[Net Warrior]

I think another part of the problem is that when variance leads to a big downswing in our BR, we get frustrated. As winning players we get used to winning our fair share over the short term. Unless variance is really running against us, that's just how it works for winning players. So we get used to slowly building our BR and imagining how it will be and planning for our next move up in level. Then a downswing hits us and the wheels fall off the dream. Not only that but if we've been there and done that enough, we actually are force to move down in level to protect our BR untill the downswing is over. The carniage seems to last for ever. Poker is a time consumming passtime and losing adds insult to injury. Add to all of that that at times you are bound to tilt a little bit while running bad (it's human nature; we all get frustrated from time to time) and we start to feel like losers.