I wasn't sure where to post this, but figured any discussion on the topic might be able to help out some of the other beginners out there.

Does anyone ever get this feeling? Anyone have any ideas how to play through it? Is it best to just take a break from the game and reevaluate things before jumping onto another table?

The reason I ask this is simple, lately my post flop game has become a real mess, I think in large part due to the fact that my head just isn't into "it". What I mean by this is, I've been making horrific calls when I know I'm beat 9.5 times out of 10 and I've been bumbling and stumbling around with the nuts and not getting any value from those hands.

As I'm sitting here thinking about this, I think that part of the reason I'm making some of these stupid plays is because perhaps I feel like I "deserve" to win a hand at this point. I don't feel like that at the time, but perhaps it's a subconscience thing? I've played just over 18k hands at $10NL on Stars since I've started to keep records of my poker progress and vowed not to move up like some people I know until I have the proper roll(even over-rolled). Pre flop I'm 18.1/8.2 over these 18K hands with my post flop aggression sitting at 2.7. I tell myself that patience is the key and I'm in it for the long haul before everytime I login and play a session. I was wondering if anyone else gets into this kind of a funk when things aren't going their way? It seems as though, one big mistake leads to another big mistake for me.

I know a monkey should be able to beat $10NL without to much difficulty and there shouldn't be much of a problem for myself, but as I've stated, at this point I've lost the confidence in my game that up until recently I've had. I'm not worried about going broke or anything, but I feel that if I don't get my act together, I'm going to pull my hair out(don't think the wife would like that).

Anyways, sorry to ramble, just figured I'd throw this out there and maybe get some ideas to try and get my head back in the game.