Why am I losing all the sudden?

Noob? I joined in 2008...you joined this year. I'm sorry, I'm grown man...I won't feed any more trolls. 

Yes, Richard, sleep is an issue and thank you for the support.

So, like a year or two?

It was odd, I could not seem to beat low rated players after being the same for a long time.  Then I discovered rapid arenas, and instantly I went up in points.  Now I only play arenas, when I go back to regular games, I lose.

Hmm, have to look up these rapid arenas you speak of.

How can I report the troll, they just sent me kiddie porn via message?

go to their profile, click the "more" on the right, then click "report" and put ur evidence and info there.

Thank you, I took a screenshot so they could hopefully ban his IP. I don't care what he says here, but that's over the line.

yeah, they're just trolls, he will probably close his account soon

Thanks, I thought this was the game of intellect, haha

its mostly intellect lol

2008 and 2021 are two different things when it comes to chess. People have become way better. I guess you could say chess is "evolving," in a way. You taking a break might have caused it. I'm speaking from personal experience here. If I take a 2-week break, I began to tilt and start to lose rating points. You are not "losing your marbles," but you may just be a little rusty. Do lots of puzzles and eventually move on to games. Basically, start from the beginning and just have fun with it. 

Thanks peoples. Honestly, I never even realized there were different timed games until this year...I just thought the 10 minute limit was so people didn't abandon games. I'll try and play some 30 min or longer games.

Just played a 30 minute game so I didn't feel pressured and felt it was a much better showing. I left a piece or two hanging at some point but opponent didn't catch it before I did. Take a look if you want.

Felt like I developed much better and had a solid end game

Should I have gone Queen to h5 to check instead of g4? I think I slipped off the mouse again.

@Shaniac A few tips.. 1. Analyse your games, and when you come across a mistake, blunder or missed win click through the line the computer provides and find out what a better idea would be, for instance your move 7.. b4 was a mistake, instead you should have pushed e3 to e4 to break out in the center. 

2. Practice tactics everyday, if you practice a few tactics everyday you will see more patterns in an actual game that can give you an advantage. It doesn't have to be a crazy amount or a lot of time spent. At under 800 simple pattern recognition is a great way to improve!

3. Castle and develop early. Castling your king to safety is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! As well as getting all your pieces into the game. Before you start a big attack on your opponent make sure your pieces are ready for action. By the way GothamChess has some good lessons on his YouTube that you can watch to pick up a thing or too. 

I thought about e3 to 34 but at this level it just starts a take-fest really early. I guess I should go with it and figure out how to deal with them taking?

Yes sir, I've been watching him every day. Sometimes it looks like I'm attacking when I really just trying to develop and it happens that the best square IS an attack. Thanks for the e3 to e4 tip.

Holy crap, I just realized you can have the computer analyze and show you better moves. Told you guys I had never studied before.  This is gonna help so much.

The question I haven't yet seen answered here is how you're losing now to low level players when you could beat 1300's with no prep. The answer to that is likely that you started at 1200 and (pardon me) got lucky. Someone who has never played will not ever beat a true 1300. Your level of play was probably not as high as your opponents made it seem. Now, if you had the intuition to beat those players, no matter the circumstance, then with study you can surely become a great player, but I think what is important to realize here is that you have work to do.