How to end a losing streak?

I've been playing at chess.com for 2 months now. I got my rating up to 1250, which is pretty respectable for my standards. But now I've hit a rough patch and have lost around 80% of my games and have now dropped 100 or so points. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I didn't change up my opening but I keep missing tactics and miscalculating. How can I get out of this slump and reach my goal of 1500? 

Dont worry, happens to everyone

What you must do- take a deep breath and Give up......

Haha just kidding

Keep working and keep learning 

And you will reach there!

I suspect you may have experienced the same phenomenon as I did (sudden decline in rating since covid lockdown). I would think there is an influx of new players, some (many) of whom don't hesitate to use engine assistance while playing. 

The only way I know to end a losing streak is to... play another game. I would think everyone has, is, or is going to have the same experience. Just keep playing, forget the numbers, and it will turn around for you.

Another way to end a losing streak is to stop playing. That way, you are guaranteed to not lose anymore! You might find this method much more effective than the other suggestions.

The best way to end a losing streak is to win. It's that easy.

That is very true. Good solution. 

Thank you fellow human being!

Have you ever considered that a draw also breaks the losing streak?

Making a break is actually a very good solution. Depending on what Your exact problem is, the pause schould be of couple of hours to couple of days. The source of the streak might be simply being tired, or because of staring into computer screen for too long.

If the pause is longer, then fill it with tactical exercises. That helps not to lose skill, and to build up confidence. Lack of confidence and fighting spirit can be another source of a losing streak.

Don't worry, it happens to everyone I can understand the feeling

STEP 1: Take a break for at least a DAY.

STEP 2: Meanwhile do some puzzles and tactics.

STEP 3: Take a nap

And now you are good to go and play 

AFTER FOLLOWING THESE STEPS YOU WILL GET A WINNING STREAK INSTEAD OF LOSING STREAK

Don't worry, it happens to everyone I can understand the feeling 

STEP 1: Take a break for at least a DAY.

STEP 2: Meanwhile do some puzzles and tactics.

STEP 3: Take a nap

And now you are good to go and play 

AFTER FOLLOWING THESE STEPS YOU WILL GET A WINNING STREAK INSTEAD OF LOSING STREAK

i think the best thing to do is take a 7day break and come back.

I think this is what happened. I think getting mad causes tunnel vision.

Thanks for the tips everyone. I ended up taking a break for a day, got some decent rest, and have climbed back up to 1200. Now on to 1300!

This forum helped me out of my slump a long time ago. https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-is-my-rating-dropping

True, but then there is zero chance of going up in rating too  

I know what you mean though; in many cases a break to refresh can do a lot. A modification of taking a break is implementing a stop-loss system like many poker pros do. If you lose x-rating (or money, or whatever you are gaining/losing), then you quit from the day and it minimizes your loses. You can then come back clear minded another time. Similar to just cutting loses this way, a lot of people (myself included) try to assess your state of mind at certain checkpoints. In chess, this could be after each game. Simply ask yourself if you are playing your "A game" and if you feel like you should continue playing. Some days, I feel good mentally, but I am just not seeing things right (hanging pieces, missing simple tactics etc.) and so I notice this and typically quit for the day. 

Also, lots of factors can impact chess ability for a day: amount (or lack) of sleep, nutrition, mood etc. 

The key is to realize that is is normal for many ups and downs in chess (due to the sheer math in rating swings [deviance] that glicko and elo support). EVERYONE (even GMs) suffer many downs. The key is to not let it get to you a lot (easier said than done) and to enjoy the ups when they come.

Some very good advice above. But when you really think of what the question is, there is only one answer. The way anyone ends a losing streak is to win.

You may be playing higher rated opponents than when you started and this makes winning harder. It's not that your playing isn't as good, or has changed - it's more that your opponents are better or playing better. So, be sure to analyze your games for recurring errors/misses, review tactics and strategies, and be sure to evaluate your moves before making them and your opponents' moves before responding - especially when they make moves you were not expecting. Good luck and relax. One way or another, you'll get out of that slump.

Thanks for this!

My experience: I am normally upper 1300s, at times even 1450 blitz 5 min no increments. About a month ago my ratings began dropping precipitously for no reason I could think of (covid lockdown affects ratings for sure but the effects vary). It has gotten to a point where I couldn't stomach a 1250. This was going on for about 3 weeks. That's when I said there's something preposterous here, I know I can be down, but I would have to be comatose to perform like this. So I emailed support@chess.com asking if I was placed into an adverse rating pool for any reason. I got a reassuring response, all was fine with my account and I was never penalized for being a bad sport. The very day I received that email from chess.com representative, my ratings started to rise (dramatically, as if I had a jetpack). I could even feel that a 1250 opponent was once again a familiar blundering type and not someone who I secretly thought was cheating (it sure felt like that before I got the email).

I am still perplexed about this experience. It makes me wonder what is underneath the chess.com pairing algorithm, just how does it decide to connect two players of different rating? And what are these dark, adverse rating pools that we apparently have no clue about? I have a parallel account on lichess and didn't notice any changes to my rating there. When a player is placed into one of those dark pools, are they supposed to get notified? Can I atone for my transgressions if I offended anyone?

It's very scary to know (or suspect) you dropping some absurd number of rating points because of nothing you are aware of. I wonder if other participants here can relate. By the way, I never used engine assistance in my life, I wouldn't even know how to use it (the notion of crushing someone with a machine is incomprehensible to me). Because of the experience above, I am now afraid of using chat for fear of being branded a poor sport and placed into one of those dark rating pools. I believe Rensch mentioned existence of these in one of his videos.

Beware of the story above, it is frightening (for the record, I am obsessed about my rating).