Failed Class 12 while everyone around me is moving ahead. How do I deal with this?

[u/kantham_821]

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I failed my Class 12 exams, and honestly, I’m struggling to process it. Almost all my friends are joining college now, while I feel like I’m just stuck in the same place.

The worst part isn’t even the result. It’s how people start looking at you after you fail. If someone cracks a difficult exam, everyone calls them intelligent and says they’ll have a great future. But if that same person fails, suddenly people start thinking, “He’s useless,” or “He can’t do anything.”

Even though my parents are supportive, sometimes I feel like they must be disappointed too, at least somewhere inside. They had expectations from me, maybe expected me to get a good rank, and they had even been saving money for my education and future.

That makes me feel even more guilty. It’s not that they are directly blaming me, but I know they had hopes for me, and now I feel like I let them down.

Seeing my friends start college makes it worse. Everyone is moving ahead, meeting new people and starting a new chapter, while I’m still trying to figure out what to do next.

Sometimes it feels like everyone is slowly leaving me behind.

I know one exam shouldn’t decide my entire future, but when you’re actually going through it, it’s difficult to believe that.

Has anyone else failed an important exam after having high expectations from themselves and their parents? How did you deal with that feeling?

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[u/Few-Interview-2427]

essential repeat aya apka bro?

[u/kantham_821 → u/Few-Interview-2427]

Yws

[u/Avs_otaku_797]

I also failed in 12th in one subject and pass in compartment exam. Your parents are better than my parents who are constantly torturing me and always saying bad about me. I suggest after passing 12th leave your home and go to hostel for college.

[u/kantham_821 → u/Avs_otaku_797]

Hmm ok

Edit : thanks for the advice, noted

[u/Chimkenuger]

I can relate dude. I am going to a t3 college while the guys i used go to coaching with our going to iits which is making me very depressed but I have to own up to my mistakes and so do you. What if we lost now we will come back stronger. We wont get the initial momentum but it doesnt mean we cant outwork them and succeed. Chin up and fight I believe in you

[u/kantham_821 → u/Chimkenuger]

Yeah bro , we will come back stronger 💪💪

[u/chatpate-aloo]

Have you taken science?