The advice may be wise, the execution however isnt easy. I KNOW I need to think in terms of buyins, but when I look at HEM I see -$500, or if I look at my balance on Party I see its $3.5k lower than it was a month ago.

Bankroll is two things. 1 is for BRM. Reaching $5k means I need to move down. Getting close to $5k meant I was close to moving down. On the other hand, I think part of my problem was seeing $8.3k and thinking "man, I'm less than 10 buyins from $10k!!". I mentally banked those ten buyins because I was going fairly well. So emotionally, not only am I back down to $5k, but I'm back down to $5k after being so close to $10k.

I know thats not helpful, and is probably counterproductive, but when I'm lying in bed at night thats how my head works.