Hey, I’m Molly. I’m currently Plat 2. I started playing Valorant about a year ago, and before that I was a big csgo player. It was pretty hard at first to learn all the new mechanics in Valorant, but I’ve improved a lot over the past year. I’ve played 1v1s with Immortal and Radiant players. I’m not saying I’m on their level, but I do feel like I’m capable of more than Plat, and that’s what tilts me the most. Sometimes I look at my teammates and feel like I don’t belong in this rank. I’ve played a lot in Ascendant/Immortal lobbies, and honestly, I often perform better there than I do in lower elo.The problem is my mental. The moment I press tab and see myself bottom fragging even in the first few rounds or if I die in an unlucky way, I completely lose confidence. I start thinking “I’m better than this”.In Swiftplay, even if there are higher elo players, I play way better. My aim feels smoother because I just don’t care as much. But the moment I queue ranked, I get scared of doing bad or losing. I know it’s just a game, but I don’t want all the time and effort I’ve put into improving to go to waste. What has helped a bit is doing a kind of “Valorant rehab” where I uninstall for a few days and just play aim labs or chill games. It resets my mental, but only temporarily I usually fall back into the same mindset. I’m open to any advice or suggestions.😇

Most players say they're committed. But they train when it's convenient. They quit the process on a losing streak. That's not tryharding. That's conditional effort. And it's destroying your potential. Because you never fully test yourself because you never fully commit. Not full commitment creates a loop. You are not fully disciplined because you're afraid to truly tryhard. That makes you worse. Being worse makes your motivation lower. Motivation lower less discipline. And most of you only tryhard if you know you can get there. The moment you attach your commitment to an outcome, you're already on the wrong path. "If I get Immortal it was worth it." That's conditional. That's not full tryharding. The players who maintain discipline sacrifice the outcome ENTIRELY. They tryhard on the process like a monk. They don't use Valorant as a reward machine. Be honest, you play for the reward, reaching a rank, going pro, showing someone you can be good... When you remove the outcome, the tilt disappears, the anxiety disppears, the fear of failure disappears... There's no "what if I fail?" because the learning itself is the reward. "Valorant is not life, Valorant is teacher of life." Play like you'd still do it if you never climbed. That's when you become invincible. Because there's nothing left to protect. No Ego.