Mental Health Mode

[mymindwentblvnk]

Hi there,

I want to propose a new feature: Mental Health Mode. In this mode every information is deactivated that is stressing your mental health. Some things I am already thinking of:

• Everything Zen Mode does, should be included in Mental Health Mode
• Chats are deactivated (as in Kids Mode)
• You have no information about your current rating in any category
• Your activities (you played 12 games and your rating dropped 43 points) are disabled
• You cannot see how much your rating dropped/gained after a game
• Unlike in Zen Mode you do not even see after the game how strong your opponent was

I love playing chess but the more I play the more I just play for my rating. Everyday I have to gain more points. A day with a negative rating makes me feel sad. If I lose I want to play another game, even if I know that I am not concentrated enough to win. It sometimes feels like gambling addiction.
So being able to measure my rating makes playing chess more stressful than relaxing. I just want to play chess again but with being able to see my history in times, where I have better mood.

What do you think of this idea? I love Zen Mode and Kids Mode for what they are doing and they inspired me to propose this idea.

[reitzig]

It sometimes feels like gambling addiction.

I'm pretty sure any gamified situation can cause (something like) an addiction.

FWIW, hiding scores (or other elements) should be rather simple using user styles/scripts. In the browser, anyway.

[mymindwentblvnk]

I created a Firefox extension to remove all stuff harming the pure chess experience: https://github.com/mymindwentblvnk/mental-health-mode-for-lichess

You can install it via https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mental-health-mode-for-lichess/

It is not as advanced as it should be, but the main functionality is present.