Unhealthy Vs Healthy Ways To Deal With Setbacks
Trying to take down the whole thing
Some people get so upset after a setback that their instinct is just to burn the entire institution that rejected them. Usually just figuratively, but sometimes literally. Maybe a publication rejected your book, so you look to find the skeletons in the closet of those in charge there, and to reveal the business for all of its dirty laundry. You want to ruin them, as they’ve ruined your ego.