[0:00] tilt is one of the most destructive
[0:02] forces in gaming it can cause the best
[0:05] players in the world to fall apart under
[0:07] pressure and cause you to lose control
[0:10] and throw easy wins just think about the
[0:13] last time you got de-ranked after a
[0:15] vicious losing streak or when you kept
[0:18] making dumb mistakes and then suddenly
[0:19] had a toxic teammate screaming at you
[0:22] slowly that frustration probably surged
[0:25] inside of you and when it heightened
[0:27] past a point of return you ended up
[0:30] losing your focus and ability to perform
[0:33] and when your rage and tilt steal your
[0:36] focus and your ability to make good
[0:38] decisions you spiral farther and farther
[0:42] into that pit of defeat and anger but
[0:45] this is only one side of tilt it's easy
[0:48] to look at these experiences and label
[0:50] frustration and anger as your enemy but
[0:54] what about those players who are
[0:55] insanely good at the game yet seem to be
[0:58] frustrated almost all the time
[1:00] surely if tilt was so bad then every pro
[1:04] player should be super chill relaxed
[1:07] perhaps even in this constant monk-like
[1:09] meditative state but in reality there
[1:12] are many of the world's greatest players
[1:14] who seem to get easily triggered into
[1:16] frustration constantly balancing on that
[1:19] verge of tilt
[1:21] so let's dive a bit deeper into how you
[1:24] can gain control over your emotions so
[1:26] you don't spiral out of control
[1:29] but let's also look at the positive side
[1:32] of till and see how you might be able to
[1:34] harness its emotional energy and
[1:36] potentially use it to get an advantage
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[1:44] let's begin by addressing why tilt is
[1:46] such a common problem in esports now i'm
[1:50] sure you can tell that from your own
[1:51] experiences you are far more vulnerable
[1:54] to rage and tilt while gaming than
[1:56] during most other activities just think
[1:59] about how many times you end up
[2:00] screaming at your screens versus how
[2:03] chill you are throughout your day-to-day
[2:05] life
[2:05] and of course you're not alone even the
[2:07] pros at the top of esports requires
[2:09] special training from performance
[2:11] psychologists to help them overcome
[2:13] their own emotions
[2:15] but why is it so easy to get tilted
[2:18] while gaming well it's really easy for
[2:20] us to form emotional connections to our
[2:23] performance there's nothing like the joy
[2:26] that you experience when you execute a
[2:29] perfect mechanical combination or when
[2:31] your team wins an insanely clutch round
[2:34] or when you finally reach that next rank
[2:37] but there's the darker side the pressure
[2:40] and competition in esports can be cruel
[2:43] and unforgiving consider that feeling of
[2:46] losing that hard-earned rank falling
[2:48] behind to a team that's easy for you to
[2:51] beat or just getting unlucky over and
[2:54] over again now the frustration from
[2:56] these experiences can very quickly cloud
[2:59] your mind and lead you into a state of
[3:01] complete tilt
[3:03] but where exactly are these feelings
[3:05] coming from well according to
[3:07] psychologist and emotional intelligence
[3:09] expert dr susan david emotions are our
[3:13] body's way of communicating our deepest
[3:16] values to ourselves she outlined 52 core
[3:19] values that most people gravitate
[3:22] towards now each of us holds a handful
[3:24] of these values in the highest of
[3:26] priority in our own lives and it's these
[3:29] high priority values that ultimately
[3:32] guide and affect your emotions this is
[3:34] why you typically feel strong emotions
[3:37] towards certain things that others don't
[3:39] feel nearly as strongly about for
[3:42] example you might feel completely chill
[3:44] while playing a casual game when it
[3:46] comes to ranked you might feel
[3:47] completely emotional and very easy to
[3:50] trigger into a positive or negative
[3:52] state this might be because competition
[3:54] is one of your core values
[3:57] but your teammates might feel certain
[3:59] emotions towards the gaming experience
[4:01] because he values wealth and he sees his
[4:04] gaming career as a way to fulfill that
[4:07] need to earn money and make a living but
[4:09] this is all great to understand but
[4:11] we're still left with that big question
[4:13] which is how do we gain control over our
[4:16] bad emotions so they don't lead to
[4:19] losing control or us losing focus during
[4:22] the game well according to dr david
[4:25] there is no such thing as bad emotion
[4:27] sounds weird right well as dr david
[4:30] explains there are pleasant and
[4:32] unpleasant emotions but all of them are
[4:35] useful at helping us understand
[4:37] ourselves
[4:38] it's unrealistic to strive to always
[4:40] feel excited or euphoric while
[4:42] practicing or competing because you will
[4:45] inevitably have experiences that make
[4:47] you feel angry overwhelmed stressed or
[4:50] disappointed and in the past sports
[4:52] psychology focused on this whole
[4:54] good versus bad emotions thing they
[4:56] focus on reframing negative experiences
[5:00] through this
[5:00] forceful self-talk and thought-stopping
[5:03] technique
[5:04] for example if you felt nervous or
[5:06] discouraged coaches would train you to
[5:09] shut out those feelings and focus on the
[5:11] positive
[5:12] and of course this can be helpful for
[5:14] the short term these techniques focus on
[5:17] emotional control which can be helpful
[5:20] for a limited amount of time
[5:22] unfortunately it's not a sustainable
[5:24] method
[5:25] new research shows that controlling or
[5:27] forcing emotions can actually cause
[5:30] stress and emotional burnout
[5:32] psychologist ed deckey's work backs this
[5:35] up he concludes that we can't create our
[5:37] emotions because they are responses to
[5:40] stimuli
[5:41] but we can however control how we
[5:44] respond to those feelings and how we
[5:46] prepare for them in other words you
[5:48] should never ask yourself how do you
[5:50] stop this feeling
[5:52] you should instead be asking how do i
[5:54] respond to this feeling
[5:56] now all this emotional analysis and
[5:59] taking the time to think about how we
[6:01] want to respond to emotional situations
[6:04] can help a lot but it's very impractical
[6:07] to emotionally analyze yourself and
[6:09] respond to it appropriately in the heat
[6:12] of competition it's not like you can
[6:14] just pause the game for a quick
[6:16] meditation session or journaling session
[6:18] if you feel angry but this is why it's
[6:21] so critical to prepare your minds before
[6:24] the game first it's important to
[6:25] understand that strong emotions whether
[6:28] pleasant or not can be useful or
[6:30] distracting anger anxiety and
[6:32] disappointment are obvious distractions
[6:35] as they can cause us to overthink
[6:37] second-guess ourselves and lead to
[6:38] playing impulsively but joy and euphoria
[6:41] can also distract us through making you
[6:44] feel complacent or overconfident and you
[6:47] along with many other competitive gamers
[6:49] have probably at some stage fallen into
[6:52] the trap of thinking this isn't so hard
[6:55] we'll win easily only to then lose that
[6:58] game because you let your guard down
[7:00] now i want us to dig a bit deeper into
[7:03] how three different emotions vastly
[7:05] different emotions can serve us and help
[7:08] us but to extract the most value from
[7:10] your own emotions you need to ask
[7:13] yourself what is the function or reason
[7:16] for this feeling now let's start with
[7:18] joy joy is a pretty obvious one you
[7:20] probably feel this while you're
[7:22] competing in esports because you're
[7:23] experiencing something which brings you
[7:26] close to your values you might value
[7:28] competition autonomy community or
[7:31] teamwork all of these needs can easily
[7:33] be met during your gaming experience so
[7:35] it makes sense that you enjoy gaming if
[7:38] these are your values
[7:40] joy is a fundamental ingredient in
[7:42] experiencing flow as well if you want to
[7:44] learn more about how the flow state can
[7:46] help you i also recommend checking out
[7:48] our other videos that i released on the
[7:51] topic
[7:52] but believe it or not the pain of
[7:53] disappointment can also be useful losing
[7:56] intense rounds especially when the
[7:58] stakes are high can really sting but
[8:01] this pain can also serve as a reminder
[8:03] that competing and proving yourself at a
[8:05] high level means a lot to you it puts
[8:08] things into a new perspective so that if
[8:10] you find yourself feeling like this you
[8:12] can take that time to process the loss
[8:15] and use the feelings of conviction to
[8:18] move you towards a strategy that
[8:20] sharpens your focus
[8:22] gives you the motivation to work hard
[8:24] and earn that next win but let's look at
[8:27] anger anger is also really useful but it
[8:30] needs to be handled with care legendary
[8:32] basketball trainer tim grover explains
[8:35] in his book that many of the greatest
[8:37] players he's worked with were so
[8:39] dominant and competitive at the highest
[8:41] level because they embraced their dark
[8:44] side he explains that his clients such
[8:46] as charles barkley dwayne wade coe
[8:49] bryant and michael jordan were all able
[8:52] to use anger as a tool to fuel their
[8:54] motivation and give them an unstoppable
[8:57] energy to outplay others
[9:00] so how does this work well i'm sure that
[9:03] you'd agree that when you're angry
[9:05] you're very certain about your beliefs
[9:07] for example have you ever tried to
[9:09] change the mind of an angry person
[9:11] chances are they're very stubborn and
[9:13] that anger just reinforces their own
[9:15] beliefs
[9:16] and this is how anger can be useful it
[9:19] serves as a reminder of how important a
[9:21] win is to you and gives you the energy
[9:24] to do whatever it takes to win for
[9:26] example in the rainbow six grand finals
[9:28] in 2018 team penta found themselves in a
[9:32] 2-0 deficit to evil geniuses in an
[9:35] interview pengu described how the team
[9:38] was completely tilted at a point where
[9:40] they're screaming at each other and
[9:42] getting out all their emotions and of
[9:44] course with one loss away from losing it
[9:46] all it was easy for them to spiral out
[9:49] of control but rather than letting the
[9:52] emotions take over in game three
[9:54] they regained their focus they built
[9:56] back their momentum and they pulled off
[9:59] a reverse sweep defeating evil geniuses
[10:02] and of course becoming the world
[10:04] champions but how did penza do the
[10:07] almost impossible by breaking this
[10:10] downward spiral into tilt well the
[10:13] answer likely comes from research into
[10:15] the flow state flow science expert jamie
[10:17] wheel explained in his 2013 tedx talk
[10:20] that it's not uncommon for periods of
[10:23] flow to be kick-started by feelings of
[10:25] struggle and suffering he explained that
[10:28] feelings of being backed into a corner
[10:30] like penta being down two to zero can
[10:34] put us into a fight or flight response
[10:36] and if players can respond to this fight
[10:38] or flight response with confidence
[10:41] determination and intense focus it can
[10:43] trigger us into that state of heightened
[10:45] performance
[10:47] but when it comes to harnessing your
[10:48] anger in a productive way control is of
[10:52] absolute importance letting anger get
[10:54] the better of you is not helpful so to
[10:58] use your anger as a tool you have to be
[11:00] in control of your behavior and you need
[11:02] to know how to calm yourself down that
[11:04] rage becomes a bit of an obstacle
[11:07] remember though that emotions are very
[11:09] personal to each individual and that
[11:11] certain emotional states can be more
[11:13] useful for one person than another for
[11:16] example some players might play better
[11:18] when they're angry and riled up but
[11:20] others might play better when they're
[11:21] calm and in a friendly mood
[11:24] it's important to note here that
[11:25] emotions while they can serve specific
[11:28] functions to help us that they shouldn't
[11:30] always be seen as a means to help us get
[11:33] better in gaming
[11:34] emotions are complicated and should
[11:36] always be handled in a way that is
[11:38] healthy for you and for those around you
[11:41] if you or anyone you know is struggling
[11:43] with emotional trauma intense bouts of
[11:45] anger sadness or anxiety i really
[11:48] recommend seeking the right help and
[11:50] therapy so in this video we talked about
[11:53] a lot but what do i want you to take
[11:55] away from it
[11:57] well now that we live in a time where
[11:58] becoming a pro gamer is a very
[12:01] legitimate career where you can play on
[12:03] stage and earn a salary while becoming a
[12:05] celebrity in the space the key to doing
[12:08] that all is to develop a consistent
[12:11] level of high performance
[12:13] and one of the biggest barriers to that
[12:15] is our own emotions if you can't control
[12:18] your emotions or you can't tap into the
[12:21] ones that help you play better then
[12:23] you're going to fall behind and you're
[12:25] never really going to reach that high
[12:27] level of play but this video has armed
[12:30] you with the resources and knowledge of
[12:33] how your emotions work and how to use
[12:35] even seemingly negative or bad emotions
[12:38] as good as tools to help you fuel your
[12:42] performance so going forward i want you
[12:44] to pay close attention to your own
[12:46] emotions close attention to which
[12:48] emotions help you the most and which
[12:50] emotions have been holding you back
[12:53] then i want you to develop a healthy
[12:55] relationship with all of those emotions
[12:57] to think about the bad emotions in a new
[13:00] light and to think about the good
[13:01] emotions as a way to help you accelerate
[13:04] your performance with enough time
[13:07] self-reflection and practice on
[13:10] emotional control you will slowly gain
[13:12] an ability to tap into this high
[13:15] performance state on demand and no
[13:17] longer lets emotions become a
[13:19] distraction
[13:21] as a result you will spiral higher and
[13:23] higher towards even better and better
[13:26] performance you'll gain an advantage
[13:28] over most other players and you'll start
[13:30] to make progress towards a potential
[13:32] career on that pro stage
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