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How does it happen?

 Desires and ambitions propel us into actions (start a company).

 Actions without results lead to restlessness (slow pace of adoption, maybe).

 Prolonged restlessness leads to dejections and disillusionments (this will never work).

 All these culminate in despair (no one cares).

 And then the final question: Is this worth it?

The mind that could surge up in confidence to start a company, that could discriminate the merits of an opportunity, build a compelling narrative, raise capital from some of the world's best investors in Silicon Valley – that same mind had lost its ability to find a way out of this chaos.

Why does the powerful force that could have made a dent in the world turn inward and self-destruct?

 Varying degrees of adversity – from product market fit, to raising capital, to scaling, and dealing with competition

 A conflict in relationships – co-founders, board, team or family members

 Threats to perceived notions of success

 Financial or legal challenges

 The daily roller coaster ride of wild swings that are not experienced in most careers

Source: Twitter, Inc.

These obstacles impact almost all of us at some point in our lives. And we often feel like it's the end. In his post “What's the Most Difficult CEO Skill?,” entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist Ben Horowitz writes that managing your own psychology is the most difficult skill. CEOs often succumb to that WFIO. Pronounced as whee-f-eyo, it’s that sinking feeling. We are f**ked … It's Over! And in such situations, one option that surfaces is to self-destruct.

Sigmund Freud wrote that “the tendency to self-destruction exists to a certain degree in many more persons than in those who bring it to completion.”

In the United States, the ratios of suicide attempts to suicide deaths are approximately 100:1.¹

A lot of us think about it. A few actually do it. It is okay that we have an occasional thought.² We are just afraid to talk about it.