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Remember that there are two kinds of improvement. You can "grow your ears" so you hear better quality playing in your head, and you can grow your playing up to the standard of your ears. Sometimes your ears take a big jump and your playing takes a while to catch up. This is the most discouraging part of playing - because you feel like you have developed new problems playing. However, you can take heart, because this means that your playing is ready to take a big jump as well - improvement may be right around the corner if you can hang in there. So you might record yourself - it's probably not as bad as you think.
Alternatively, you could be suffering from "paralysis by analysis". Meaning you aren't playing as well because you are thinking about your difficulties too much. Your best playing will come when you are pursuing a whole musical product, not chasing down the loose ends in your playing. If this is happening, spend some time listening to the music that really gets you fired up, even if it isn't guitar. Then just spend some time playing things you like, and try to remember that all you are ever doing is playing tunes... Good luck - I think we've all been there!
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Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam
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