>>52438504I used to play competitively back in Platinum, I even remember joining a board that had a Gym where I got to be the Ghost type leader of the group. I focused on IVs, and EVs, and fixated on building them perfectly for trainer battles. I also remember the moment that I just found myself utterly losing interest in everything. It tore away all of the love I once felt, and I simply just stopped playing.
The only way I was able to come back from that was to literally tell myself that I would not focus on numbers. I would take their natures seriously, and instead of it affecting their stats, it was their personality. I would love them for who they are, and raise them appropriately. It worked, especially in XY where I was able to interact with them through Pokemon Amie.
It is still tough to keep it up though, and deep down I'm already feeling myself going back to that dark place of just losing interest in everything purely because it just falls into the same routine. Scarlet has shaken it up a little, but reaching the end, I don't know if I wanna restart my game or just call it quits. Maybe make another game where I don't evolve my Floragato, or pick a new starter altogether... I dunno. It just feels remarkably tough to push forward.
