Does PTSD affect my chess

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kc3qja
I have similar symptoms to PTSD, and I wonder if that is why I do poorly in chess, or if I am just a beginner. Should I stop playing?
sholom90

I have no personal experience with this at all . . . but I can tell you that I had a friend who thought chess helped him in this regard.  It was a nice escape, and, further, that he got practice focusing on things.

Nevertheless . . . YMMV

Gymstar

it hasn't affected me I don't think and I have it

RT_Dude

I definitely think so. I wrote a blog post about it. This book has a lot of insight: