One of the reasons that chess is such a great game is that teaches people how to lose. When I first started I lost alot, and I am a very competitive person so I took it personal, but I just kept playing and eventually it didn't bother me any more. I feel that chess has taught me how to not be a sore loser in life. Just keep playing and realize that losing is just apart of the process of becoming great. If you stay consistent you will eventually see improvement.
How do I learn to deal with losing?
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I am low ELO, only a couple hundred matches, and absolutely terrible at this game. I try to study openings and theory and I just keep failing, over and over again. It's demoralizing and if I can't learn to handle all of these losses than I'm never going to be good at this game. I see so many completely brush losses off and keep playing, I just can't do that. I almost just want to quit this game forever so I can stop feeling so terrible for losing all of the time but that won't erase the problem. What is wrong with me?