In a world of social media, unofficial mark schemes and seemingly endless opportunities to talk about your exams it can be difficult to stop thinking about what happened.

If people only knew how hard I’ve worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all. – Michelangelo

Bad exams happen. The most important thing you need to do is learn from them, so you don’t make the same mistake again. Give yourself a quick debrief – “work out what went wrong, and analyse why you didn’t do so well,” suggests studentbug.