So one day, when I was about 8-9 years old a young boy maybe 4-5 years elder me to was brought to my grandpa for consultation. The case I figured was very severe. I couldn’t somehow accept that kids my age can have these issues; I had only seen middle-aged patients till then.That kid went through a lot of trauma. He went through hypnotic medication and was finally shifted to a permanent treatment facility.

Life passed on and one day I asked my grandfather about that case. The kid, he explained faced a failure for the first time in his last year of high school that he couldn’t accept it could happen to him. His parents were so obsessed seeing him be the first ranker (an Indian school system grade) in the class; he was trained to be that all throughout his life. Until this happened.

I think failing earlier on in life gives us that ability to not freak out when it happens later on.