I have a bad mental block on my cartwheel on beam. When I was about 9 or 10, I had a decent, but not too consistent, cartwheel on the high beam. There were about 3 times when I got my front foot back down on the beam, but it slipped, and I flew backwards off the beam. (These happened a few months apart, not all in one practice). The first 2 times, I got back up and kept going. The third time scared me off of the high beam, but I kept working on them on the low beam. Then one time, I was doing one on the low beam. The mental block kicked in when I reached the handstand point of the cartwheel. My brain just shut off and was telling me, "Don't do it!" I twisted out of it and ended up spraining my ankle. Now, the mental block is so bad, I can't even do them on the low beam. We have a beam that is really squishy (they use it for the little kids, it is made out of the same material that mats are made of), and it is about 5 inches wide. Yesterday, I decided to start working on getting over the mental block, so I did cartwheels on that. At first it was really scary, but I just kept forcing myself to do it over and over. I must have done 50 cartwheels on that beam, so now I am fairly comfortable with cartwheels on that one. The problem is what to do after that. I really don't think I will be able to do it on the regular low beam. I just know that if I try, the block will kick it, and I will end up hurting myself again. I don't want to ask for a spot, because I find it harder and scarier with a spot. I also can't work on it constantly, because we are on beam about once every 2-3 months. (I know, not very often). What should I do to get over it?