Does anyone else find cubing to be depressing?

[applemobile]

Get a pet Owl. Or hedgehog.

 

[arvind1999]

I do slow turning solves when I am depressed by some other reason other than cubing.
I feel depressed by cubing when I cube too much.

 

[fazcuber]

Sometimes when i cube too much. I just stop then.

 

[Snoutmol]

Thanks for all the responses, everyone! I'll think of happy thoughts next time I cube, and try to be 'pumped' for it.

 

[Clarkeeyyy]

This makes me sad seeing that many cubers are "depressed". Are you sure it isn't the pressure that cubing is "uncool" and you feel that you are wasting time. Time well wasted is not wasted.

 

[5BLD]

I find the more you think of cubing in a goal orientated way the less depressed you get.
If you try to think of cubing for fun you get depressed, specially when alone.

By the way it's definitely not he fact it's "uncool". I am really proud of the unique stuff I do and the unique skills and achievements/interests I have. There's other reasons, i think its because I depend more on cubing now for talking to people and the fun of sharing knowledge that I don't like it as I used to.

 

[KongShou]

i dont think its wasting time. you are spending time working your fingers and brain at its maximum potential, instead of getting to round 181 on ascension. i think getting to 15 prestige on black ops or playing skyrim is a far bigger waste of your time. But playing Borderlands is fine, you are using your time wisely.

BTW whilst i dont find cubing to be a waste of time, it is very depressing when you practice look ahead for 2 months,get in sub 16, stop for a week and find yourself back at sub 19. its VERY DEPRESSING

 

[Eleredo]

Maybe you're cubing a bit too much. Try taking a couple of breaks. I have never felt depressed because of cubing, but I do get pretty bored when I hit a plateau and fail to get any faster. You'd be amazed at what a break could do for you. I actually got 2 seconds faster when I picked up speedcubing again, without doing anything, just by taking a break.

I find the more you think of cubing in a goal orientated way the less depressed you get.
If you try to think of cubing for fun you get depressed, specially when alone.

Well, that's funny. For me, it's the other way around. When I think of cubing in a goal orientated way, I usually fail to meet the goals I set and it is then that I get slightly upset about it. When I just pick up a cube and solve it for fun, I actually have a good time.

But then again, it's all personal. While this or that might work for me does not mean it works for everyone else.

 

[KongShou]

Maybe you're cubing a bit too much. Try taking a couple of breaks. I have never felt depressed because of cubing, but I do get pretty bored when I hit a plateau and fail to get any faster. You'd be amazed at what a break could do for you. I actually got 2 seconds faster when I picked up speedcubing again, without doing anything, just by taking a break.

guess what, im gonna try this. it might be just what i need

 

[MichaelErskine]

I find the more you think of cubing in a goal orientated way the less depressed you get.

That's opposite when the goals are never achieved!

 

[HelpCube]

That's opposite when the goals are never achieved!

So set realistic goals. If you're busy with school and such don't expect to do an average of 200 every day.

 

[uvafan]

Cubing is really fun for about a year, then it gets pretty boring. At least that's my experience.

 

[o2gulo]

I mostly found cubing depressing, because I have no one to share my experiences about, no one was able to relate to this speedsolving stuff around my area. It was like, I felt that I was alone or something. Not until cubers popped out every now and then, and there I made friends with them. The loneliness I felt faded

 

[MichaelErskine]

So set realistic goals. If you're busy with school and such don't expect to do an average of 200 every day.

Done! I originally expected to improve at the rate that practically everybody else on the forum was improving. That turned out to be unrealistic although I could have never predicted it to be the case. I stopped expecting to improve some time ago! Depressing eh?

 

[MaeLSTRoM]

Done! I originally expected to improve at the rate that practically everybody else on the forum was improving. That turned out to be unrealistic although I could have never predicted it to be the case. I stopped expecting to improve some time ago! Depressing eh?

Learning easy OLL's helps :b

 

[ncube]

get some skype friends and race. if you're worried about cubing alone and being a loner, just cube with moar people.

 

[szalejot]

I have brother who also cube and it's great. We can race sometimes, talk about techniques and do some non standard cubes together (like for example Axis cube).

 

[cxinlee]

I have brother who also cube and it's great. We can race sometimes, talk about techniques and do some non standard cubes together (like for example Axis cube).

Good for you. My brother also cubes but we don't get along.

 

[BluSune]

i cube with people at school, and sometimes ill just go to random places so people can appreciate my hard work by saying something like, "how the heck do you do that?"

 

[kirtpro]

I'd say bit of both for me
good mood and bad mood
depends on the day i guess

sometimes its "goddamnit im bored and worthless" lol
others its "damn, im amazing" lololol