Ok.. when I started playing poker, I gradually started to notice that sometimes I'd "suck horribly" and blow hard-earned money away quickly, making mind-bogglingly stupid plays.. and I also started to notice the symptoms when this would happen.. basically when I got too focussed on "I have to make money" (like constantly refreshing to see my ptBB/100 in PO, being very impatient, tilting easily over minor setbacks, remembering past big gains vividly, calculating how much I could make per hour, day, week, etc).

It's the not too uncommon 'results-oriented' thing I guess.

So, what I do is.. when I notice I'm in this state of mind of being too focussed on the money.. I just quickly stop playing. This has cut back on my donkish play quite nicely. But the problem is now.. I don't get to play that often anymore . Meaning, I don't often get that relaxed focussed-on-the-game attitude..

This is kind of embarassing for me.. but how do other people deal with this? Not playing when I know I'll suck is nice, but I'd really like to somehow be able to knock myself out of this results-oriented mindset! I thought I might mature over it or something, but it just doesn't go away..

Do any of you have some way to deal with this, some 'mental trick' or good advice, some similar problems and you found a solution.. anything that can help me?.