hi, this is the best place in this forum i could find to ask this question, which is technically about pokemon but it can also be not about it, so may we discuss it in general?
how do you get over executive dysfunction when playing games? even when its a game i enjoy and want to play, i struggle to click the button to start playing it, leaving me procrastinating on playing the game and doing nothing, with the intent of playing it but never actually going forward with that plan. for most games i play, i think this stems from the fact that they require some time commitment, and i get stuck in "waiting mode" (if you dont know what that is: its when youre unable to start a task if you have something to do coming up, even if its several hours from now), except the upcoming tasks that prevent me from playing are eating and sleeping, which i have every day.
for competitive games, its not a big time commitment, but its kinda stressful, i get afraid of making mistakes and embarrassing myself, i get afraid of losing, and theres also the social interaction aspect. i was even able to mostly overcome the social anxiety with competitive games and play a bunch of pokemon matches over the last month, but even though im now able to at least play the game sometimes, its still not as often or as freely as i wish. i would love to decide "i wanna play this game" and then just do it, id improve so much on all the games i play.
sorry if this is too pokemon-related for this board, i just could not find a better place for this, and yet i still feel like this post is on-topic with this thread, so i feel justified, but if im wrong do tell, and thank you for reading, any responses and help are appreciated.