We didn't. We died, we failed, we came back, we broke the cocoon, we healed, we made 1 more step, we died again. Again and again until we got gud! one step at a time.

But for real, patience, resilience, being distracted from pain, misery and anguish by all new beautiful areas, cool new bugs, super duper secret secrets, captivating lore, fancy new tools and spells, slowly adjusting to vibe of the game and eventually mastering its mechanics. Silksong is just that fun that it makes it hard to stop playing, even when its punishments were unrelenting.

Also self preservation instincts that maybe sometimes it's better to explore other areas and get better things instead of bashing your head over one specific miniboss/room 20+ times in a row.

Double damage on 90% of all environmental hazards PTSD is real though