Not sure, I prefer to play when I feel my concentration is at its best. I resign less in my games out of hope that my opponent blunders later on in the game. When I'm not at my best, I like to practice against the various computer bots.
How to stop feeling so discouraged when losing
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Just accept blunders happen and go on. A bit of stoicism. Chin up man!
Remember the last time you kept on playing inspite of losing, when you felt higher spirited e.t. Where you have been, what were your surrounding, what you were thinking then. What was your mental state and why so? Then put the same boundaries on the same places as then and conversely, strenghten the influences that cheered you up then and you'll back on track much stronger overall.
Well I used to play until checkmate (because I play on for a possible draw or stalemate) then I moved to resign when I knew I am completely losing but now I come back with the mindset "Never surrender and keep fighting on" this has worked well for me as I blundered my queen in a triple fork against me (2 rooks and queen fork) and forgot about my queen. But I kept playing on for a possibility.
S*it happens sometimes, thats life. When it does, you have 2 choices:
1. Accept it and move on
2. Let it make us miserable
What happened is already in the past. It can only hurt if you let it. Same goes for other situations not just chess. If you allow your mind to dwell on what went wrong, it has the capacity to make you very unhappy.
I have a problem, that when I am losing a game, I am very quick to resign. People say I shouldn't resign, but I just feel so discouraged and terrible when I blunder simple things. (like my most recent game as of writing this. Will also be my only game today, as today I realized quite quickly my brain was foggy) How do I deal with this?