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Message: [QUOTE="jordanbillie, post: 6345131, member: 31329"] The problem about a downswing is that it shifts the mindset toward paying too much attention to results. By being bummed about the money that has been temporarily loaned back into the poker community, the mind feels like it needs to do something (anything!) to win that money back (because it BELONGS to me now!). ;) This mindset creates the downswing. ;) That's why it is referred to as a "concept of the mind" or very accurately "a self fulfilling prophecy". Once you tell yourself you are in a downswing, you now start behaving like a poker player in a downswing. So, "downswings" are just tests for us to eventually pass and move beyond. Sure, major variations in results will continue to exist but that has to be, so just let it be. :) [/QUOTE]