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I have boxes full of Pokémon that have never seen a single real battle. They were all bred by me; a lot of them are shiny, most of them have been fully EV trained and leveled to 50-100, all manually by my own hands. I maxed out my clock long ago, so who knows how long I've actually spent, but I know it's a very long time. I'm even trying to hatch another one right this minute, and I'm sure it'll have the same fate, but I just can't stop because I like having something semi-mindless to occupy my hands while I'm watching things.
The reason they're so unused is that the idea of battling a complete stranger fills me with so much anxiety that even accidentally tapping the Battle Spot when I meant to hit O-Power makes me uncomfortable. My mind gets overwhelmed with so many questions whenever I try random battles: Am I fighting a kid or an adult? What do they think of my team? Do they think I hacked it in because of the shinies? Am I doing something they think is cheap or unfair? What's their battle plan? Am I going to encounter a team of legendaries? What if I can't defeat those legendaries? What if my team is so bad that I never win another battle no matter how hard I try? It just gets so bad that I end up not even looking for battles, and thus all the Pokémon I've given so much care to breed and raise end up virtually collecting dust in my PC. It feels awful. The worst part is I know I'd get more confident if I just started battling, but I don't even want to try.
