How I Handled Frustration in Real Life After Playing Getting Over It
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is one of the most frustrating platform games to date. What I believe is that this game messed with my head when I was struggling to understand the mechanics of the game. Even after playing it many times, it still frustrates you at a certain level.
I still remember the time when I first picked up this game; I thought that it would be a quick challenge. Maybe a few tricky jumps after all the hammer looks handy initially, and you know what happened next? I was not even able to reach the devil’s chimney.
But I must say that after many trials and errors, this game helped me to overcome frustration, not only when I play this game, but also in matters of real life. But how? That’s what I’m going to explain in this article.
The Rage Phase
Let’s begin with the rage phase, when the game starts, and you probably start to cross the tree section. In my case, it was the frustrating one as a newbie. I can’t tell you how hard it was when I was first handling that hammer.
Finally, I made some progress, and you know what happened next? I fall back again to the initial point where I started this.
This situation made me realize that it was not the game that was making me frustrated; I was frustrated because I hated losing control and falling back to where I started.
It just makes me realize how often I feel frustrated in real life when things are not in my control.
Seeing Real-Life Parallels
I believe that many of you can relate to this. There are many times when we get frustrated, like in conversations, in the office, and in situations where things are not going our way. You make a presentation, and it gets rejected, and then you have to make it from scratch again.
Isn’t it frustrating? Here, Getting Over It teaches you a valuable lesson: frustration is a part of progress. While you fall, you can get back again with little effort because in that process, you have already learned many things.
Take a Break
There is another important lesson that is hidden in this game. While playing this, I sometimes failed to overcome a certain obstacle, making me frustrated, and when this happened frequently, I took a break and started laughing.
Yes! And why not? I mean, the game is totally fine; it is doing what it is made for. It is my mistake that I took it seriously, and that’s what you can implement in real life.
Whenever you are stuck in a bad situation, you have to take a break rather than reacting. Just take a breath, acknowledging the setback, and brace yourself for a comeback.
Rebuilding Patience
Getting Over It punishes the players who play it impatiently. This is one of the best lessons I have learned from this game so far. It is a simple human behavior: when you are impatient, you suddenly become frustrated.
Similarly, if you are trying to brute force and jump in Getting Over It, you will eventually fall and might lose all your progress.
It tells you that the only way forward is to move slowly and take precise and intentional movements.
This approach helped me a lot in real life. Now, whenever an uncertain situation appears, I handle it patiently, and I never go for an unguided approach, and never try to rush.
Building Emotional Resilience
Perhaps getting over it will help you build strong emotional resilience. This will come after a long phase of failures. When you try to overcome a hurdle in the game. For instance, if you fail to overcome the bucket swing challenge, you may end up at the starting point, losing all your previous success. Now you have to start from the beginning.
Similarly, you will face some times in your life where you feel that you have lost all your progress and there is no way to go back, but at that time, staying calm and believing in yourself is what builds a strong emotional resilience within you.
How can you apply these lessons in real life?
Honestly, this game helps me to overcome frustration. I strongly believe that it can help you too. I am sharing some practical ways that I have applied so far, and you can apply them too:
At Work
Whenever any project falls apart, when you miss a deadline, and in situations where you have to repeat the process, it is time when you have to calm down and stop taking it personally.
You have to believe in your abilities and only try to control what you can control, and start rebuilding from where you are at the moment.
In Relationships
In your relationships, you might get frustrated with your partner in a certain situation. Instead of lashing out, you need to step back and think, is it worth it to react like that? Sometimes it is not even the other person; it is your expectations behind the curtain.
In daily life
One of the important lessons I have learned from Getting Over It was to celebrate small progress. In the game, I celebrate when I get the chance to clear the devil’s chimney, and that bucket swings.
Things will turn positive if you start appreciating small achievements in your daily life. Big goals take time, but when you start appreciating a day when you did something for your health,. When you enhance your skills and stay productive. It matters a lot in the long run.
Conclusion
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy is a game that is designed to make you frustrated, but this might not be true because when you overcome your frustration, you come out victorious.
This is what it teaches you. If you try controlling your frustration, it will not only help you to understand the game better, but it will also be handy in your real-life situations.