I have an awful competitive nature. I get super fucking upset

Bump because I have a similar problem

>>16620397
I'm better at making posts than you are. I win.

Use that anger and turn it into motivation, dont try to become better than everyone else try to become better than you were before

>>16620444
Posts on an anonymous board isn't really competition.

Really, I only get mad at things I consider competitive in nature, I suppose.

Sounds like insecurity, you're desperately trying to convince yourself that you're just as good or better than everyone else. I'm the same way. Don't feel bad, we all have insecurities, they just manifest in different ways.

My advice would be similar to this>>16620446

Do not compare yourself to others, it's a very dangerous trap. Only compare yourself to former versions of yourself.

>>16620470
I never really thought of it that way, but you're absolutely right. I just kind of feel like because I want to be better, I have to compare myself to those around me.

>>16620397
Work in a kitchen. You can use your anger, like I do.

>>16620397
>I have an awful competitive nature.
You can't put it in your mind that it's bad to want to win, or succeed; that just goes against human nature.

What I like to do once I've reached the tipping point is, immediately stop. Then talk about, or write about, the difficulty. See if you can pin the problem down enough so you know exactly what's missing. (Sometimes in this process of rationalizing, the situation becomes humorous and you learn to not take it too seriously.)

Another piece of advice. When you fail, you can approach it from two ways: accuracy, or precision. In "accuracy", you would think over the situation and see if you have words to identify all of the difficulties. In "precision", try to see if the difficulty was failure to measure, or failure of timing.

tl;dr, competitive nature is not awful. Also, this: >>16620513