guess myself.
Idk how to stop feeling so down and upset about my grades but I want to stop asap. I always wake up with a pit in my stomach and I’m getting quite tired of feeling this way.
So does anyone know how to stop feeling like this?
Their path is not your path, and having all 9s at GCSEs does not guarantee a happy and / or successful life in any case.
I know it's easier said than done, but you absolutely have no reason to compare yourself with anybody at all. Not to mention that you got As and Bs - there's nothing wrong with that at all.
I know it's easier said than done, but you absolutely have no reason to compare yourself with anybody at all. Not to mention that you got As and Bs - there's nothing wrong with that at all.
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