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Why do I do worse when I calm down?

Ok, this is probably a extremely rare question and problem but I don't like it and I want this to be vice versa.

Whatever I do, no matter games or education. If I calm down and relax, I do complete sh*t and gets completely humiliated. Such as Call of Duty Black Ops 2, I rage on that game a lot, yet I somewhat do much better. If I don't rage however, my kdr would go down extremely quick and it will be like a 0.2-0.5. This is just one example, people always say to calm down and concentrate more, somehow it doesn't apply do me because I'm the opposite. Why does this happen? And how can I make it different?

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Oh and btw, I don't know what section this belongs to so tell me please, thx.

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  • 7 years ago

    It's ok, psychology is a good category for your question.

    You probably suck at those tasks because any task needs some concentration in order to be done. It's perfectly normal to be better at CoD when raging, because your mind is more activated. Calming down means keeping the concentration and relaxing the body. But people often just let go when calming down so their concentration also drops. It's called relaxed attentiveness, that state of great productivity.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I think it's the extra adrenaline you get when your somewhat excited. It's literally like a steroid for your brain.

    Like if I'm gonna have a presentation at school that I'm really anxious about, all that adrenaline I feel going into the classroom just sharpens me in a way that is really hard to explain, but it's like razer sharp focus. And I think it's somewhat similiar to what you experience. Hope this helps you

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