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Autistic Anxiety + Killer Anxiety = Panic Attack

Skeleton23
Skeleton23 Member Posts: 621
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I wanted to ask anyone on how to counter The Shaking feeling when I play Killer. Today I literally had a Panic Attack dearing a match. It wasn't that I was playing terrible. There is just so much happening, I get overwhelmed very easily do to my Disability. I never had this happen when I first started playing.

When it happened I felt as if everyone is staring at me. My Anxiety goes to 0 to 1000 in like 2 mins. Im high functioning and what love some Advice on how to deal with this.

Any Advice will be Appreciated

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  • Rigbeta
    Rigbeta Member Posts: 311

    I too experience a lot of Killer Anxiety, it is unlike anything when I play Survivor. I've never had a panic attack from it, but I have experienced extreme duress as the game starts and have gotten pretty upset when things go south.
    I don't really have much advice to give, but I find that the way I cope with it is by talking out loud to myself or my friends in Voice Chat, doing so kind of lets me experience a physical feedback, especially with friends in chat, and it helps as a means of just feeling like I have support. I think the reason Killer gives so much Anxiety is because you are literally Outnumbered in the Match, with a lot of juggling to do between finding, chasing, downing survivors and preventing gens.

    This Youtube Video by TwinsMainSage may help as well, I hope it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Hm4v-5GLQ

  • Linkdouken
    Linkdouken Member Posts: 754

    Do you play in anonymous mode or have limitations on comms?

    Might help if you currently feel too vulnerable to negative reception.

    My other advice is maybe to set yourself a simple side goal that isn't based objective - like a self imposed quest if you don't currently want to focus on an existing one.