A slump is gravity testing whether you’ll keep swinging.

Bad runs are mostly a math problem that feels like a character problem. Results dip, confidence follows, and then the drop in confidence makes the results worse, which is the part doing the real damage. Nothing about your ability vanished in a week. What is under pressure is whether you keep taking normal attempts while the numbers look ugly.

Hold your process steady and stop measuring daily. Same practice, same preparation, same number of attempts, and check results monthly instead. Slumps end for the people who were still swinging when the average turned.