recently played a session a couple days ago and played like absolute garbage; I used to beat myself up a lot in the past so I don't want to be too harsh on myself but I must be accurate and self-aware

basically I lacked discipline; playing hands I know I should fold pre; calling down in spots where I had no business calling down; forcing the issue and jamming in spots where I clearly shouldn't be;

I felt a little careless out there for some reason; this was probably my D game

I haven't seen myself in this form in a long time;

How do you guys deal with analyzing a session that you know you played very poorly in ? I feel like i'm usually very motivated and energetic when reviewing my hands but after a big loss like this it feels very painful to review these hands and move forward bc I have always had a tough time forgiving myself for lighting money on fire

1) Run hand(s) by a friend. Often the results of a hand can skew your thinking into believing you played it incorrectly.

2) Recognise that an agitated or distressed state of mind can arise when losing multiple pots in a row/losing big pots/. Come up with a plan to combat this in the future. This could be writing out all your frustrating thoughts on your phone away from poker. Doing this in an unfiltered way. And then following your breath for a few short minutes i.e. meditating.

3) Truly recognise how the human mind becomes transfixed with losing sessions. How your awareness is continually drawn back to what happened. How it takes over your thoughts and how it sends your thoughts down a regular stream; where you fixate and beat yourself up.

Spotting every single time this occurs is hard work. However, shining a clear awareness into this state of mind (one without judgment and often repeatedly) leads to something quite remarkable.

honestly if i play a session very poorly i dont even review it, bcz i feell ike the entire strategic side is tainted by the psychology...and i dont want to relive my worst moments as a player. but i think there is probably a lot of value in looking at these hands.

as far as feeling guilty for torching money, dont sweat it. you will mke the money back many times over

poker is hard, i have much respect for anyone who plays seriously

Figure out why you aged your D game that day. Were you very tired? Stressed about something outside of poker? You want to identify how you got into that state so you can look out for the warning signs in the future.

thanks for feedback , I appreciate it

I can't say I was tired, I prepared like I always do , I think I ignored the early warning signs and may have gotten a little overconfident as far as my grip on controlling tilt

great advice thanks; one of my favorite injecting logic statements.." just bc you lost the hand doesn't mean you played it badly "

there are times where there is no doubt that I played the hand badly and I am clearly way out of the line; these are the types of things that I experienced in this session;

I need to be aware of my early warning signs and for me it is always the same; I begin to play too many hands; this is the first warning sign for me so I need to be ready to respond in the future

I appreciate the kind words

I feel it is therapeutic and a bit painful at the same time reviewing these hands and reliving them

there is always something to learn