Home/Thoughts & Fears/Failure fears/ThoughtI am currently seated in a beige plastic chair in a room that smells of industrial floor wax and failure—my failure.failure fearsachievement emptinesssettling regretShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI’m sitting on the floor of my parents' old place surrounded by dust and those heavy floral curtains that haven't been washed since 1994.past self embarrassmentI am sitting in the back of this reception hall watching my cousin get married and honestly I feel like a total failure.comparison spiralsI guess this is stupid but I’ve been sitting here at the kitchen table since midnight just looking at my hands and thinking about how they don’t look like nurse hands because they’re still stained… …imposter syndromeI am sitting on the floor of my apartment in Chicago listening to the sirens outside and I have never felt more like a failure because I just watched my family dismantle the only place that ever felt… …failure fearsRelated ThemesIntrusive thoughtsMortality anxietySuccess fears