Emotional responses, such as tilting, are not just random flashes. Such responses do not arise without a reason. After all, players tilt in different ways, have different thresholds for tilting, and tilt for different reasons. By accepting emotional responses as indicators of fundamental values, we can gain valuable insights that help manage tilt and other undesirable behaviors.
Imagine that an emotional response is a “cassette recording” coming from the subconscious. Maybe you tend to end the game quickly when you win, tilt when you lose to a poor player, or start to scatter when you get bored? Such behavior reveals your fundamental values – your primary desires. If you end the game too early, it seems that your value is the feeling that you had a profitable session; if you tilt against poor players, your value is feeling superior to others; if you scatter when you're bored, your value is entertainment and excitement.
We are not saying that you overvalue these things. Objectively, it is difficult for another person to determine if someone overvalues something because values cannot be defined rationally. Simply put, everyone has their own values and chooses to nurture them. If you value excitement and are happy with this value, who are we to tell you to choose money over it? However, if your secondary desire is to prioritize money over exciting matches, it means you want to change your primary desires. In that case, it is quite logical to correct this discrepancy.
To fully harness your emotional capacities, both positive and negative, you must start with sincere analysis. You cannot blindly resist an emotional reaction as if the effect itself were the problem. If you start to scatter during a boring match, it is just a symptom of your fundamental values. Blaming the scattering would be like blaming a cough while ignoring the virus itself. If you value excitement, you must first admit to yourself that you value it. If you didn't value it, you wouldn't start scattering at all. Once you acknowledge that you value a certain emotion at the moment, you can begin to work on directing it appropriately or simply extinguishing it.
