Why people don't believe even grown up children?

I am familiar with this feeling ,Worthy.It might be tough to handle but it's what drives passionate people.They want to better their performances by competing with themselves.I think you have tried doing your best and that's what matters.Moreover,there are possibly more exams to come.Once your performance matches in the ones to follow ,that feeling would disappear and the 'Oh I could have...' feeling will be replaced with 'Yes,I Will...' condidence. As for elders thinking 'they know it best'syndrome , well, you just have to deal with it buddy,lol.Perhaps some think that they have lived through this situation and they know what you might be going through.What is often overlooked in such circumstances is your intellect and attitude.Some fail to appreciate that perhaps you could be a better judge of the circumstances than they were at your age.But hey.all aren't like that :-)There will be some who know your worth and realise that you can analyse it better.However,let's also remember that some,just some of our seniors sometimes come up with a few suggestions that surprise us and open new windows to solutions that we couldn't cognize with a stressed mind. So,smile when you know better and sponge in the ones that have a semblance of brilliance.Hey,there are many more exams:-)Do you think a good tam will stop with a below par performance or look up and prepare for the next challenge :-) You got it;-)Best of luck!!

Well the people's reactions are very normal, it is not like they are not believing what you said, it is just like they are trying to cheer you up with those sentances. I think that your parents also wanted to take your worries away, and maybe thaught that if you will participate in some social activity, maybe you will feel better. I know that i had this also, i mean when i went to my exams i always returned from them being sure that i have failed, now i know that i did that, because it was easier to think i failed and not get disappointed if it was true. In my last test in math, a subject i did not learn for 12 years and just did some studying before the test, i returned with the same feeling, i was sure i failed. You know i did not even intend to all the school and find out what was my failure score. Lol. I did that because my parents were nagging me, and i had to get them off my back. So i phoned and i was told i got a 99 out of an 100 score. I just hang up the phone, thinking that someone did a joke on me. But out of curiousity i phoned again, and the answer was still the same: You scored 99. So my advice to you is that you should just wait and see, maybe you failed and maybe you did not, but do remember that people are trying to make you feel better and not to discourage you. Good luck.

I've done a lot of exams in my life (too many, i'm 24 tomorrow and have been doing exams all through my life up untill just voer a year ago) and i find that no matter what my age, people would not believe me if i said i thought i'd messed an exam up, and would always say i shouldn't worry and that they were sure i'd done well. Of course it doesn't help if you are also young, since i do find that many people think they know more than those who are younger than them. People can be patronising at times. The other way to look at it is that they think they are trying to make you feel better?

I am afraid that even when you are an adult there are people who will treat you like this. Some people just seem to think that they know more about us or what is good for us then we do. I find it also a annoying and frustrating thing, and the wrst part is you can tell them your side until you are blue in the face, but they do not seem to hear you, and if they do they act like we are wrong and they are right. I agree though as a child it seems to happen more, we are told to respect our elders but hey do not seem to give us the same respect. Younger does not mean dumber. I think younger people do get treated as you have described and all I can offer you is " you kniow the truth" they can all say what they think is right and blab on about how they couldn't be wrong, but inside you will truly know what is right. Even though it is hard at the time I find the best defence is just say what you believe and then if they have another opinion just say well thanks for your opinion, and leave it at that, as it is only their opinion not fact, even though they try to make it seem like it is a fact. And the feeling of " I could have done better" will not help, you did your best at the time and under the circumstances, you can not change the past. You could think about how you might do it better next time if you want, but just remember you are doing for you and no one else and you can not do any better than your best. I wish you all the best and to remember that you know in your heart what is true. No one knows you better than you.

LOL, worthy, I know how you feel. I have felt that way many times. Actually you know, its not that they don't trust you. Its human tendency that when a person tells his "problematic" area, the person in front assumes that he is asking for help. So then he makes an attempt to solve the problem as per his own skills and so he may speak a few comforting words or give an advice.

my dear I could have done better is a syndrome that keeps pushing us ahead but after an exam is over your thinking should always be I did my best and let me look ahead (future) now. I recently finished giving 2 exams after a gap of 12years I have never studied or appeared in any exams after graduating the pressure was tremendous and well after I finished I felt I could have done better but looking back I studied pretty hard infact harder than the 3 years of my graduation put together I could not have done any better but for about 2-3 days the thought kept nagging me now when I hear my friends say that it was a tough thing to get over with I feel I did great and now I have to look ahead for my other exam and prepare well and hope to perform well. I know friends and grown ups always expect us to have done great but what they do not know is that the one who gave the exam knows the best how he/she performed and will never understand why we say " I could have done better". I say you did great with whatever knowledge you gained look ahead and forget how you did your last exam but don't forget what you learned! Goodluck