My referring to my horrible night was more in reference to the number of bad beats/hands played rather than my end result of being down what I was. I've done way worse than $4 in losses. I added that so as to note later that despite those beats (plus other not-so-sizable losses), I kept a cool head and managed to win back enough to only be down that much.

And you're right. It's definitely relative. I'm maybe two months in. Not a lot of experience in terms of how bad things can get.