How to help calm down during league frustration.
Getting angry and frustrated during league games is pretty common. Many have found very unhealthy ways of dealing with this, which causes pain on others and additional stress on themselves. Here are some tips to help you manage this emotional stress in game:
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Remember that it really isn't your fault - This one can easily set the mind at ease. Believing you could have done something different can cause flashbacks of doubt and can (probably) lead to PTSD. That's why whenever I start to get frustrated at losing, I just remind myself that it's always really my teammates fault anyway.
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Let it out - Keeping your emotions bottled up is very unhealthy and can cause you to unleash all your anger out at the wrong people later. Therefore, whenever your team makes you upset, don't refrain from letting them know exactly how you feel. Be Descriptive and wordy, don't hold anything back. Letting your anger out by telling your feeding team how you really feel about them will help you relax, and they might even learn something!
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If you have to, give up completely - One of the best things you can do when your team refuses to listen to your pings is just accept the loss and help the enemy team to win faster. There is nothing more stressful than trying to wrangle a team that won't listen to a win, and you can save yourself a lot of frustration by just losing on purpose. Besides, your team deserves the loss anyway.
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Get immediate satisfaction - Never just brush off when one of your teammates offends you. Forgiveness is the tool of the weak. If you must, go feed their lane to ensure justice is done. An eye for an eye is the oldest law of man, and there's a reason for it. It works!
Hopefully, some of these tactics can help you safely manage stress in league games. Too many players allow this frustration to some out in toxic ways, so I hope this helps you deal with your anger in a healthy way.
