but seriously though, i tell myself that there's no shame in playing games on easy mode because 1) the devs put in it there for a reason, might as well use it, 2) sometimes it takes a while to really figure out the nuances of gameplay in a new game, just think of easy mode as practice mode, and 3) games are supposed to be fun
i understand the frustration of banging your head against a wall and feeling like "i should be able to do this!" but ultimately you gotta tell yourself that what you're trying right now isn't working, so you need to go try something else
here is something i saw a lot back in my heavy DDR days: get on an arcade machine with somebody who's playing for the first time, and watch them set their difficulty to normal
but if you've never played DDR before, I'm here to tell you: normal mode will fucking murder you and throw your body in the river if you haven't already drilled in the basics playing on easy mode
so that's the sort of framework i take with me into other games in other genres: if normal mode is too hard for me, then i should go play easy mode for a while to drill in the basics. once the basics come naturally, then i can bump up the difficulty and try again
it's exploiting a loophole that allows you to train up your skills until you can come back stronger in the next season and defeat it then