I would find a therapist who can help you. The other way to help yourself is to re-frame the negative emotional experience into something positive. I recommend Feeling Great and Feeling Good as two books by David Burns that help. He has a podcast too and you can email him etc...
There are a lot of podcasts out there from entrepreneurs and now VCs who had failures. Most of them look back on those days fondly in retrospect and laugh about it.
Startups fail for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with you and out of your control. Most of the time its because the startup was too early. Pets.com and Webvan are the illustrative examples.
When you hit MVP you basically can't keep up with demand so it's really hard to fail when customers want your product.
Before the MVP you are in the search phase to find that
product which can be stressful. But don't let it be the fear of failure. Rather be the fear of crap I have to get a regular job!
So the way to think about it is to enjoy the experience and take an undifferentiated view of it. That can be hard to do if you don't have your basic needs met or a safety net.
I would find a therapist who can help you. The other way to help yourself is to re-frame the negative emotional experience into something positive. I recommend Feeling Great and Feeling Good as two books by David Burns that help. He has a podcast too and you can email him etc...
There are a lot of podcasts out there from entrepreneurs and now VCs who had failures. Most of them look back on those days fondly in retrospect and laugh about it.
Startups fail for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with you and out of your control. Most of the time its because the startup was too early. Pets.com and Webvan are the illustrative examples.
When you hit MVP you basically can't keep up with demand so it's really hard to fail when customers want your product.
Before the MVP you are in the search phase to find that product which can be stressful. But don't let it be the fear of failure. Rather be the fear of crap I have to get a regular job!
So the way to think about it is to enjoy the experience and take an undifferentiated view of it. That can be hard to do if you don't have your basic needs met or a safety net.