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I will keep this short. For a good while I've been experiencing what it's called (I assume) performance anxiety and I cannot find a solution to it. The games I play are not boring to me at all, I still enjoy them as a viewer and as a player but sometimes I just cannot beat myself at thinking I will be dissatisfied or be unable to perform good enough. Sometimes I am able to get past it and play my game but 95% of the time it's just my thoughts taking over telling me I am not capable of matching the skill of players I play against. I consider myself a competitive person, I enjoy competition and I used to get excited over matching my skills against others but nowadays I just feel.. not confident.
What would you recommend me do to tackle this? There is a part of me that still believes I can do it but whenever it comes to hitting that play button it's just all over.