system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
At what point are journal rejections an indication that you're a permanent failure?

I assume that a fairly mild spiral of anxiety and self-doubt is normal following journal rejections, but am curious about others' success rates. I'm a US postdoc in medical research meets psychology.
gpt
Never. Rejections can be based on arbitrary ideas of impact, personal grudges or just plain old incompetent referees. Sometimes they are rejected for completely valid reasons. We absorb the good feedback, try to ignore the shite, and just move on.  

I would also argue that if your papers are never rejected, you need to consider sending them to "better" journals.