Hey guys,

I hope everyone is enjoying LeetCode contests.

The thing is I have solved 664 questions in LeetCode till now. Started in Jan 2021 (during my final year). I have solved good amount of problems myself but the thing is I suck at giving LeetCode contests. I try hard to solve the questions. Even the easy ones take 15-20 min sometimes. The thing is I have attended around 15 contests till date but in around 5-7 contests I could not solve a single question and in rest contests solved only 1-2 questions.

As soon as the contest ends I again try to solve the questions again and at that time I am able to solve 2-3 questions that I could not solve during the contest. I don't know why is it happening. I think I am not yet mentally ready for the contests and to be honest I get butterflies seeing the questions and get damn nervous. Seeing the graph going down demotivates me like hell. Like after 15 contest my rating has come to 1257 😑😑. Feels like nothing is going good. I currently have a exp of 10 months in a Service based company but want to switch to product based companies. If things go the same way I will surely be depressed.

Like in a pleasant Sunday morning if I am not able to solve any question during the contest my whole day I feel bad for me. I have guilt inside me.

So guys please if you could motivate me or tell me some tricks so that I don't f*cking get nervous during the contest. I am afraid same thing will happen in my interviews and I may lose a golden job because of my nervousness.

So guys If you have come over this situation ever and then overcame it, your words will definitely motivate me.

I swear I try my best during the contests.