Re: Fear of success
 

If you let it, peer pressure can be a bitch.

I think a big part of many people's problems stem from the way they are treated by others. I had been doing well at a NL game and friends started making a lot of comments that, while sounded like praise, had jealousy mixed into them. It made it harder to play good because I stood out from them and I think it has led me into the funk that I have been in. Being able to realize that my fear of being ridiculed for doing well is at the forefront of my "good playing blockage", frees me from those ties and allows me to go back and play good.

Strange that success can be more burdensome than failure, until one stops and sees that it is only because so many people are willing to accept failure, that it is the status quo.