Drives feel miserable, but is ranked really different, or am I just tilted?

Greetings everyone, I am greyson.

tl;dr Drives have made ranked feel extremely toxic from an attitude perspective. Am I the only one who feels this way?

Prior to the drives I got up to Plat 5 after a long and fruitful grind of me learning mechanics, positioning, taking corners as dps. I'm not a good player, but I'm getting better and was slowly climbing.

Then Drives happened. Something about the game seemed to change. P. People seemed more frustrated. It all came to a head last night where, after a loss streak, I felt myself getting angry for the first time and even barked at one of my friends in VC. This ... never happens. l love Overwatch even during competitive I can have a laugh if I get completely smashed.

The teams felt mismatched all night. Is the event bringing back skilled players that smurf through my rank and I'm just collateral?

Anyways my real question for the sub is if Drives are making rank feel tangibly worse/different, or if I am just experiencing a uniquely awful losing streak.

Thank you for reading,

Greyson