Im 11 handicap ( shanks affect all handicaps!) and suffered recently from the "Shanks".
I found laughing at them helped.
Not thinking about them..or if you do... have a little chuckle.
Taking a week off or two can help a lot too.
I only suffered on the practice ground and had only 1 or 2 real close calls on the course...it really is a strange disease.
I also became very good and little pitch and run type shots...
Brian.