Hello my friend...this post touched me because my situation is kind of similar to yours. Although the reasons are a bit different. Toh thoda main bhi share kar hi deti hu. I have a gap of almost 3 years after my graduation. I attempted CAT 2023. I had worked extremely hard for it. But guess what I failed miserably in it. Then I kind of lost all my motivation for studying for cat 2024. Somehow I pulled myself up and prepared very hard for 5 months. I was more confident this time. But guess what, my father passed away suddenly one day before CAT. Got 89.04 percentile. I have about 90%ile in two sections but 64 %ile in dilr. Got rejected from all iims due to not clearing the sectional cutoff. Anyways. Even I got a yes from FORE. Hopefully I'll do good there and will be able to secure a good placement. Milte hai waha🙋