Feeling like I failed the NPTE?

Hey yall. I took the NPTE yesterday. I was super confident going in, had taken multiple PEATs and used FF. I left and cried in the car immediately afterwards. However, I seem to see almost everyone who passed before say they felt like they failed when they left. Why is this? I’m definitely stressed, but I can recall many, many questions that felt outside of our scope or just so very niche that the major study resources didn’t cover. How is it possible everyone feels like they failed but majority end up passing when the exam went the way it did? Also, why did the NPTE feel so different from practice PEATs?