I hear ya man. I think I can safely say, most of us to some extent suffer from this problem. I know I do, but have been getting better at it. Since joining TPE, one of my greatest additions to my game is folding, even after as you say putting a fair bit of your stack in the middle.

Of course it all depends on the player and table dynamics and what sort of read you have on a particular player. But I know my reads have gotton a lot better.

You just have to be diciplined enough, swallow your pride, and if your read is your beat, then just fold. Hurts big time, really does, but if your beat your beat.  Sure, sometimes they flash their cards to show you their big bluff, but so be it. We all bluff, sometimes we get caught and sometimes we don't.

I've started to trust my reads and lines and “table/player dynamics instinct” a bit more than I use too. How many times I've put a player on range or even an exact hand, because of the line taken, but my stubbornness and pride makes me shove or call knowing I'm probably beat and sure enough more often than not I'm beat. Well now if my read and line taken tells me I'm more than likely beat  then I fold no matter how much I've put in the middle. If my read and line taken tells me that I am more than likely ahead, then I will shove or raise with an overcard on the board.

You have to drop your pride/ego and let the line and read make your decision. Of course you have to also play a hand so that you're not committed to calling your stack off if you know you are probably beat. Your skill in bet sizing, stack sizes, pot control, tournament dynamics etc will determine how good you are at that.

I will respond to this in the next few days and sorry for any inconvenience not being on here may have caused.

JG