I need a cure...

[HonestIago15]

I originally posted this in the Sit-n-Go forum and they told me to post it here... so here it is


Alright, I'm sure everyone here has experienced this before, and I badly need some advice on it. Since my online poker career has started it has followed a very predictable path. I start out playing correctly, like a good and diligent 2+2er. Then something sets in, for which I cannot find a name which accurately describes it's horrible tenacity and evilness. I start to do stupid things... whether it's making bad calls, deciding that, though I should push this small blind I don't really need to... I get cocky and reckless. After losing a few hundred dollars I realize what I'm doing, get infuriated, chill for a bit and go about working my way back up. So... my question is does anyone have a really good way that they use to stop themselves doing this? I've gone throught this cycle a whole bunch of times and I just keep doing it. Maybe something you say to yourself every time you're about to make a stupid move... I dunno. This is definately my biggest leak and I'm confident I could actually start to make real money if I could just STOP DOING IT. GRAH!

Thanks guys