@BalonasTHx for advice bro . I have MEntal game of poker in book format and if u are unable to find it online lemme know I might get you pdf version(offcourse for free) . I also got a very good subliminal mp3 for poker called Poker Prodigy if u might be interasted I can share.
Dont know about you bro, but my confidence is huggely connected with my run .
When I run good I play awesome and in general dont do many mistakes. In contranary when I run bad , I do most stupid mistakes ever and even make calls just to see how I will lose once again.Its like beats slowly add up to the point where I just "dont care" anymore, until I lose.
It doesnt take a brainer to see how huuge winrate killer that is.
ITs a very good idea to read thu mental game of poker once again and try to disolve this bitternes so to say.
@CrazyCookieAbout being a pro, I feel that is 100 years away from me now .
Also an interesting thing I have noted which may sound really paradoxal.ITs not a bout money, its about winrate.
My bankroll atm is around 10k$.So losing 15$ or 100$ for that matter doesnt seem much. But seeming that geen line being - in graph is totally differend thing for me.It feels like I am looser or smth like that.
LOL I just realised that I might very well be most overrolled nl5 player on stars :).
KISS is always best strategy in most things we do, however must say it often feels somehow too simple and feeling is like I am being explited (which in most cases I am not) .As you mentioned previously you had similar mental issues so I guess me I am you some time ago so you will probably be able to remember that awkward feeling of being outplayed and exploited to the max by your opponents.
Funny thing is that in 70% of the time or more when you do make a call you see you are fliping at best or are just behind .
When I " sober out" I can spot all those things in my mental game, but during the play its like I play my B+ game , win something back , than I get a beat, miss a big draw in big hand (for 100x in a row) or just lose a flip and my switch goes off, head gets somehow hot and I just press buttons.
IF I win a stack my state goes closer to my previous B+ game if I continue loosing I spew some more.
A interesting thing happened few nights ago tho.
I played a session during the day where I tilted.In evening I came back to another session and run horribly bad.
But felt totally indiferent about it .Like I had no energy to be emotional about it and I just played decent game.
Lost about 4bi but didnt flinched.Ended session calm headed when I wanted to and went to bed without thinking about it.
I think this is much closer to optimal emotional state of poker than anything else I have felt before.
Now till its on my mind I am off to digg out that mental game book .
Cheers