Is it normal to get awfully angry when playing certain video games?

I'm actually a very calm and chill person but it's when I play some video games that my anger seeps through. Once I get frustrated there's no coming back! I get hotheaded and completely lose my head. I often slam my desk and throw objects across the room. My hand sometimes hurts for a day from slamming my fists in frustration. I'll be irritated for at least 30 minutes after rage quitting. I'm a sore loser basically.

Is It Normal?
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  • I get angry whenever someone starts targeting other players especially on games like Mario Kart Wii, I remember playing against other people on Worldwides and there was this one guy who'd keep on coming near me with red shells or trying to come near me whenever he got the invincible star or the mega mushroom. Also another time when he would try and target me whenever he was a lap behind.

    Luckily the person who did this was banned immediately.

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    • I have a sibling who would rage so badly during video games. If you refused to play while he was pissy then he'd get even more pissed off that you didn't play. If you agreed to play and won then he'd insist you were cheating or that you were only targeting him and no other players. You had to pretend to be trying and do it convincingly enough that when you inevitably let him win he genuinely thinks he's better than you and would rub it in your face all through the next race

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  • Battletoads pissed me off but it’s more like a mental scar than something that made me physically angry

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  • It’s not normal to get to the point of throwing things, but some video games can definitely piss you off. You ever played binding of isaac? That shit has made me want to punch my monitor a couple of times lol

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  • I remember loudly screaming at the TV when I played video games as a kid and that behavior stayed well into my early 20's. Around age 24 or so, I calmed down. You'll probably grow out of it eventually. Until then please don't physically hurt yourself.

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  • Uninstall if the rage is that bad.

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  • I get really frustrated when I play Super smash bros with my sister and she steals my items or if I get something like a smash ball or extra life thing and I don't get to use it, it triggers my OCD and is unsatisfying.

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  • No, never.
    I've gotten bored, or mildly annoyed if I've come a across a part that is overly difficult or implemented badly/stupidly, or if I am disappointed in a game, but I've never gotten so angry that I've punched something or thrown a controller. I've never even shouted.

    I value taking care of all my possessions, and I do not want to waste the time and money I spent buying them.

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  • I outright refuse to play any game in the MOBA genre. The only games that have ever made me genuinely angry are Smite and League of Legends.

    If a game makes you angry, don't play it.

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  • Some people definitely do this, though I don't think it's normal or healthy. I would personally suggest not playing games that make you that angry, as isn't the point of the games in the first place to have fun?

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