It's a novel feeling, it can be likened to having your head it, the object depending on the gravity of the failure, first there is pain, a flash of white across your eyes, your teeth clash together, the pain is so much that it momentarily blinds you, you can't actually feel it, so bad the next few moments are excruciating.

At that point you are basically delirious like someone with high fever, thinking of how and when it happened, you think of all your hard work and how it amounted to nothing, you look at the evidence of your failure over and over again like your eyes are deceiving you, like if you stare at it long enough the outcome will change.

But like having your head hit, the initial shock will wear off, your eyes will see clearly and your head will be free from the mist gathering it, you begin to actually feel the pain and then the tears come, the type of tears depending on the failure, but if it hits hard enough there is usually screaming, wailing or even worse silently rocking your body picturing several scenarios in your head of things you would or wouldn't have done to avoid it.

The stage lasts longer than the last, it feels like it would never be over, it will, the changes are slow and you wouldn't see the difference your self, in this stage you would probably fall into depression, the light in your eyes may dim.

But like every head wound, eventually it will reduce to a low throb, barely there failure also reduces, you will...