Gave a full GS mock, score was honestly bad, and now I just keep replaying the silly mistakes. I know one mock is not the exam, but it's hard to restart tomorrow like nothing happened.

how do you people reset after a bad paper without losing a whole week to overthinking?

I write down only the topics I got wrong, not the score, and I take a walk the same evening. The next morning I do a short, familiar NCERT chapter first so I start with something I can finish. The mock review happens after that, not at midnight.

same yaar. i used to screenshot the score and ruin the week. now I only reopen the paper after sleep. silly mistakes usually look smaller in daylight.

You're allowed one off evening. Just don't turn it into 'maybe this exam is not for me' based on a single paper with a different style from UPSC.

Went for a walk. Reviewed only the 8 questions I marked wrong for no reason. Thank you. I'll take the next mock after I revise those topics, not this weekend.