Some good stuff being said here by Ryan and Mark.
Just to add some personal history here, early in my trading career when I was still fairly new to the game and getting consistent with my trading.
I had a killer month where I made close to +20%. The next month I made something like +14%. I thought I was on the next train to richville. Guess how long those results lasted.
Next month I got -3%. Stuff like that will mess with your head. It did with me. And if you're head is out of the game, it won't take long before it reflects in your trading & results.
But "bad" months (or weeks or whatever) are part of it. Better accept this and move on.
There's also talk here about the difficulties of making money with a small account and how it'll never get you anywhere and you need a big account to really succeed, etc. One thing I recommend (if possible) is to have a stream of income on the side from a regular job while trading. And when you are ready (consistently profitable), you can deposit money saved (little by little) into your trading account to grow it. Because I know starting out with a couple of thousand, it's tough to see yourself progressing making 2-4% month for example. Treat it like a business and think long term.
Tom