[Apathy]

Sure it can be hard at times but playing poker (mostly online I mean) for a living is great if you are young enough to have time to take a few years off the career "path" that involves university etc.

You can make tons of money, work (or not) whenever you want and do any amount of travelling or moving around since you can play from anywhere.

It does involve some amount of self discipline and money managment that comes more naturally to some then others, but anyone can work on those qualities. The lows can be really low so maybe it's just certain overally emotionally involved people that find playing poker for a living extremely difficult.

I've been on huge downswings before and have talked to many pros who have been in similar situations. You have to step back and realise things arent so bad, maybe you have to learn some hard lessons about constant effort to improve and bankroll managment every once in a while but as long as you do learn from your mistakes this job quickly becomes a lot more stress-free and relaxing, even when the results just arent there.