You are battling. Good! You are alive! Even better- you have and are conscious of your strategy for the fight. You are already 90% of the way to superhero. As

You are battling. Good! You are alive! Even better- you have and are conscious of your strategy for the fight. You are already 90% of the way to superhero. As pointed out elsewhere, this is a long game. You may not be happy with your current scoring capacity, but you have plenty of time to improve your techniques, alter your strategies. Perhaps "avoid solving hard coding problems" is not the best approach (though it may be, every one is different and perhaps your confidence builds by successfully tackling a large number of easier problems). Your self consciousness can morph into self awareness. Does making syntax errors help you? If not, try a different approach. Look, making errors MIGHT help you. You learn exactly where you need to sharpen and improve your thinking. Valuable feedback. One more thing: mind and body are one. Get to a gym 3x week, and do squats. Two sets, 20 reps per set. First day do it with an empty bar. Each time you are in the gym, up the weight by 4 lbs. Six months from now your mental toughness will be through the roof. People will look at you differently.