Competition and Anxiety

Whether you're a new player entering ranked or an experienced tournament veteran, you might be dealing with anxiety related to competing. Here's my personal experiences with it and how I've dealt with it.

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[BoibiTheWeak]

The SFV match announcer doesn't help either. She will say to your face with no chill that you've been on a losing streak.

[kristiankelloway]

"What if I could have conquered myself first...and lost on my own terms"

This is the realest feeling of them all

[BrethrenThouEnraged]

It’s weird to watch Sajam talking about himself in the third person

[davidcombs]

I always tell people that anxiety is waay more a physical symptom than it is an emotional one

[thestanman]

God, I would love for Brian to talk more about these past moments. That pop off he did against the Ibuki killed me

[Chill_Derp_]

When I play in online tournaments I lose all control over my body. Shaking voice, shaking hands, my legs start to ache, my body starts to spasm. I just can’t control my body. Everything that I try to do to combat my body language just gets blown up. Very relatable. I need help lol

[udderhippo]

You just need to hire CreepySleepy to have a donut ready for you to steal each tournament.

[SolracBy]

Chef kiss to the editor for the choice of music on this and all the vids

[puddilya]

Brian using this as an excuse to show off his greatest moments

[ricisnline]

my hands used to shake whenever i missed an anti air or dropped a combo even if i was just playing casual online but ever since i started listening to music while I play it really helped me stop overthinking every single match

[ExplosiveBolts]

As someone with really bad anxiety, I appreciate you making this video.

[dreggywegs]

"Who do you think you are?! I am!"
- Brian_F

[Azmodeus]

Yeah, The zone is very rare but well documented thing in sports.
It's great when it happens, but so many things has to be in harmony.

[Pdt]

I also get anxiety symptoms from playing fighting games, but not just in ranked or brackets. What sucks even more is I get crazy depressed, crazy fast, as a bonus. It's just so stupid how I get so consumed by something as insignificant as a string of mechanical failures or poor judgement / autopilot, but it's gotten to the point where just thinking about playing a competitive game (that I do like) triggers that anxious response and makes me physically ill. Psychology is wack as fuck.

[PurpleFreezerPage]

Your value and importance, as a person, is determined by how happy you can make yourself and others in the long run. No, I'm not talking taking ecstacy one night and having an amazing time, then living with the shitty consequences later. I'm talking about lasting, healthy happiness.

It's worth noting that everyone has enormous potential to succeed at this. If you don't feel you make yourself or others happier, you can improve that slowly over time.

[lorcanman]

PSA that you can turn the ranked announcer off by setting "System Voice" to OFF

[Adamaru]

I love how the chat just deadass said "weeed" when he was talking about his nerves

[aktn_pkaso]

I needed this video. Ngl I’m sure we all have felt EXACTLY like this, bc I’m going through this all the time (ranked and tournament). At least for me.

[BasicallyGoblin]

I used to pog when Brian uploaded. What have I become.

[Kenzamaka]

Hey Brian, just wanted to say this video came at a really good time for me. I'm about to be done with 11 straight days of work, over 90 hours, and while I love fighting games I always feel too exhausted to deal with the anxiety and ego damage of fighting games. Especially when I'm out of practice.

But listening to videos like this, just discussing fighting games, really re-ignites my passion for them. I've got the next two days off and while Monster Hunter is coming out, I'm setting aside some time for SFV. Time to press buttons. Thank you, Brian. :)