Do you get angry/self-frustrated while cubing? why not?

[RaresB]

Oops i forgot to vote for 1 or 2, but i voted for 4 which should imply I would vote for 1. Anyhow whenever I get angry I just tell myself "wow do i really suck this bad," I than continue only to prove my previous statement. In the past I would than get really angry and do something stupid and irrational, now since I don't practice cubing as much as I used to and I'm hopefully more mature than I was 2 years ago, I dont get angry to start with and I just say "oh well we all have our bad days" and continue despite my bad times at that moment.

 

[PandaCuber]

i dont get angry, just get annoyed. take a small break, and try again.

 

[pdilla]

Cubing is actually a good stress reliever for me.

 

[qqwref]

I get really annoyed sometimes when I'm getting terrible times. In that case I stop and go do something else, because honestly there is no way that kind of emotional state is going to make me *faster*...

 

[Ickathu]

Mental conversation People would die if they spent a day in my mind. Honestly, I think I am slightly insane/delusional, but I can hide it if I need too. But once it comes free... Oh man...

As for the poll: Both and both. How should I vote?

 

[Riley]

I get very frustrated when I get multiple BLD fails in a row. Then I might go slower, get a slow time, and still be mad. Or still get a DNF and rage quit. But for 3x3 speed, when I get slower solves, doing slow consistent turning always helps me get back on the right track.

 

[CarlBrannen]

Okay I guess I do get slightly frustrated when a puzzle explodes and I can't find all the parts quickly.

 

[Escher]

I used to rage incredibly hard at bad performance in cubing, I've probably broken in excess of 50 cubes over a 2 year period (before I learned to control my tilt)... I stopped because I realised how ridiculous it was to be angry at an inanimate object, and instead to concentrate on the reasons behind my poor performance.

My advice for anyone suffering from tilt issues; if you can write a list of things that are wrong with your solving then sure, take a break and start your session again later. If you can't, there is something wrong with your emotional state and you shouldn't be pressurising yourself to perform - better to take a break from cubing itself for a few days and clear your head of whatever it is that is actually frustrating you...

 

[ben1996123]

sometimes, if I'm doing 2x2 and I keep getting sup 3 averages that feel like normal solves

edit: this is also why I quit magic, because it was really annoying when only 1 in 20 solves were remotely fast, and after maybe 3 good solves it would break again.

 

[evogler]

It's not much of a problem for me. Then again, I'm not trying to set world records, so there's a lot less pressure anyway. I try to approach it with a sense of curiosity. As in, "I wonder how my times will change over time/I wonder where I'll eventually settle/I wonder when the next plateau or surge will come/etc..."
Something I've had bigger emotional issues with that seems related is practicing musical instruments. I used to have huge amounts of anxiety and frustration about my guitar technique. Now I can mostly calm myself by remembering that I have a lifelong commitment to improving. Even if something takes me 5 or 10 years to learn, I know I'll still be practicing then. I don't know if many people feel that way about cubing. As much as I enjoy it now, I don't know if I'll be practicing cubing every day years from now.

 

[already1329]

I used to get frustrated a lot, but then I switched to Roux.

 

[waffle=ijm]

no point in getting angry...they're just cubes :3

 

[lcsbiffi]

I do not get angry. Cubing for me is just a hobby, you can't really get angry while practicing your hobby.

 

[Andreaillest]

Nah, I just get a bit frustrated and annoyed. I either take a break or I just move on to a different cube like 4x4 or something.

 

[googlebleh]

I get pretty pissed if I keep getting solves that are really close to my goal, but I'm not quite there (ex: the other day I kept getting ~61 sec on 4x4, so I got frustrated and sat there for way longer than I meant to until I finally got sub-1)

 

[Noahaha]

Cubing is actually a good stress reliever for me.

Same. Nothing puts me in a good mood after school like doing 20 blindsolves.

 

[Uka36]

I also get frustrated. And also, when I'm having trouble focusing on cubing I do color neutral solves because then I really have to think harder about what I'm doing to get good times...obviously this wouldn't help those who are already CN though.

 

[emolover]

Same. Nothing puts me in a good mood after school like doing 20 blindsolves.

I swear you are not human.

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For you people that get angry, is it really cubing that is making you angry? Or is it something in life that is causing cubing to bring it out?

Try eliminating all the things that anger you or that stress you out. If you can't eliminate it, make it less bothersome. It will make cubing more enjoyable for you. I have absolutely nothing that stresses me in life and I have noticed that I have never enjoyed cubing quite to the same point as I do now. Grades are fine, getting into collages is going well, nothing wrong with friends or family. But even if I had any stressors, I would try to not let them affect me.

 

[Hunter]

This makes me angry. :rolleyes:

 

[teller]

More seriously, hm. I am not sure if it is good psychologically to release anger. Though the term "release anger" can seem attractive its all in the mind, and possibly releasing anger releases chemicals related to fight or flight stuff in the olden times, still keeping the anger in the background, hammering it in almost.

Of course half of what I just said is nonsense however I hope you see where I'm coming from. I am very unsure which way is better though psychologically. I will look it up but i feel it is hard to test scientifically... And I will have to check reliability of tests.

It is better to release it. Once released, it can be examined without the dam being blocked up so to speak. Feel deeply in order to think clearly. It's not that the feelings are rational, but by feeling them they lose their charge and then we can think about them more clearly afterward. Blocked feelings continue to exert an influence on us. This is great if rage helps your times, but not for most of us. Certainly not for me.