I've moved up stakes 4 times until now (from nl2 to nl25) and every time I did it (or took shots) I faced the same problem in the first few sessions: spewing because of fear of getting exploited by the new regs. Its like my mind sets a trap for myself, and it tells me that if I dont do anything differently than what I was doing in the previous stake I will get crushed. And thats obviously not true, and I'm able to understand that later, but in game I always end up making stupid hero calls and calldowns in spots where I shouldnt because I feel like regs are being more aggressive and exploiting me more (does anyone feel like that as well??). Then, because of that, I make bad decisions and I lose confidence and the process of moving up takes more more time and hands because of this mental problem. My point is: how to avoid losing confidence when moving up? Seems obvious to me that if you are a solid winner at a given limit, you are very likely capable of beating the next one, so you shouldnt be making strategy adjustments until you prove to yourself that you can't beat it...isnt that right? And for those who have already climbed many stakes, was there ever a move up where you had to make big strategy adjusments to beat the next level? Thanks in advance