Thought I would share this, for some, you already know what it is, for others you may be aware of it when you fly but never understood why it happens to you.

Ever wondered why sometimes you crash into the very thing or things you try so hard to avoid ?

Have you ever gone into a corner too fast?  Of course you have. What happens next is you tend to look at where you think your quad is going to go and that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. CRASH

It is called Target fixation , this is an attentional phenomenon in humans whereby you become so focused on the object/hazard/obstacle etc that you are actually drawn into it.

It is well documented that this can occur with humans who drive racing cars, fly fighter jets, race motorcycles even down to surfers and us FPV pilots.

For a while I wondered why I always crashed into a particular obstacle and then after reading about Target Fixation it became clear, So now if I see a gap I want to go through I focus on that and nothing else and avoid looking at the nasty trees and stuff either side of it, and most of the time you just go right through the gap.

It is something you have to condition yourself for, as it is normal to be fixated on potential threats/danger.
Without really knowing it as you progress in your FPV flying you will find that your thumbs (or pincher pilots) will be responding to what the eyes see and make inputs on the sticks.  So if you see an obstacle you will move you sticks to fly towards that obstacle, if that happens refocus your gaze quickly to a spot that is "open" and the thumbs generally will follow suit.

Trust me, practice it, and you will find yourself not crashing as much into that huge tree that you were trying so hard to avoid.

That explains why it happened to me some time ago to dive 30m into a small birch tree - couldn't decide whether to go left or right (or tried to do that all at once ;p ). Guess that explains it, good share

Interesting stuff! that's good to know
sounds like it's all about focus and not getting distracted