Fighting Games
Positive connections
Mastery, challenge, competition
Only if personally recognizable
Emotional connections during this preference
Anger, harshness, need to defeat others, pride, fear of losing, dominance.
Go Deeper
Is the pleasure learning moves, or does a loss feel like an intolerable personal defeat?
Possible buried beliefs
“If I lose, I am weak.”
Hard Places
Harsh performance criticism if relevant.
More questions
If you could not turn to this activity, what feeling or responsibility might come into view?
Does the experience help you understand something painful, or repeatedly strengthen resentment?
Does not knowing or not being in control remain uncomfortable after the activity ends?
Does comparing yourself with someone involved in this preference change your sense of worth?