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[QUOTE="medeiros13, post: 417562, member: 10748"]
Chuck, I can relate to your situation in a number of ways.  While you're a hockey player, I was a football player with the same issues.  Instead of getting sent to the sinbin, I was often flagged for personal fouls when I lost my cool.  It took me a LONG time to get over this on the athletic field.  It took my last coach in college to get me to realize I should take my passion and instead of getting frustrated myself...to make the opponent frustrated.  In hockey terms, become a Darcy Tucker or Ken Linsman if you go back that far.
 
How this relates to poker...I had similar bouts with tilting that you do.  It took awhile for me to get over it.  How did I do it...honestly it just took time.  The more hands that I've seen, the more bad beats I've taken and have learned to roll with the punches.  While writing this response, I've already taken two bad beats but I haven't let it affect me.  I've learned from experience (and watching Chris Ferguson in the WSOP) that as long as you have a chip to your name, you've got a shot.  Ferguson (if you're not familiar) was down to a single chip in a WSOP event and turned it into about 300K before finally bowing out.  It was a rather impressive show of mental toughness.  
 
I also have a phrase that I use quite a bit..c'est le poker.  that's how I explain bad beats...it's my way of saying that's poker; shit happens.
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