winber1 wrote:
This probably isn't what you are looking for, but I just deal with it by giving no fuks. or at least attempting to
You must emanate a strong emotion of "fun" for the entirety of playing a song, RIGHT TO THE END. This powerful emotion is difficult to embody in oneself and a containment field of any proportion may require more power than the universe contains, but once achieved you will be unstoppable. Let your playstyle and state of mind reflect this emotion and you shall succeed.
It's sorta like not giving a fuks, except that you are having fun while doing it, and you don't care about not giving a fuks too much either, whether or not you ever did give a fuks, or why.
Trying to pin down where you get nervous from a technical standpoint will not help you solve it, since getting nervous is exactly that, it's the opposite reaction to the intention you had in mind. You try to focus, but you lose focus because of it. So don't try to focus, and just play. Nothing you can do in a single moment can make you play better.
Hope I confused you, but really, it is this simple, yet also this hard... And it took me a while to grasp, but I had to.
I may not be a good player, but I can honestly say I don't get nervous while playing... since my osu! philosophy is to play without stress, little or no adrenaline, and to make sure I have fun, since this is the only reason I'm still playing. This is also because of health reasons, because stress causes massive problems for me, in any form - yes I'm on chronic medication. I either play like this, or I quit osu!, one or the other.
Honestly trying to help.