First comes denial-- I did NOT get an 87 on this test. Second comes escape-- where can I weasel more points? Third is blame-- it was a bad test and my prof didn’t cover the section properly. Fourth is acceptance-- I didn’t even do the reading, 87 is a blessing really. Fifth is guilt-- I am evil evil evil, and never do the reading and never do as well as I could if I just stopped procrastinating. Sixth is resolve-- I’m going to do better next time, honest! This has a 50/50 chance of actually happening.
My screw-ups are like vampires-- they live forever and are always jumping out to bite me, the vicious little bastards.
Depends. If I suck at something I don’t give a shit about (a category that includes most things), I laugh like hell at my own suckiness. It’s funny when people try to do things they’re no good at, myself included.
On the other hand, if it’s something that matters to me and I really gave it a no-kidding, good-faith effort, and I sucked anyway, then that hurts. That’s going to get me down for a while. Not a long while; a few hours, or at most a day or two. I’m a generally positive, upbeat person, and I don’t often get down for long about stuff.