It’s hard for me to arena without alcohol because of anxiety. Anyone else in this same situation? I can’t imagine this ever changing. I quit arenaing with strangers long ago too. N
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I have similar problems.
Sometimes I wake up drenched in sweat in the middle of the night just thinking about facing destruction warlocks
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When i was really young I didn’t want to queue because I was too anxious to compete. As soon as some friends dragged me in it was fine though. I think I was worried about having a number beside my character showing everyone how bad I was.
I still know some people who don’t queue because of anxiety though, so I guess I’m saying you’re not alone?
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I just finished an arena session with some buddies and there were this Double Destro + MW team that we just spent 10min running around almost dead with 6 Infernals up most of the time. I’m gonna have some real nightmares about it.
Whenever I play against anything but Destro Warlocks I can even have fun, even RMX (if they’re not abusing Spite). If I see a Destro on the other side though, I already know I’m in for a miserable time.
Same man except it’s facing destro locks and their haste amped gpy bots
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I can relate. I also get anxious in the queue wondering what mouth breathing self played BFA destro ima get today.
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I wouldn’t say I get anxiety as much as I just get ‘done’ with it. At a certain point in time I just want to stop queueing up and go do something else. While I like to arena, I cannot fathom playing 20 matches a day at 2400+. It just doesn’t sound enjoyable. To me that would be like playing a triple header football game every day of the week.
Actually big true right here.
Unless its 2s I cant stomach super long que sessions. Just having to constantly be on 100% of the time actually trying, is pretty taxing. That’s why I’ve always fell back on World PvP so much, can grab my healer harem and a few other pipe hitters and go destroy pugs for a few hours and have fun the whole time in voice.
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Perhaps you take the game way too serious. Remember it’s just a game. There are toxic players everywhere and when you match with them just put them on ignore list. I used to feel that way too when queue-ing because I cared about the rating. If you are able to find partners who you are comfortable playing with then it is the best. Your rating and also your enjoyment of the game will improve.
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Probably because you put yourself a big stress for example trying to reach a goal a bit high or if you got a ‘’ never give up’’ mind set.
It’ s good in general to try to be the best you can be but be careful on burnout
Anxiety, no. Draining, yes. I don’t know how some of these streamers queue for 12 hours a day. I find arena exhausting this x-pack. Especially in 2s, where someone significantly less skilled and makes poor plays, wins. I understand that’s the nature of 2s, and it’s lack of balance. However, even in 3s, it’s painful to play into locks or DH/DK that run at you the entire game without any consideration of positioning and LOS. I guess I miss when the game severely punished over aggression, and lack of awareness. Now it seems to reward the lock that Darksoul - walls an opener and wins or a DH that chases behind a pillar, and tanks your damage.
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How about going to sleep or being forced to log off for a few days (sometimes weeks) due irl stuff and having the feeling you are already falling behind? I have some friends that were forced to quit wow because the game as a whole (not only arenas in particular) was causing them distress and an absurd level of anxiety.
The truth is, this game and the way it’s currently designed, with all these dailies, rep/endless gear farming, AP grinding, etc. is extremely toxic for some people and most do not even realize that until it starts to cause them rl issues.
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I used to get anxiety because I cared too much about my rating. I HATED losing points.
Problem is - matchmaking competitive is built to put you against harder and harder people, so you will lose eventually - and eventually you will move towards 50/50 winrate (ie: matchmaking found the perfect rating for you).
It took me awhile to stop caring about rating and just have fun PvPing. Once I did that, the anxiety was 100% gone though. I played to play, and had fun. My problem is now that my arena partners are so fixated on rating, they rage when we lose… doesn’t matter if it is a R1 on an alt… doesn’t matter if it is Mage/Lock/X or Mage/Rogue/Pally… and we are playing non-meta comps… they get pissed - just like I used to.
I try to tell them - just accept the losses, it will always happen. So I guess that is my advice… just play to play - try not to worry about rating.
I never get people with anxiety… like you live in 1st world country and can get and be anything you want… kids in Africa now, I can understand if they have a little anxiety…
I used to when I was new to it. It helps to que skirmishes in downtime to help keep me friendly with the environment.
I understand when you have all these try hards who brag and boast about their rating and put down anyone who isn’t at their level, but know they are just good because of time they have put into it and not because they are so much smarter or cooler.
Don’t worry about losing and find others similar minded and that stress and anxiety goes away.
It can also cause malding. 
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Anxiety is a sensory processing malfunction of the brain. Completely independent of wealth, status, or opportunities. Your comment shows you clearly do not understand it. One day you will; when you or a loved one is struggling with it. I hope you educate yourself and more importantly understand that words carry weight especially on the Internet.
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I said I didn’t… but to me it just seems like a first world problem… just gotta make problems out of nothing…
Your original comment contributed absolutely nothing to the ops post other then minimizing his feelings. Talk about causing problems out of nothing.
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