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I'm thinking about the possibility of actually streaming league this season....not sure there's really any reason for me to bother, but it could be fun and it'll force me out of my comfort zone a bit, which I kinda need. Any thoughts/suggestions/the like?
I also found I really struggled with severe anxiety about failing, which made it hard for me to play much ranked as I constantly worried what people who don't care would think. It doesn't make me play worse really, if anything I try much harder in games because of it, it just makes me never play at all...anyone else struggle with this or have any suggestions for dealing with it? I really feel like I could have done better than Silver I, but just couldn't force myself to play enough to do so.
I also found I really struggled with severe anxiety about failing, which made it hard for me to play much ranked as I constantly worried what people who don't care would think. It doesn't make me play worse really, if anything I try much harder in games because of it, it just makes me never play at all...anyone else struggle with this or have any suggestions for dealing with it? I really feel like I could have done better than Silver I, but just couldn't force myself to play enough to do so.
@Hogo lawl, I've only been in bronze once...in season 1...and I wasn't all that far from silver tbh.
I experience strong anxiety over the prospect of letting my team down. It has a significant impact on my performance in inhouses and often leads to me having a negative emotional snowball if I play badly in soloqueue. Similarly, it affects my performance in ensemble music and rowing, and makes me reluctant to partake in these activities. I find it very hard to get into team-sports and the like. However, just diving in and ignoring the pre-activity anxiety is a strong choice, the joy of the activity invariably outways pain of the anxiety, if not in one game, then on average.
Well, that's my backstory done, and it actually has relevance to what advice I can give. I can't tell you how to diminish your anxiety. I don't even think mine has lessened over the years. Perhaps it has a little. Instead, I have worked around the anxiety. I focus on the good that comes from doing the activities and makes it worth the anxiety, and in doing so I also lessen the amount of time in which I am focusing on my anxiety.
I floundered in today's recital, but those moments in which I found my 'zen' and became one with the music (I know, I know, so cheesy, but true) were exhilarating. When I have a bad outing on the river I feel like **** and can't wait to get back onto shore, but inevitably I'm drawn back to the misty mornings on the river Cam, the crackle of the cox box, the rattling of the seats, the... I could go on about that forever. In league? I'm drawn back to the joy of playing my favourite champions and the intellectual draw of trying to exploit my opponents. I think about these things and... sure, it sucks that I have this anxiety, but it also sucks that I should practice tedious scales and that sometimes I have to play the loathsome top lane, however that doesn't stop me from doing something I enjoy. Because I enjoy it and I focus on that.
If you tend to experience post-game anxiety, I recommend looking back at how you have or can grow. Be it identifying why something went wrong and how to solve it, or fixating upon something that improved, I find it lets me get over the post-game anxiety sooner. I had two terrible games playing with premades last-night. I squashed my anxiety over the first by focusing on how, despite my play was overall sub-standard, I had massively improved in my use of Jinx ults, yet could still identify room for further improvement.
Just wear a low cut shirt. You'll be fine.
yeaaaaaaaa...no.
I don't have the self-confidence for that **** :P
~180, same story :P
that's my point >_>
while that solution might work for some people, it didn't really seem to work for me at all and I just stopped playing because it was far too much stress.