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The spontaneous switch to a downswing

Many people ask themselves what's going wrong during a downswing. Some open up a thread in the troubleshoot boards. There are two kinds of threads:

1. I'm doing everything right but these dumb American fish keep giving me bad beat after bad beat.

2. Help, I'm at the end of my tether, dead, nearly dead, almost dead, dead and buried, that's all folks, worst player; something like that.

In opinion, those who say "I'm the best and I'm just complaining" have it the worst. Trying to give them tips is tiring, since you'll often hear "oh I just went back in the plus after 5k hands, so it's okay!". Furthermore, I think encouragement, like saying that certain hands aren't significant, or saying "keep your chin up" or "it'll get better" isn't helpful on it's own. It takes the player's focus off of the present and potential development.

The second type of player is so unnerved that he no longer has any idea where he stands. The despair is in the subject header. No tip is really helpful. He also has it hard - his focus has totally disappeared.

Let us restore the focus, however, and see what happens (can happen) with a downswing: