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Children don't have preconceived notions that failure is anything more than not doing a thing, or not doing a thing right.

To an adult, failure is a reason why could be fired, or something that loses them the respect of their peers, or proof that their imposter syndrome was right all along.



That sounds like the perfect description of fragility and indicates behavior of damaged risk analysis.


Just because you don’t worry about a particular thing doesn’t mean anyone who does is “fragile” or “damaged”.


Yes, the complete inability to handle failure is absolutely an indication of fragility. I don’t feel that bad if this personal opinion crushes the soul of an emotionally mature adult.




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