the Debug Life

Why Failure Hurts Just Like Physical Pain

January 02, 2023 Mitch Season 1 Episode 20
Why Failure Hurts Just Like Physical Pain
the Debug Life
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the Debug Life
Why Failure Hurts Just Like Physical Pain
Jan 02, 2023 Season 1 Episode 20
Mitch

We often interpret failure as rejection in one way or the other. The brain can perceive rejection as threatening our safety and survival, thus activating mechanisms that make us feel distressed. The brain evolved to keep us alive, and it uses these painful mechanisms to get us to do whatever it thinks will lead us back to safety.

00:00 Our Biological Response to Rejection
01:37 Rejection and Failure
03:19 Processing Failure

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We often interpret failure as rejection in one way or the other. The brain can perceive rejection as threatening our safety and survival, thus activating mechanisms that make us feel distressed. The brain evolved to keep us alive, and it uses these painful mechanisms to get us to do whatever it thinks will lead us back to safety.

00:00 Our Biological Response to Rejection
01:37 Rejection and Failure
03:19 Processing Failure