Ok, after sitting on the toilet thinking some more about this one, I wanted to offer this:

I think there's something about this thinking that I think is a fundamental weakness. IMO, in order to be successful at the SNG's, you must think of yourself as the hunter and the other players as your prey. The key at the lower blinds is trap, trap, and trap again. Once you figure out who the other hunters are (I label them "ringers"), avoid them at all costs unless you've got a moster.

Don't get yourself into situations with lower blinds holding AK where you missed the flop but continue anyway when you think you're behind (i'm assuming we picked up the flush draw on the turn). You laid a trap, and it didn't go off, you're behind, so what's your advantage? Go away and set a new trap on another hand.

But I think it's the mentality that needs work here. Maybe this is too much information, but when I've got my prey in my sights, I literally feel a kind of poker bloodlust, and I'm ready to tear their heart out with my bare hands and crush it while screaming a blood curdling scream.

If I don't feel that early on, I'm folding.