[Mi_T_Sharp]

That's sort of the nature of the beast. You just have to have the right mindset in order to deal with the variance involved. Instead of looking at a bad beat as being an unlucky break that screwed you out of the tourney, you should look at it as you just got all your money into the pot and some donk called off his stack as a significant underdog to you. Hopefully that will keep happening in the future. That's all that matters. If you keep putting yourself in those types of situations, you will win (or at least do well) eventually. Remember that sometimes you are also going to royally suck out against someone, too. When that happens, just think of it as payback for all your bad beats.

In other words, don't start playing MTTs with the mindset that you can't win UNLESS you get lucky, or that even if you play perfectly you will most likely lose. That will not lead to much success IMO. Believe in your game, and think of it more like, "If I keep playing like this, I am going to win one of these things pretty soon." In addition, I think that coming to grips with the fact that you can easily bust out of any MTT helps you to play with less fear, which is very important. Remember that there are always other MTTs in the future.

I don't know if I qualify as one of the "experienced veterans," but that is my 2 cents.