Some New PRs!

A few weeks ago I did a workout that included heavy deadlifts and heavy squats.  I got a new personal record (PR) on the deadlifts (155 pounds) and then wasn't able to go above my previous PR for back squats (which was 125).  Rather than be happy about the deadlifts, I walked away a little discouraged about the squats.  This incident really began to affect me as started to doubt myself every time that I tried to get a new PR on pretty much any type of lift.  Yesterday I went to the gym to lift for the first time in a week (was on a business trip last week).  I figured that I should do back squats but decided to focus only on moderately heavy lifts, doing 3-3-3-3-3.  As I started to add on more weight, I decided to drop down to one rep per weight and keep increasing.  Next thing I knew, I hit 125, then 130 and finally 135 for a new PR that was 10 pounds more than the last.  Finally!  I can't even describe the joy!  A new PR, which was also the first time I lifted more than my body weight on a back squat and the first time I got to use the 45 pound plates!  I followed this up with a new PR for jerks, reaching the 75 pounds that I couldn't quite get the week before last when I hit 70 pounds.  Today, I hit the gym again for a first-time 70 pound clean and 160 pound deadlift (as opposed to the 155 pound lift from a few weeks ago).  The amazing part in all of this is not that I am physically stronger, it is that I broke myself free from a cycle of self-doubt.  I should know not to doubt myself.  I should now that a small setback or one bad day should not be carried forward into other activities.  I am very good at not letting others get me down, hold me back or make me doubt myself.  I need to work on not letting myself get me down, hold me back or make me doubt myself.  The accomplishments of the last couple of days in the gym will help me towards that.