If I reach the 5th print without good results, I forget that "cursed" negative.
On the other hand, I have prints I`m still working on, going back to them from time to time!
Maybe it's a personality trait but I'm never happy with a print. Even when it's finished I sit there and look at it and every time see things that I'd like to change. It was the same when playing music for a living. In the studio I'd nail a part down and be happy with it. However on subsequent listenings I'd always think that it could be better/different. So to me all of my prints eventually become "almost work" or "didn't work" prints.