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I used to climb loads about a year ago, and I was doing quite well, for my standards at least. I enjoyed bouldering, lead-climbing and trad.
Unfortunately I had to take a break for mental health reasons. Now I want to get back into it again, I am finding every time I go I am just getting so frustrated with how hard I find things now. But it's not that I'm finding it hard, I don't mind not completing a difficult problem, it's that I am genuinely struggling to even start some of these climbs, and it's so demoralising.
The only climbs I can climb at the moment are the very easiest in the gym, their first level of climbs. But they are sooooo easy that I get very little satisfaction from them.
Again, I apologise for the rambling post, I just needed to vent or I think I'd cry
Catalyst climbing on youtube with coach louis has helped me a lot with the mental side of climbing! He also has some nice drills (the three warm up drill video is great) that help you make easy climbs more interesting. I use them a lot now that I have a shoulder injury preventing me from trying difficult stuff for a while.