How to keep poker seprate from life?

[redsamurai]

Like many winning players I've worked hard not to let the cards during any session, good or bad, affect my play. I however have another common psycological affliction that occasionally rears its head. When I'm running bad for a streach and my bankroll is shrinking as happens to all players occasionally my mood away from the poker table becomes more dour. Since I'm a generally happy person I abhor feeling this way and am forced to take a few days off from playing. How do some of the other pro and semi-pro players deal with this aspect of the game?