#Need Help With Complex Mental Question, The Grind, and Maintaining Positivity

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cobalt cliff
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Hey. Kind of needing help with a specific scenario and wondering if there's anyone in the broader FGC who can help scope it. To put it simply, I feel like I'm starting to just dislike the experience of fighting games, but I don't want to. I want this to be something I enjoy more, and I'll explain kind of where this is all coming from.

I've been in and out of competitive fighting games for the better part of the past four years, but in this past year, I was diagnosed with a chronic medical condition that, biologically, reduces my ability to make quick decisions, react quickly to stimuli, and bounce back into equilibrium from really difficult situations. All of these have kind of coalesced into making fighting games really, really hard to play without other people around, but said condition also makes it tremendously difficult to get out, and where I'm at doesn't have a lot of public events.

I’m trying really hard to enjoy the learning process in fighting games, but so many of my matches revolve around things that it feels like I’m physically incapable of doing anymore. I'm not inclined to believe I can out-train a brain issue, either. More significantly, the decline in performance and losing to things i know I should be reacting to or should be countering makes me immensely sad when I play. I feel as though I get too emotional, I can’t get into this online community, and I can’t do much other than try to find empaths who want to help me learn and develop, but that’s not really a thing in the FGC from what I gather.

Where should a guy like me start in trying to reapproach these games in a way that isn't harmful? Are there any likeminded folks or coaches with experience with players with conditions or disabilities that they could potentially share? What would be the best way to get involved in the online community here, as well? Playing by myself, for myself, sucks so much, and definitely kills a lot of the motivation to continue.

vagrant mural
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Heya, I don't have any conditions like that, so I'm not the one to listen to here, but what I found to be usefull to having fun with something again is taking a huge break. Like I mean several months. I used to play DBFZ and I really didn't like faceing the good characters (it was before some needed balance patches, I'll spare you the lore). Like playing my favourite game everyday, I got mad to the point that people I was living with were complaining. So I snapped out of trying to win DBFZ ranked, because I felt it wasn't enjoyable anymore. After like a year of not playing, a friend asked me if I wanted to play some rounds and I had so much fun, that I got into it again, and returned to playing everyday. I got in to the mindset, that if I'm not enjoying the game, I'll stop in that moment for the day and try again the next. I still got just as mad just as often, but learned to control it so I could play more. With all that said, if after a big break you still get mad, it doesn't matter, just close the game and start it up next day.

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In retrospect I don't think this is gonna help, but maybe you can pull a bit of motivation from the story

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Also I'd love to play with you, I play cammy and I feel like beating her is more of a neutral thing than based on reactions. I love seeing people get better and I would love for you to enjoy the game again.

tardy stag
# cobalt cliff Hey. Kind of needing help with a specific scenario and wondering if there's anyo...

Im of the belief that anyone can succeed in this genre and hit some pretty insane heights before things like split second reactions matter. Just look at players like Sven and BrolyLegs who are incredible players despite their disabilities. People have an incredible ability to adapt and overcome challenges placed in front of them and maybe for you that adaptation has to come from not playing like a "normal" person.

Maybe look at creating a playstyle thats more focused around controlling your opponents actions so that theyre predictable and you dont have to react and youre just doing the actions. Or maybe make the switch to modern so that you can give yourself a bigger buffer to react to things without needing to do motion inputs.

vagrant mural