Yeah, I've got a sort of Auto-Pilot problem too.
Like say, I play Hazama. Sometimes I'll be close to a very good opponent and instead of doing actual blockstrings I'll mind**** myself and start doing 5B,3C,214D-A/C like...90% of XBL Hazamas online do. Oh, and sometimes I'll block WAAAY too much and try to IB a lot, and sooner or later end up eating an overhead like Gauntlet Hades. I don't even think of trying to escape the pressure sometimes, I just think of IBing until I get enough meter for Jayoku, which tends to screw me over.