This may seem small, but if you can change your way of thinking from
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I'm officially on a 7 BI downswing...
to
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I have officially suffered a 7 BI downswing in the past and who knows what tomorrow will bring?
I think you'll be better off in terms of proper mindset. If you're truly getting coolers and bad beats, it will even out. Just always focus on your play because it's all you can control.
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I started to tilt a little bit.
Aha ... and THIS is why people in "downswings" lose more money than normal variance would otherwise allow.
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I just couldn't believe I was behind yet again so I made the bad call.
This perfectly illustrates the psychology and tilt behind a "downswing". If you're on your game or an "upswing", you may trust your read and lay it down. But, under bad circumstances, it's harder to make the right play, which is ALWAYS the right play regardless of how good or bad your most recent results have been. We've all been there and it's tough to fix, but that's the challenge.

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I am almost down to my 2nl BR, my only saving grace is that my expected EV winnings are quite a bit higher than my actual winnings due to some of the beats I've taken. My earnings graph and EV graph are almost equal...
Meh ... I don't think you should take any happiness or frustration from these graphs or even spend much time looking at them. If there is a graph that could tell you how often you get it all-in with the best hand, that might be useful because good players should most often get their money in good and bad players less so. However, the actual results after the money gets all-in is trivial - all that matters is if the play was optimal.

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I think there are 3 problems, I'm not connecting on my good cards like AK, AQ etc...I have taken some bad beats (KK getting cracked 2x by QQ)
None of these are problems - this is the reality of poker which you can embrace and move forward or lament and stagnate.
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... and I have made some bad calls where I should've known better...It's just hard to believe after a while that once again you're behind in a hand!
This is a legitimate problem, but completely psychological. Fixing these things is easier said than done, but at least you're honest with yourself and can hone in on some problems. Good luck!