I think I’m dealing with legitimate tanking anxiety. /u/KreivosNightshade World of Warcraft

Last week I started a warrior. Went from 1-11 in Exile’s Reach and from there ran straight into tanking TWing dungeons. Not sure how many dungeons I have under my belt now as a tank but I feel like it was many. I’m currently level 33 on that warrior, doing literally nothing but TWing dungeons. I know how tough it is to find tanks nowadays so figured I’d give it a try and help people get into their runs.

Figured this would be getting easier as I got more practice but I’m honestly finding the opposite is true. I just tanked a VotW, which is a place I haven’t been to in almost a decade, even as a DPS back in the day. Tanking the place was a bit nerve wracking, and I was a mess at the final boss (lone survivor with like 5% hp lol). I messed up a few times for sure, like getting kicked into the pit below and pulling like 20 spiders.

Just a few things that are making me pretty nervous about it.

1. I feel like I’m committing a grave sin by standing still. I usually gather a pack, then a second pack after that first pack. Then move on to the next set of mobs after both packs are dead. Something in the back of my mind nags at me even though I feel like I’m producing a decent pace, and I get nervous when I choose to stand still and take care of those first two packs. Like someone is gonna complain, or pull more mobs for me, or so on.
2. There was a chest nearby in that VotW run that I wanted to grab, but again that would have required a slight path deviation and I feel like someone might have raged, so I didn’t get it in the end. I hardly even loot my own mobs.
3. I’m taking it as a personal slight against my personal IRL character if even one mob gets one swing against anyone else that isn’t me. I try my best to gather everything but thunderclap has a cooldown and I don’t always alt-tab the right mob to heroic throw at it.
4. On that same note my mind races when it comes to choosing to pop a damage ability for more threat/DPS (feel like even tanks are expected to do top quality DPS nowadays) or to pop a mitigation cooldown (ignore pain or shield block). Feel like I never have enough rage to do both.

I legitimately want to get better, and I do genuinely try my best, but it definitely is tiring mentally. I have to take a break to breathe after each run. I do enjoy the character too. Anyone have any advice on how to deal with this sort of thing?

Last week I started a warrior. Went from 1-11 in Exile’s Reach and from there ran straight into tanking TWing dungeons. Not sure how many dungeons I have under my belt now as a tank but I feel like it was many. I’m currently level 33 on that warrior, doing literally nothing but TWing dungeons. I know how tough it is to find tanks nowadays so figured I’d give it a try and help people get into their runs.

Figured this would be getting easier as I got more practice but I’m honestly finding the opposite is true. I just tanked a VotW, which is a place I haven’t been to in almost a decade, even as a DPS back in the day. Tanking the place was a bit nerve wracking, and I was a mess at the final boss (lone survivor with like 5% hp lol). I messed up a few times for sure, like getting kicked into the pit below and pulling like 20 spiders.

Just a few things that are making me pretty nervous about it.

1. I feel like I’m committing a grave sin by standing still. I usually gather a pack, then a second pack after that first pack. Then move on to the next set of mobs after both packs are dead. Something in the back of my mind nags at me even though I feel like I’m producing a decent pace, and I get nervous when I choose to stand still and take care of those first two packs. Like someone is gonna complain, or pull more mobs for me, or so on.
2. There was a chest nearby in that VotW run that I wanted to grab, but again that would have required a slight path deviation and I feel like someone might have raged, so I didn’t get it in the end. I hardly even loot my own mobs.
3. I’m taking it as a personal slight against my personal IRL character if even one mob gets one swing against anyone else that isn’t me. I try my best to gather everything but thunderclap has a cooldown and I don’t always alt-tab the right mob to heroic throw at it.
4. On that same note my mind races when it comes to choosing to pop a damage ability for more threat/DPS (feel like even tanks are expected to do top quality DPS nowadays) or to pop a mitigation cooldown (ignore pain or shield block). Feel like I never have enough rage to do both.

I legitimately want to get better, and I do genuinely try my best, but it definitely is tiring mentally. I have to take a break to breathe after each run. I do enjoy the character too. Anyone have any advice on how to deal with this sort of thing?