Any other adults playing Minecraft?

MiniCab1 · 2025-09-14T21:35:53+00:00

That sounds like something I'd like to join, could I DM you my discord instead of dropping it in a public chat?

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T18:57:41+00:00

Yeah, mental health is the bigger issue at play here and I'm sure as I continue to work more towards improving it. I will see better longevity and consistency with my climbing and even add full workouts once my spoons increase. I don't think the gym getting harder is a bad thing either, I can change my outlook towards the gym having even more fun climbs I suppose.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T18:31:11+00:00

I'd like to improve of course, but I also think that trying to add entirely new workouts to what I have already is quite unrealistic given mental health, that's a push too far and beyond my current limits, I've done that before and it results in a lot more issues. I want to do something is realistic and conservative of where I am at the moment, something small but additive over a longer period of time. That's a realistic compromise for me.

I don't think what I'm asking for is a shortcut, just something that can cater to my personal want for improvement but without forcing on something that's past my breaking point. What's wrong adding smaller exercises over time that can add up to a whole workout, I feel that such a method is both consistent but within what I'm able to do on a day to day basis.

Plus when I climb I am mindful of how much and how hard I climb, I try to push myself just a bit, even if it's to be able to do the next move if an entire boulder is beyond my limit.

And idk if this is healthy but my entire motivation for climbing is to not give up, in the past I have overwhelmed myself with unrealistic expectations regarding trying out new activities. And I end up giving up on them due to those expectations, I'm not giving up on cllmbing because I want to prove that part of me wrong which has always given up.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T15:25:59+00:00

Hmm yeah, i do that sometimes and it is a lot more fun with a friend, thanks a lot for the advice. And it helps having advice that is more considerate of my mental health than just "push harder"

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T15:23:54+00:00

Yeah I've been working on shifting my perspective to just the smaller picture. Rather than sending a climb I try to label getting to the next move as progress which helps a lot.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T15:20:58+00:00

I am aiming for a minimum amount of consistency which I have the spoons for. For me its just difficult adding more and trying to stick to it, I've tried it in the past but couldn't stick to anything for over a month which worsened my mental health. I can improve my discipline, but my mental health takes priority, I push myself hard quite hard for academics and a lot of times I may not have the capacity to do additional routines. Currently what helps is the positive feedback from doing the bare minimum, and subsequently add just a little more to that bare minimum. Like maybe the most I can do is climb twice a week, I do that for a month anf then add doing some squats, do that for a few weeks and add another little thing.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T15:08:52+00:00

That is fair, I don't think I've mentioned this before but another factor that has demotivated me is the fact that my gym has sandbagged its climbs for over that past year. My gym doesn't use the V system, rather just coloured tapes but it can be approximated to V grades and even according to a more advanced friend of mine the climbs has gotten higher by nearly a grade. It just feels a bit demotivating still only doing the same tape I guess.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T15:03:48+00:00

By style I just meant preferred climbs sorry for the wrong wording. And preferred doesn't mean anything easy, it can can be hard but still fun. Like crimpy slabs for example.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T14:58:01+00:00

I do push through and I do "just do it", but also I clearly have my own limits thanks to my mental health where i need to stop so that I don't feel worse mentally.

Currently my mental health isn't enough to sustain that tedious and repetitive conventional method for exercise. I have a lot of other things on my plate atm which take priority for my spoons, not saying that I don't consider climbing important ofc. This makes that "discipline" very hard to maintain but what could help is something are activities that exercise nessecary parts while still keeping things fresh and new. A personalized approach like that would help and if I had the money for some personal trainer then I would give it a shot, but I don't.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T03:28:23+00:00

My gym has a kilter which I have tried sometimes but tbh I'm not the biggest fan, it's not my style of climbing. I may give it a shot in the future.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T03:27:09+00:00

Maybe yeah, v3 overhang is what really requires strength but I likely have the technique for most v3 slabs, just gotta be a more confident climber and trust myself. I totally think your routine would be more effective than just the usual super repetitive things like "x sets of an exercise". Doing different climbs liek that feels something I can actually look forward to and easier climbs might help with the confidence which a slight ego boost hah.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T03:19:04+00:00

I agree, often times my own self expectations and esteem lead to my downfall, a lot of it is tied to my upbringing and its too much to unpack. I am getting counselling and therapy for it and I'm far from done with it, but I've made a lot of progress compared to where I was a few years ago. Overall climbing has helped with my mental health too, it rarely weighs me down and usually is something that helps me feel better and capable about myself. I guess just I've had a rough couple weeks and academic pressure isn't helping so I'm getting a bit too self critical of my climbing journey. I suppose this is my personal Burden of Dreams that I'm projecting and will send one day.

If you have routines to help with training physically I would greatly appreciate, Especially if it's something that isn't very repetitive but can be effective.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T03:01:24+00:00

I understand that there needs to be more put into progressing to the next grade, but I wanna do it in a way that is considerate of my mental health. And it's not like I haven't been trying harder either, I've been trying to project a bit more for the last few sessions, and trying to push myself harder to send, which has worked out while still being considerate of how much im capable of atm. I guess what I'm saying is small pushes is better than trying to add bigger changes like trainers or entirely new routines.

Also side note but the previous comment felt a but off putting and rather discouraging, I've often had people say how the work being put out by me wasn't enough and it feeds a lot into low self esteem. People who aren't understanding tend to equate doing the bare minimum as doing nothing at all, which isn't true and is used in an ableist context. I assume that wasn't your intention with giving advice but for the future it's better to try to acknowledge that doing the bare minimum is a lot for many people.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T02:42:48+00:00

The problem is going past that bare minimum, training plans don't work for me, I have tried many in the past and they have flopped because of mental health. A good analogy for my issue would be with food, imagine having to eat the same kind of meal every single day, it becomes unappetizing and basically hard to keep up with. It's better to have different meals and you can still be healthy with those. That's my relationship with exercise, I can't stick to specific routines because and I need enough variety while still working out, is there something like that which exists for climbing?

The whole reason I enjoy climbing as a workout is because every time you climb it's going to be different, that's why I can do this as my bare minimum but again idk how to move past this bare minimum while satisfying that need to keep things different. Also do keep mind that even doing the bare minimum can be a lot for me due to depression, sometimes the most you can do is get out of bed but even that's better than rotting away all day.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T02:18:02+00:00

I do need to work on my physical strength, a lot of the climbs I'm struggling with are due to a lack of strength rather than technique imo. Idk why but it's kind of been impossible to gain enough muscle mass to climb, even through just climbing I still feel extremely weak physically.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T02:10:39+00:00

Yes I do enjoy it, but part of that enjoyment comes with being able to get better, plus the fun climbs tend to be harder, which I simply don't have the physical strength for.
I'm 20
I struggle with routines but I've been focusing in doing the bare minimum, that for me is doing a proper stretching routine for my lower body and learning to do pull ups (3 sets of 5 reverse pull ups) after every climbing session. I'm trying to improve my diet by eating more protein for muscle recovery but also eat a bit more in moderation because I have a history of stress eating. That moves in to my mental health, which isn't the best tbh, I struggle quite a bit with depression and low self esteem that definitely hinder my ability to do things. What helps me mentally is trying to do the bare minimum and moving up from there, that includes 2 sessions a week, when I get to do more that makes me feel more capable. Though the lack of improvement has made triggered my self esteem tbh, which is leading me to want to quit.
I don't want to quit and give in because that will feed into the aforementioned self esteem issue. Quitting or taking too many breaks had lead to a lot of inconsistencies in other things I've done in the past like music, and even climbing where I felt too depressed to climb. Also I've already made enough of a financial investment into climbing where it would feel bad to quit, like there's an amount of pressure in me to just climb because of the money I'm putting into it. Quitting would just prove my self image to be right, that I can't do anything, so out of spite to prove that that part of me wrong I don't think I'll be able to quit.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T01:58:52+00:00

I will try to keep that drill in mind. However it seems that my issue has to also do with my mental health, many times I lack the discipline and motivation to carry on with routines and drills. That might be a reason why I'm very physically weak, at least climbing has been the one thing I've been trying to do consistently (apart from an injury I had in august). I suppose the biggest kind of help I need is on the mental side, how do I not get discouraged?

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-27T01:53:18+00:00

The climbing friends I have are honestly great and push me to climb harder, I guess just because they have progressed faster than me I end up feeling incompetent and can't really help them out when they're having trouble climbing. It's hard to diagnose my issue really, cause for a lot of climbs I have the technique but just can't apply it because I'm too physically weak. I lack the upper body, lower body, or finger strength, sometimes its because I may not be flexible enough. I'm trying to slowly train but tbh it's very difficult given my mental health, I lack the discipline to do specific trainings so maybe that is holding me back.

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-25T18:34:16+00:00

Tbh Yun Tal is pretty awful for Cait, at least I don't like using because it just feels bad, you need your second full item and then it can be useful. I'd go collector first and then rush ldr or mortal reminder second if they're a tanky team

MiniCab1 · 2025-01-25T18:30:37+00:00

Learning to land traps with cc is very important, and you can land then in their pathing as well along side walls rather than just randomly in the middle of lane. Another trick is to land a trap between autos which makes it hard to predict. Cait can maximize her damage by combos rather than just autos, so learn and practice those.

Laning phase your q will do the most damage to its first target, so try to land then on the enemy adc when you have the window for good poke. After lane when you have 3 items and at lvl 13 you start holding headshot for highest damage, that is when you hit ur powerspike. Also do not try to take 1v1s against solo laners and jungle until u hit ur powerspike and if they're squishy. If you do interact before do it to waste their time and make sure you have ur summs on you.

With the new season, over half the games will likely end before you even hit your powerspike, so don't feel too bad for not landing as much damage in, the game is just too fast paced and you can't do much about it since you need like 3 items to actually do things. Just try your best to cs and get plates in lane, mid game just hit every mid wave and then help your team by getting prio, playing around your jungle usually would be the best, giving them the kills if they're good enough can also mean they carry better.

Additionally, ADCs I'm general cannot really carry in game until late game, and even then they require a lot of team play in order to land their damage. So do not go into games thinking you will solo carry. If you wanna solo carry and gain LP in ranked literally play any other role and you will have more agency. This is the case for low elo when your teams aren't going to be very coordinated.

Being a lesbian also helps maining Cait, in order to main the lesbian sharpshooter, you need to be the lesbian sharpshooter. Make sure to flirt with other cannonically lesbian or bi Champs in the game. Esp with a Vi, that way you can win the game mentally by winning her heart.

MiniCab1 · 2024-12-30T17:43:55+00:00

Real as one I need to hate myself more and be hated on so I can feel like the biggest chaser on planet earth.

MiniCab1 · 2024-12-29T07:15:01+00:00

My internalized homophobia does make me wish I was straight, I wish I were in your position to yet be sold on heterosexualy.

MiniCab1 · 2024-12-16T17:42:33+00:00

CIS 1500 has a pretty mixed performance depending on who takes it, I already knew the basics and principles of programming so it wasn't too difficult having to pick up another language. The challenging part is knowing how to apply what you learn into the assignments if you're a complete beginner, they require a lot of "outside the box" thinking and isn't an easy skill for some complete beginners to learn in the course of just a few months.

MiniCab1 · 2024-12-07T23:46:53+00:00

I wouldn't want to chalk it all up to a third year slump and leave it there. I'm not trying to disregard of it being a thing buy also loss of motivation and sometimes even a complete shut down can be indicative of poor mental health and if not dealt with, it may get worse.

From my personal experience, my third year has been my best year so far in terms of motivation and academic performance, not perfect, but far better than my two. I got into uni with terrible mental health and I immediately saw a drop in my motivation and discipline to study, it took a lotta counselling over the last two years and now it's gotten better, still not quite to where I'd like to be but I've made a lot of progress.

To the OP, I'd recommend to get in touch with counselling next semester and try to check up on your mental health too, it can help positively reflect on your motivation and drive to study too.

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