worst part is, when you study hard, dont watch t.v or video games, and still fail! patho got me hard

i think the scariest thing about failure is the future

"So maybe you've failed a test" Brother, I've failed my whole life

I came here to say I failed 3/5 classes first semester of college after being a straight A student. Three years passed and I have my dream job, I have good grades and I am about to graduate. Life does get better, you will be fine. It hurts at first, then you feel mad at yourself, then you feel scared to retry but at the end it all works out. Trust me. Take a deep breath and tell yourself you will get over this one day.

"I never lose. I either win or learn." -Nelson Mandela

I'm more scared of how my parents will react than of actual failure

I hate the fact I used to be a perfect student, just makes my failures all the worse since my parents say, "What happened? You used to have all A's."

At this moment, the only thing lower than my grades is my selfesteem, and that's why I'm here...

I think I failed my exam because I was nervous and couldn’t concentrate

Wow ok that was weird, I just received news about failing a test today, and this pops up

I tend to do good in class if I'm physically in there. However, this whole distance learning has made it hard for me :(

Just failed my entire first year at uni. Thank you. I needed this.

It’s really comforting watching this and reading the comments realizing that I’m not alone, and that people go through this too and still manage to get through.... I’m a Senior in high school and I just took my physics final test for the first semester, but I know I failed, I was too overwhelmed with the fact that it was worth 70% of my final grade... my mind was too worried the whole time, i got confused and everything was a mess... I’ve never failed a class before, never ever. So, it feels terrible to let it sink down... but I’ll do as you say, thank you for this. I’m more calmed than before, I’m ready to confront the consequences, and even if things go bad theres always a solution to everything it doesn’t matter what, and I’ll do whatever it takes to reach my goal, this is not going to defeat me, I can retake the test, and it’s okay... I’ll learn from all of this, and yes I take this as a lesson, it’s a wake up call to teach me that i need to focus. I’m a good student there’s no doubt, but I need to focus I’ve been too distracted lately, I won’t let this little thing break me or my goal in life. I’ll be fine. Thank you

I'm not an F student, but this was my first semester of college and everything was moved online and I failed all of my courses due to lack of motivation and mental health relating to whats been happening around me. I am terrified of how this will affect my future and how my parents will react if they find out (Im hoping they dont). I sometimes get the feeling that I should just drop out bc I feel like I'm wasting money, but I want to prove others and myself wrong and come out with the best grades I have ever received. I don't want this to be for nothing. It terrifies me to the point where I feel sick, but I want the best for myself and I'm not entirely sure what to do

This comment section makes me feel warm and welcome, and sometimes I come back here when I fail. Thank you for this video, but I still feel like horse shit.

Online school is really affecting me...

I felt like crying while watching this... My whole freshman year in college is a mess. Thank you Frank. Your material here is so helpful and I hope I get to bring your work justice and succeed. :) Thanks again for all that you do.

I Failed my Exit Exam, all my friends are graduating i feel alone and i feel disappointed in my self. Thankyou for the support and kind words

IM LITERALLY FREAKING OUT BECAUSE I FAILED MY WHOLE SEMESTER BECAUSE OF COVID-19 SINCE I ALWAYS GOT DISTRACTED IN THE CLASSES AND MY PARENTS ARE LITERALLY GOING TO KILL ME

I’m actually paying attention to all of my subjects, I almost got an A at all exams, but the thing is I actually suck at maths..I was paying attention, I am studying harder, but the results got me depressed, I wasn’t expecting a failing grade even though I did my best, but my best wasn’t enough..thank you for this video

Failure is natural but it depends on us on how we choose to deal with it. For me, in order to get over failing, we should be resilient and use it as motivation in order to be successful on you next try. Don’t stop chasing your dream until you reach it.

I think that most people in college (at least in Sweden) are quite open about failures. It might be because we're told right at the beginning of the first semester that failure is normal. "Everyone fails at least once" they told us. And my dad tells me all the time that failing is okay. But for me, failure is not an option. No one puts pressure on me but me and this is super unhealthy

I'm afraid to disappoint my parents after they saw me working so frickin hard

i was absolute bawling my eyes out. I scored a 1.40/10 on a test. I legit thought last year "how is it even possible for someone to get that low pff" my god karma never hit me this hard.

ask a question and be stupid for a minute. stay silent and be stupid forever.

i'm about to fail the semester. I have to get straight A's to save my ass and i still havent adjust to my night schedule. The thing is, I cant retake the semester. If I fail it, I am forced to shift. I dont know what im doing with my life. Its like something's missing or I have no motivation or energy. I dont know. Somebody help me pls.

The fact that I come back to this video at the end of every quarter is just hysterical 😂😂😂😂😂

I had no problems in middle school and high school but everything changed when i went to college

I studied hard for an entire but the results weren't as expected. What do I do? I do not regret anything. I gave in my 100%.

I failed two classes. I'm down. Thanks Thomas.

The worst kind of failure is the one that affects people who didn't deserve it. There is no worse feeling than the combination of feeling worthless because you failed and the guilt and shame about what it did to other people.

the fear about failing is not the fail but the idea of your time moving forward but you stay in the same spot maybe go opposite at all at least that is how i look it

failure doesnt happen to everyone. i know seniors who have never had to really try in a class and have always finished with A's while i'm studying my assoff and get f's on my midterm. fuck me bro

"that's what engineers do and that's what you're gonna do" Pretty strong hearing that when you're trying to get into college to become an engineer, definitely helped. Your videos are top quality, keep it up man!

Hey, I failed 2 classes of my 1st semester in college. And I didnt tell my parents because I fear them hating me for it. I also need to repeat my 2 fails next year and I am very scared for my future. Just stating my life here in the comments so we can all better ourselves. Do pray for my next semesters guys!!! Engineering is killing me 🙃

I'm so depressed rn, i have a low grade..

My first time failing anything this semester and I feel so crappy. But its a new year and I know where I went wrong. I was unmotivated to study and I was distracted. I'm regretful but I know I'll be able to handle the course better next semester.

This semester has been a disaster to me😭😭. nothing has gone right for me,I am a failure!!!!!!!. I feel like dying of stress😔😔😖 but this video has helped me much,thanks a lot

I don’t understand how this happened. All my grades were high 90s but somehow I am failing a class. My parents weren’t even happy about my good grades they were just disappointed about the class I failed

I have an exam tomorrow but I was feeling overwhelmed the whole weekend so I didn't study. I only had 3 days to study to begin with because I had important exams earlier this week. The worst part is I don't think those went well either. I feel so ashamed of myself for procrastinating this much and I really wished I had just get started instead of worrying about the workload. I'm pretty sure I will fail tomorrow as I didn't even study hald of the material so here I am watching this in advance to make me feel better. Thank you so much for making this video, it helped me a lot! And to all the others struggling in the comments, good luck!

Just failed one important test...thank you Thomas

lol watching this right before I go take a Chemistry final I know I'm not prepared for.

I never thought of failure as dying in a video game, then retrying the level to figure out what to do different in order to complete the level. This paints a whole new picture for me. Thank you for pointing out all of these steps and giving us these advices. Continue to the amazing work, man!

Just had the worst semester of my life. I really needed this video. I truly believe it'll be better the second time around. Thank you so much!

I just failed passing to the university I wanted. I worked so hard and the only thing I was doing for the past 1 year was studying. And I mean literally! I was like a zombie . I live in Greece and because we have a shity educational system you literally have to learn by heart around 5 books each one referring to a different subject and then you have to give exams to each lesson independently. The competition is really high... nearly everyone around me succeeded but I didn't . I can have a second chance just by doing this all from the beginning but it is sooo fucking hard ... I guess there is no other way...

Watching this before my exam today because I already know what’s coming 💀

Thomas Frank...your speech just broke down my depression and just changed my whole life. I sure will thank you in person one day as I get through with Med school. Thank you!

I’m a second year pre med major in college, so if you know anything about failure, you know that there’s almost no room for it when it comes to your grades. I was studying for an organic chemistry exam. I spent the last several days studying for it, pulling all nighters, being stressed to the max, and generally not doing anything else but studying for this one exam. You’d think that I would crush my exam, but the truth is I didn’t. I didn’t even take it. All day today, I thought, “my exam will start at 5PM.” The reality is that 5PM is when the class ends. 4:10PM is when it starts. I headed to class at 4:50, feeling prepared for the exam I was about to take. Until it hit me. I had mixed up the times. Today, for the first time ever, I accidentally missed an exam. When your grade is mostly comprised of just exams, it’s easy to feel defeated. What worse is I’m not an F student at all, but my failure was the result of poor study habits. I’ve cried quite a bit today because nothing like this has ever happened to me before. I’ve never experienced “failure.” Watching this video was exactly what I needed. Sometimes, the failure isn’t “not studying enough” or “not paying attention in class.” Sometimes it is not taking care of yourself. Sometimes it’s burning yourself out so bad that it ends up in even more destruction.

come on time. I failed in my midterms 😥 Thank you for helping us failures 🙈

I fail my whole semester and my ass is about kick out of the university and now I don't know what to do I haven't talked this about my parents because I'm afraid

Heres my story I had an exam that i have failed appeared again with full confidence that i ll atleast pass it...failed again. The worst part is to stand up again , and having to try up all again. It is like the most depressing state I have been.Never been a class topper kind of student, but the part of failing a thing again while every other person is so ahead of you...and you are just alone. it was a complete disheartening moment, and then I fall much deeper in the depression state. it is still hard to get out of it. Within 1 week I am going to appear again. Last time I was Shattered , And lost completely , had isolated myself, I really don't know what will I do If this time..

can i just say how much i love this man, thank you thomas, ive been feeling really low of myself and this really helped, thank youuuuuuuuu!

Thanks for this people try to act perfect but we all failed at something that's how we learn

I got under 1.0 GPA in college....nothing will ever make me feel better. I should of studied more. I feel guilty. I hate talking about it. I thought I could get by with C's and I thought I was doing better then I was in one of my classes. in another class even when I studied I just always failed and another one I think I just got cheated out of.

Thanks for this video man. I believe this video is gonna help a lot of college students. Hope your channel grows and prosper☺

This video really moved me and taught me how I have to manage my time through college. Thank you for truly opening my eyes.

i failed in my physics class too 😭😭😭 it hurts like hell.

2:38 That graph is the perfect way of looking at it; it's so easy to get so caught up in the fact that you failed that you forget to see where exactly you were in the first place and the awesome progress you were making. All it really takes is a lot of effort and motivation to climb out of that hole and get back to the progress you were making!

Just what i needed to hear!!! Thanks a million for this Thomas Frank!

i’m failing two core classes right now that are key classes for my major & this helped me soooooo much! thank you so much for motivating me and making me feel hopeful that the rest of this semester can get better!

Engineering student here. I have failed around 8 subjects times in college. I never learn. Acceptance. Not a smart person. And not much effort put in as well. Now, i've found my motivation, (my girlfriend) i'm really afraid of failing my major subjects. But the thing is. I'm way too far behind now. I have to pull off a miracle to pass my finals exams.

I feel so empty to see that I start off the six weeks with a 35 in English, I'm gonna cry 😪

I really needed this thank you man.I just finished taking my college algebra test and failed alongside my assigned practice hw.I let it get the best of me and wasn’t making time to study and just procrastinated to leave it to the end.I now I need to do better and learn from my failures and make a comeback.Thank you again.

You calmed me down. After a failure and confusion, I had a mental breakdown. And then I found your video online, and it really helped. Thank you.

Perfect timing. Just failed a class today at the same time my dog was dying at home. Thanks for being my distraction for today, I'm really needing it. (Sorry for my poor English, but I'm Brazillian and I'm not thinking straight today...)

Thanks for this video. This semester has been a disaster for me. I need to figure out what I'm really about in my attempt to return to school in my forties. Going to classes with people the age of my friends kids seems to destroy my motivation.

I've watched this so many times.. thankful it's starting to sink in! Loved how you never once said it would be easy... motivating!

love ur decor so much

Amazing speech bro, was needing that. Thanks for all the amazing content you've provided us through all this time, never stop, you are an incredible person.

I want to let you know that this week I successfully presented, and thus, finished my masters degree thesis. It was a success and thank you very much for all the tips and tricks that I found in all of your videos. Yay! :-) And now for celebration will have a dinner out and Star Wars movie !!!! :-D Merry Christmas

I needed this to pull me back together. Thank you.

I think the part of failure in pursuing academic qualification that I find the hardest to deal with, is the part where my money flies away and my debt/loan gets significantly more heavier with each module I fail. Yes, it's my fault for the failure and honestly, I don't mind taking the time to learn from my mistakes, but the fact that my debt grew from my failure to finish a module in the first try stings like hell, and it looms over me for days, weeks.

This video was exactly what I needed to perk me up. I genuinely thank you from the bottom of my heart, thomas! :')

I'm a freshmen and I have a 20% in algebra right now and a 50% in Spanish right now... Both fs I'm kind of suicidal because I feel like the world will stay like this but this kind of helped and I just want more help

Had to come watch this after being forced to take 2 weeks off from a course, transition to online, and have a professor expect us to teach ourselves for the last month just to be given an exam that is unbearably hard.

Thank you for your video. It was straight forward and I like how it doesn't focus on telling your audience to subscribe and like and you go straight to the point of helping and sharing the tips.

I failed because I'm so addicted to games and never did what I had to do. Nothing else can change my mind now. I'm a pure idiot ;(

I cried throughout the video . i just ...

Thank Thomas, I've definitely let my failures in the past remain there without ever reflecting as to WHY I failed and then trying to do it again. I think this video is super helpful and I WILL go about trying this process today. Thanks again👍🏽

Just did my midterm for chemistry... I was running out of time and started to panic. Obviously full blown anxiety kicked in when I had 28 questions left with 20 minutes left..

Thank you for this. I just failed a college general chemistry exam. Needless to say, I'm devastated, but I feel very much inspired to buckle down and do better.

Thanks, Thomas. I thought I was above failure until today, I failed harder than I had in all four years of college. It was so rough, but your last words brought tears to my eyes. Thanks, it is true: most failures are not the end, just an opportunity to learn.

Thank you for the encouragement, these videos can mean a-lot to someone at just the right time.

Your video really helped me out. Yesterday I found out that I bombed a History paper I worked really hard on. Not only did your video help me handle my failure, but it showed me the way to rise above it. Thank you so much for your video :)

I really needed to hear that 'soul driller' speech. Thank you Thomas

Anyone want to share some fuck ups? I was nearly kicked of university for bad grades, I was needlessly shy and negative for a lot of the period of ages 14-24. I got by ok but I rarely truly challenged myself, I had an overwhelming fear of looking stupid when trying something new. In 2015, I've learned more in a year than the past 10 years. And here is the sum of that wisdom: trust yourself. There is no easy way to learn this. If things get worse, you trust yourself less, and if you trust yourself less, you seek less challenges and thinks get worse. Deliberately put yourself into high failure situations, find ways to improvise. Again and again you will find you didn't need years of training to do something, you are smart enough to be watching a video like this, you can make things work, accept imperfection, never accept a perfect plan never executed.

Thanks 😊 I really needed to hear this. I've been feeling mentally drained and discouraged, but I understand now

I transferred to a different school this year and I’m taking a lot of difficult classes so I’ve been getting lower grades lately, and my averages are like 80s and high 90s, but I’ve gotten some 70s on tests and quizzes that have really made my self-esteem stoop low. Recently, however, I received my lowest grade ever on any test, and it was on this essay exam that I wasn’t even able to complete in time-I got a 54. I have been wasting my day doing nothing but mindlessly scrolling through KZfaq trying to get my mind off of it while also worrying about how I’ll study for my next exams during this weekend and I feel so burnt out. Not having as many friends to talk to about it makes me feel worse too. I just went from graduating my middle school as valedictorian, to being one of the top scorers in my freshman year, to receiving my first lower grades my sophomore year while taking harder classes, to transferring to a new school this year and receiving not a 74 (that being my former lowest grade ever on a test), but a 54 and I feel like even if I studied more, it wouldn’t have made a difference because there was just not enough time for me to compose my thoughts and now, I feel like such a failure.

First of all, you're videos are great! They are honestly more helpful then my professors! I'm like a lost child at the grocery store trying to find mom when it comes to studying and studying habits. I'm sick and tired of failing! I always do horrible on all the tests and then the final, I magically score higher than all the exams combined! Unfortunately, this semester, I feel like I failed because I got a C in my Biology class. I mean, I am a biology major, and that C I got was like a basic major class, it was step one! I feel like I failed already. I cried, like actually cried when I saw the grade!!! But yea I distracted myself and today I just happen to stumble across your very informative and great advice! Honestly, thank you for existing!

This was one of your best videos ever. Thank you so much for your words of wisdom, encouragement and logic.

Thank you Thomas! You are amazing ever since. Ily

Thank you so much, I needed this because i just failed the first quarter of first semester

I’m about to get my test back and I’m really scared

Great tips I especially loved the end. I remember once hearing 'that greatness is not measured by the incredible things one can do, but how much failure it took before they could be discouraged'. (I think that was a football quote,lol) but it's true. I failed a lot but darn I think I'm Awesome and so are the people watching this!!!! Because we took initiative to watch this and find ways to keep on pushing, because a piece of us (which is strength) doesn't want to quit. Yay! :) (hope that helps anyone reading ;) )

These 8 mins were like blessing thank u sir for ur inspirational words I'll sig down and now will look on my mistakes

You just calmed a guy who was freaking out in his mind about his failure and showed him the way forward.I sincerely thank you for making this video.

What do you do if your biggest failure in life was making one mistake as a teenager that cost you your health? School, sports, women, and money, all the "first world" concerns that a lot of young men think about, were never an issue for me. I got straight A's, was a star athlete, had an amazing social life, and was investing my money before I even hit puberty. But when I was in high school I trusted one doctor's advice and ended up getting an elective medical procedure that has complicated my life. The procedure seriously messed up my physical health, and has left me with a great deal of anxiety, stress, and feeling traumatized. I have physical issues I have to deal with every day now. I went from getting straight A's to not being able to even show up for tests at school. I was still able to finish high school and get into a good college, but I didn't study at all in college and skipped class all the time even though I was pre-med. However, since I had developed a great foundation in academics from my early high school days before my health complications, I was able to recall things from high school to do well enough in college without studying much. Thus, I was able to get into medical school, surprisingly. Once I got to medical school, I realized if I didn't study I would not get by anymore. I couldn't handle my health problems and also perform in medical school, or perform in much less anything else in life. I literally wouldn't open my study materials till the night before, and I of course did poorly. You can't skip all your classes and then just study the day before in medical school for major courses that cover tons of material. So I dropped out of medical school after a year into it since I couldn't handle it with my health issues, and haven't figured out yet as to how I will bounce back in life so I can reach my potential, all while having health problems. I know I need to adapt to my situation and find what works for me, but I've just been struggling for years to find a way to bounce back in life so I can manage my health conditions so I can then pursue my goals. But honestly, I just want my health back, the other things like my career as a doctor, women, etc. aren't as important to me anymore. I would trade success in all those categories just to have my health. Not really sure how I should approach my life now when my health is compromised and I'm also dealing with some aspects of trauma from the procedure. I'm not going to give up though, just still struggling to get it together and haven't quite found a way to bounce back so I can, one day, pursue my goals again. But I haven't gotten my health under control, there are some experimental procedures to improve the situation, but they also pose risks. Some say I should just move on and try to work with my health issues, others say I should explore other medical procedures to fix the problem even though there aren't any perfect solutions. Because of this experience, I have completely changed how I look at life. Now I always say that as long as you and your loved ones are healthy and safe... life is pretty damn good.

I had a mental breakdown earlier this year and it had affected my performance for school. I miss online classes and i also didnt care to study. Rn as i am writing this comment, the next 10 hours will be the start of examination day and i just started studying. I already know that i am going to fail and there is no hope. Although yes ,it isnt the end of the world cuz i still have mid year and end of year exams but what i am afraid now is the dissapointed face from my parents that will be engraved in my memory . I failed last year exams and i am going to fail again. I never know when will I learn.

I can't explain how grateful I am for this video. It's probably the first time that I feel that someone's talking directly to me, about my life in a youtube video.

Thank you Tom for this video! I know this is an old video but it was exactly what I needed today. I got a bad mark on my essay. Needed this motivation!