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I have observed that playing chess competitively helped me a lot with my anxiety. A game of chess is self contained, you can analyze afterwards what went wrong, the implications are limited and you learn that focusing on the task and setting aside your worries helps improve your game. Moreover, that happens in a protected environment, with well defined rules and no interruptions, which facilitates the learning process.


Anecdotally I had something different. As a kid I was always a sore loser, and sulked after every loss in the game. In retrospect I'm not sure why I took winning so seriously.




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