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 :'( This is my personal experience: I am a gambler who loves gambling mostly on sports betting and have had series of experiences which some a positive and others negative but for the purpose of this thread; I am going to talk about my negative experience.

Just a few days ago, the government of my country made an announcement about stay at a home policy which made me get boredom. During these few days, I have been involved actively in gambling mainly on virtual sports betting which I have lost beyond my imagination.

At first, I lost a whopping sum of #30,000 (NGN) in a local currency, I played some games and won with some good profits which I used to Carter for the family but went the next day to meet my Waterloo during which I lost the said amount. This has affected me and caused me a sleepless night because the said money wasn't for me but the entire family for upkeep during this trial moment. I am regretting my loss because the remaining members of the family aren't aware of this loss. This has not happened to me before now until this compulsory self quarantine from the government.

To my co-gamblers: these days are tempting, ensure to be more careful with your savings and "never gamble what you can't afford to lose"

It depends on your goals in gambling because usually someone who bet makes more money and if one day suffers a loss in betting, it will affect the quality of sleep and very likely make him unable to sleep. But if the purpose of gambling is to change your mood so that you feel happy then you will have no trouble sleeping when you lose or win.

Every time you decide to gamble, you also need to realize that you have a chance to lose, and if you cant control your emotions while gambling, I am sure you will spend more money to recover your losses (without realizing you can experience more losses ).

Well, people sometimes learned from their mistakes and realized they wrong. Perhaps at that time you feel greedy and want to gain more in gambling. Because actually gambling is not for making money but the interpretation of most gamblers is making money, not for the fun activity. Indeed, in this post, --you already had found the answer. Gambling of what you can afford to lose is the first rule to implement to your self because that is only self-discipline.

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Be careful of this attitude that you can't sleep as a gambler because you are chasing your losses. Perhaps, this is the reason why you become addicted to gambling without knowing your self because all you know is a habit.

Difficulty sleeping? Never. However, I have thought long and hard about my losses though which burns everytime I think about it, but it is also a stark remainder of my mistake and helps me not repeat the same mistake more than once.

Gamblers who are addicted tend to lose sleep and focus on recovering their in some way or another leading to bigger losses in the long term based on what I have observed.

So far i havent experienced this kind of situation where i do have sleepless nights or a very stressful situation because you have used your family savings.

This is why its always important that you should not only think twice but several times on what would be the consequences if you do fucked up that certain bet and with
this you will realize that it isnt worth the risk yet chances of losing is always there.

Dont let your addiction do control you from time to time because it will just mess up your situation.

Yes, I intended to get some loss back even though is not all losses but later get deepened in my loss. As I have said, this has not happened to me before now. The compulsory self quarantine from the government made me get involved into this mess am in. I have never experienced this.

I don't know the difference in terms of cost of living between there and here in my country but you should be able to move on within just a few days with the amount you have a loss.  The amount loss was around $81USD as of the current exchange rate and as of my estimate based on the cost of living here, it can cover a food budget for a week within a 5 person as long as it budgeted properly.

The fact that you were able to gamble such amount meaning you are ready to face the risks. It's just that you lose.

That's shouldn't be the end of the day for you and you need to stand strong. What you need to do is to find a way to earn that amount even little by little just to cover what's lost. And the best thing you should do is to talk with your family and tell the truth. Your sleepless night should be changed into normal status since I know, your family will understand you.

Of course, charge that to experience and never take that risks as I'm telling you it's difficult to be put on lockdown. Our confirmed cases here are growing every day and I hope your country will not experience the same.

Gambling has been my friend on sleepless nights mostly. Not sleeping due to gambling did occurred once when I lost a huge amount of money on a single day. That day I was rage betting and lost almost every crypto I had. Though I had recovered half of what I've lost on gambling through gambling, that day was one of the most depressing one.

It did a few times in my beginning.At those times I loved to gamble offline as online casinos were not that popular.A few times it happened to me to wake up in 1 Am and to go in the 24 h opened casino.This happened until one time I lost everything and quit this kind of gambling.Since then it has never happened again to me.

For me its more on sacrificing my sleep instead of having troubles doing so since most of the sports that I bet on usually starts at midnight or early in the morning then the situation snowballs until the end of the week putting my sleep schedule all over the place. During the time I lost most of my bankroll my experience was mostly the opposite sleeping was much easier since i've got nothing to watch during the day but it took a few days to shrug off these losses.

30000 NGN? Isn't that just 80 dollars? Don't worry about it OP it's not something you cannot earn again.

If it was 80 thousand dollars you'd have a problem but 80 dollars? Please!

I have no problems sleeping but everything that stresses you can cause sleep disorders. Stay calm, work out, don't forget to eat and you'll be fine.

If you are gambling in order to earn a living out of it then it will definitely have a psychological effect on your mind and consequently even your sleep will be distorted.
The biggest you made was to even gamble using the money that was not yours. If you don't have money or if you are planning to gamble in order to earn out of it then always ensure you totally avoid the temptation to gamble because the consequences can be far much worse than your initial situation that led you to gamble.

Really hard to control our addiction since it is very accessible, with just your desktop/laptop you can log-in and play anytime to want.

And as far as losing big money, been there, done that, lost a lot of sleeps, LOL. After I lost, I have to think of another way to cope up with the money that I lost, waiting for my next paycheck. But that was many years ago, right now, I just play online games with just enough crypto to have some fun. I don't want to go back and play with all the money I got, things have change now, I learn how to prioritized.

Once I suffered out of gambling addiction. The addiction began in an early morning and the same ended up in the night after a month. In between the deep sleep woke up and just for fun gambled and lost five ethereum. Further I wasn't able to sleep, and after hard try retained it within the morning. Decided not to gamble anymore, but things changed and it became a routine to spend on night. Finally the day came, wallet got emptied which made me get out of the addiction.

If you are experiencing difficulties in sleeping because of thinking too much about gambling, it is indicated that you are addicted already. To be honest, I never experienced it, even I lost in gambling I always tried to forget it soon. Why? I don't want the gambling effect too much in my life. You know, some people sometimes have a bad mood all day because of losing (defeated in gambling). I don't want it to happens to me!  ;D

I can't say that all of this is not your fault since it is but you should learn from this. It is been repeated and been talked almost all the time that you should not spend or bet your money if you can't afford it. Your family needed it at a time like this, it might not be that of a huge amount but still, that could help your family get through the day. I did experience having a hard time sleeping thinking what I've done wrong for my family. They are the reason I got off of my gambling addiction, my family and my partner.

US$80 loss should not lead you into unusual behavior.

Stand up and move on. Don't let that US$80 change you. If you are not sure how to get back that amount then there is no choice but to tell your family what happened. They will be mad or slightly angry with you as for others, that amount is hard to earn but its good to tell them early so that they are ready and will not expect and rely heavily on you about the expenses.

And contrary that it's tempting nowadays as you said, I do not feel the same. Maybe because the situation here is getting worst so there should be savings. I did a quick research and find out that your country has 8 reported confirmed cases that's why you are at least comfortable for now. Here, it rose from less than 100 to around 400 in just 2 days. Still, less than to other countries but that kind of figure is alarming now.

I don't have difficulty sleeping because when my body is tired, I know that is the time for me to take a rest. Even for the hard worker, they know when they need to take a rest or sleep for a while, so when they woke up, they can feel better. As a gambler, you must know when you need to stop, not just to prevent the loss, but you also need rest and sleep.

In these situations, when all people stay at their home, we can still play gambling, but we must remember that we don't have to play gambling all-day long because we need to take a rest, and spent our time with the other family members. Besides that, by limiting your time in gambling will help you to know that your life is not for gambling only. There are people around you that will need you even just to say hello or smile to them.

Losing big amount that you cant afford to lose may affect your daily life including your sleep as you will always think about it when you are going to sleep. You will ask yourself something like "why I should gamble", "I should have some money if I did not gamble" etc.
I have once experienced it long time ago when I was so addicted to gambling. Anytime I lose, then it will make me hard to sleep because the feeling of regret. Now, it is better to have your own limit on how much to lose.

We can't avoid this, based on my experience, I only have a difficulty in sleeping when I make big mistakes in gambling.
Like when I am already losing which I suppose to stop but I got fooled by my emotion to still gamble and win back my previous loses, and usually what happen is I will lose more money that would made me regret all day and it would affect my sleeping too.

That is why, we need to be careful in gambling as it could also destroy our health if we are not doing it right.

Therefore, gamble responsibly, do it all the time.

Besides being in this forum, sleep is also my favorite.  Where I have never had difficulty sleeping, because when I do football betting I sometimes leave it until the game is over.
Even in online casino gambling when I have a loss I never thought about it even I immediately shut down the computer and sleep.
Similarly, when I won I was never complacent, if the benefits were felt to be enough.  I immediately stopped and came back another time.

I am not really used in gambling but I think gambling can also makes us difficult to sleep because it is like our habit in our life, personally speaking, I am so used in playing online games and it makes me difficult to sleep because of the feeling that I want when playing, when I want to sleep, I keep saying that this is my last game for this day but it won't happen because I am still playing and playing. I think that is similar on what gamblers can feel while playing.

i think i can feel you here Mate,i remember when i was teenager and really loves to gamble?i am always waiting for my allowance to be given by my parents so i can gamble Half of them.

and when those times come?yeah i cannot sleep thinking what combination i will bet,and what gambling i will be playing.
thinking also who will be my opponent and many more about gambling and i even forgot about my studies .

so yeah i did have a difficulties in sleeping way back time.

Only a few times when I lose a huge amount on a single bet and when I already have a profit but I still continue to play and ended up losing all of my money.
In those times I would have trouble sleeping because of overthinking and some what if's.

You just get stressed for the situation and been worried for the losses what you encountered so best o move on mate since its not really helpful to think that since the more you think the more sadness you get, so just think that you lost it accidentally and move on since that's the life of the gamblers and best to learn from this mistake to be more responsible gambler next time.

It's a matter of your inner mind now tbh. Just the fact that you think you lost a large amount is enough for most gamblers to fiddle around and panic, making their minds fill up with irregular thoughts and the like. An example would be an endless amount of "what if" situations, that no matter what would've never happened either way cause what's done is done. There's countless of chances that gamblers would always arrive at these kinds of thoughts, so I'd advise learning how to deal with it so it wouldn't affect your matters outside of gambling that much. Reducing the amount of money to gamble or lessening your time in gambling isn't really a solution, since those thoughts would still come, one way or another.

It's our body's response to the frustations. In my case, when I lose huge amount in gambling, I do sleep to and get better afterwards. But there are also some times that I can't sleep when I win big and I lose big. That's the truth. If you are an optimistic gambler, thinking that you can recover your losses if not tomorrow then for the upcoming days, then you can set aside bad emotions and can sleep with a positive mind.
 
 This is gambling. Remember that we can not get easy money here and house always win at the end. So, acceptance is just the only key to start all over again if we lose.

Yes certainly, my experience is same as you did and i also gambled in sports betting mostly i bet in Esports Dota 2 games cause at that time that was my favourite esports game and im familiar with the team, draft and strategies. It was my first time trying that kind of gambling, it was 3x bet odd so i get triple if i win. After betting i need to wait cause the match is tomorrow, it was a sleepless night for me and i felt excited and scared. The next morning Luckily the team that i picked won, so afer i got hooked at playing.

If this happens to me I will also lose sleep, because the worst thing that could possibly happen to you is to lose in gambling when you badly need money or if you win then lose the next day and you even lose more money, this is very depressing even if you have all the time in the world in your home  in this crisis you should minimize your money that you allocated in gambling sites.

I feel if I made something wrong, not just in gambling but also in the other things, that can make me have difficulty sleeping because I will think about how that can happen. But then I realize that it is wrong because that won't solve the problem, so I try to let it flow, and I will try to sleep, although it is difficult. Later, I feel that if I know that something wrong happens again, I don't try to think with hard, but I will take a rest for a while, take a deep breath, and maybe I will try to sleep. And after I woke up, I will try to search for the mistake, and usually, that is work for me. So related to your problem, maybe you need to learn about limiting yourself in gambling, so you don't get the same experience as before, and that will help you to sleep well.

Difficulty to sleep, I remember this when I was addicted to mobile online games. Yes, that was different from gambling but they had the same impact on your self. If you are desperately want to earn money and you have been huge losses in gambling of course in your mind you want to chase on it. And you might be thinking about what the next strategy that you will win. You should control this kind of feeling and emotion because it is bad for your health and wealth.

That's why we always say that line here that always gamble that you can afford to lose. If the limit will be reached either you will win or lose you must stop.

Conscience and regret will bother you every time you go to bed. It will cause you to have some stressful nights thinking of the things that you've done after those losses in gambling. Thinking of the possible happenings if you didn't lose all your money. Always think critically before doing an action to make sure that you'll never regret everything you've done. Also be accountable of your actions to prevent self-regret and being stressful about the results in gambling. Don't gambling before you sleep, instead gambling in the morning so that if you have a hard time gambling, you can relax and think of positive vibes that will help you move on from the losses in gambling.

Honestly, before I started gambling, I learned how to do a proper management of my money to minimize my losses. I tried to do manipulation so that from time to time, my losses are not that huge enough to cause me some panic or stress. Most especially when I'm in my zone, If I'm continuously winning, I will just keep all my winnings and saved it so that I have a spare money to gamble for. I always limit the money I've spent because there are more budgets that I should prioritize not just only gambling. I learned a lot in trading because I practiced self-discipline and controlling my emotion just by trading and having a lot of transactions, that helped me a lot to become a wise gambler. If you're not lucky enough to win in gambling, then you should make some strategies on how you will minimize your losses to prevent stress and sleeplessness at night.

I do have some disturbance in sleeping if i bet on a match which is still in progress and it is night at my country. I try to sleep but could not sleep properly due to curiosity of who will win the match and whether i will be able to win the bet or not.

Surely today is not a good day to waste our money with gambling, we need to know that our current situation right now is getting worse. we can see in social media where foods are scarce and jobs are suspended. what we have now on our possession is the only thing we can assure that we have. We cannot hope for those earnings to come unless our cities will operate normally again. We need to be vigilant in every matter right now because pandemic is not a joke, we need to save money as much as we can.

Gambling won't give you any assurance on the possible result of your decision so even if it turns out bad, you have no other choice but to accept it. Personally, I haven't experienced having trouble sleep because of gambling. I usually gamble with my extra money and there's some circumstances that I lose, but I manage to handle my emotions despite of feeling remorse with my own decisions. It takes time to learn to control yourself and emotions. Sometimes your mistakes and experiences will make you realized how it negatively affects you way of thinking and emotions.

Sometimes, when I lose and win too much.

When I lose too much, I can't stop blaming myself and that will not only take 24 hours, I can always remember that and the only solution to that is when I can get back my loses. Also, When I won a lot, I can't sleep well due to the big excitement I am feeling, I am already thinking how to spend the money I won and I always remember my strategy on how I win games, these are based on my experience but I would prefer having a trouble in sleeping because I won than when I lose money.

I have a sleeplessness night on my big losses it's actually my 15 days salary, I have to take a loan to cover my losses, and took me two months to pay that loan with big interest, of course, people should really gamble, what they can afford to lose or else they will end up taking a loan to cover your losses since then I never gamble with my salary.

Definitely not. I used to play before going to sleep way back. Even the results is loss I can still sleep like the usual. Thinking too much won't make any change in the result. Just sleep and play again tomorrow hoping you'll win next time. Those who only have difficulty in sleeping because of gambling are those very emotional player or maybe those player who loss the money reserved for basic needs or for more important things.

I can still sleep mate, I experience losing a big amount of money too in my journey as a gambler, but I know the technique to sleep well, I drink a lot until I get drunk and actually there is no difference when I win in gambling as I also love to drink spending the money that I won, so I have no problem like yours.

I experienced that before where I cannot sleep because I keep remembering the time that I lose big amount of money, it is my first time to lose 5 digits and it have emotional impact to me. The bad thing is I am not mentally prepared and that is why it became burden in that day but I manage to accept it because it is the way in order for me to move on. For those people who lose big amount of money in gambling, stay strong where you need to be always physically and mentally prepared to handle different unexpected situations.

That fund was meant for the family upkeep and was solely meant for that. The money look very small right? But for me not small at all!, what you just saw is my monthly earning which the family are aware of and it is now lost in gambling.


 ??? Am not rich man, am just a hustler that wants to make an impact to the family. We have  be given a compulsory quarantine for good two weeks and I will feed the family too, #30,000ngn mean something big in this trying times. 




We currently have 35 confirmed cases and some believed to be on self isolation, remember the 15 House of Representatives that were confirmed carrier, also, one confirmed dead this morning. I regret gamble with that fund in the first place.

This problem of difficulty in sleeping can't be limited only in a gambling loss. When we think too much about something, it causes our brain to be more active, analyzing the things that happened and might happen. This could be related to your conscience, a mistake that have affected not only you but, also other people. For me, it would be better to correct this mistake by accepting what happen and honestly tell your family of the tragedy, it is better than attempting to take another risk, accept your responsibility and be true.

Every stress can cause insomnia, that's a well known fact. If you go into heavy debt that you cannot repay you'll also have trouble sleeping and is there even a difference between losing money at a casino or going into debt? In both cases the effect is the same - you're out of money and you need to get it somehow.
To get better you need to deal with the sickness not the symptoms. The sickness is lack of money, not insomnia. Come clean, tell your family you lost the money, get a job and earn it back, case closed.

Literally or to be exact there is really sometimes that I am having a difficulty when I am sleeping because on what happened on the gambling session that I have been played just for example if I am losing until I go home then probably it would be really so hard to sleep because you will think about what why you have been lose and you will think that the money you gamble instead you buy some things that can make you happy.

I got sleeping issues way back when the time I got myself addicted to playing gambling. The regrets after a whole day playing on a gambling site makes me wonder all night and realizing the wrong things I do after the session after playing. I develop this kind of sleeping habit each day until it becomes my daily thing to do and it affects me badly in terms of sleeping hours because I waste my time every night thinking.

My sleeping issues slow down when I decided to change and to slowdown playing gambling. I don't lose or gain too much money that's why there aren't things that are making me think all night whether I do the right thing or not.

I do experience sleepless nights but not because of gambling. But yes, it's tempting us to gamble more since we are stuck in our houses and the things we can do are very limited so gambling can be our option to spend our time. But you know that we are not staying at our houses for vacation. There's a crisis that our world is experiencing. We should always prioritize what is essential. In this time of crisis, we need extra money for food and necessities so I hope we should think first before giving everything we have for gambling.

Gambling is very hard to resist especially in this time of lockdown but we need to be a smart gambler. Let our brain works not our emotions. Gamble when you have extra money after allocating your family budget. That's a lesson for all of us. Know our priorities.

And btw, we can't say that the amount is not that big because we are not in the same classes. We have a different standard of living and if for you that's just a small amount of money but for others, it's not. And we know how hard the situation is since not everyone can go to work due to community quarantine. Not everyone has extras savings to feed their families for the whole month of quarantine.

 I once lost a lot of money gambling when I first started out dice gaming, bitcoin was like free back on those days and it wasn't really a lot of money so I thought it would be nothing. So I gambled and lost and bitcoin price moved up a little while later, that really made me sad. It wasn't really "being a gambling addict that lost a lot of money" type of situation, I was still doing fine and didn't spend a dime economically, but the fact that I lost money, just not the money I have but the money I could have instead, which kept me awake for a while.

 Honestly it was never too severe, I gamble constantly and I spend like 1-2 bucks a day so even though I lose almost all the time, it is not really that big of a deal for me at all, its money I am willing to lose.

a well-deserved consequence. why the hell would you gamble the money if you can't afford to lose it? you risked your family's well being to get a chance of earning some extra money? If I were you I would come clean to my family members and start to think of a solution. if you decide to keep this mess to yourself the consequence will be worse your family finds out about it on a critical moment.

Not just with gambling, whenever I am feeling ambitious and curious to achieve something then on those days I will have difficulty to sleep.

Let me talk about more specific to gambling, whenever I do come across a new gambling strategy or derivating a gambling strategy from the idea I got from this community, I will not go sleep until I'm finding my final result because even I will be trying to sleep, I may not fall asleep. Instead of struggling in bed, I opt for trying out till the final result before getting back to bed.

I believe all the people who are passionate about gambling and about dreaming on achieving something in gambling will be having similar habits. At the same time if we are not careful then this kind of habits will definitely lead to severe gambling addictions.

I have never had difficulty in or while gambling, maybe because of the country that i am,
Favorite gambles has definitely been about football, and to stake your gamble, there are several codes you need to know.

The good news is that, the help section already provides tutorial about that, and i have never needed to go extra miles nor have difficulties.
If you use sports betting mobile apps, then you have it even more easily.

 :D Get yourself drunk because of your loss to the gambling platform doesn't make any sense, what happen when you're out of the effluence of that alcohol? Still forget what happened in the real world?  ;D my religion disallow those who practice it take in alcohol. With this, am not buying into your submission, though thanks. Alcoholic drinks kill the body.

If you are gambling so much out of your pocket and losing enough money to make you lose sleeps, you are doing something very very VERY wrong. You should definitely talk to your family first and then talk to some professional if you can't stop after that.

Gambling is as serious addiction as any and you should take it seriously, losing sleep over gambling means it is actually affecting your health, you should not allow it to take over your life all that much, there is really no sense of going so out of control and still keep on gambling. I understand that it is easier said and done and that is why there are so many places that can help you, whenever you feel like you have lost your control and spinning out, just contact one of them and get an appointment, there is no other way, if you can't stop yourself at least let them help you.

Theres nothing wrong if you drink alcohol just to ease the stress or problem on that particular time and as long you dont do it frequently then it isnt bad
but if you are already doing it regularly then its a different story.

You cant stop people if they do have that kind of mindset because we do have our own ways to handle out ourselves as long you dont cross the limit then
it should be fine.

In my case i havent tried out to have hard on sleeping because of gambling yet i havent loss that much since i do always use of funds which are intended just for it.

Due to this lockdown we have more time to be at home but its not an excuse to gamble without limitation, just because you are bored or looking for activities to kill time.

I gamble using a spare money so even I lose it doesnt affect me much and I can still sleep without worries on how can I chase back what i've lost.

Its tempting to play specially if you cant think of anything at home but make sure to not risk the money meant for the needs of your family. We know how hard the current situation due to this virus hence lets be a responsible gambler.

But on the other side, still, that doesn't solve the problem. If only there's a movement to solve the problem then better. Let's say we drink because we want to solve our problem, we aren't passing the limit, we don't drink regularly, but still, the problem is still there.

Easing the problem is not the key even just at that particular time.

I admit I'm a hard drinker but in case of problems, I'd rather find a way to solve it compared to drinking alcohol just to ease the pain. It's happier to enjoy drinking until my limit later on once the problem is solved.

This happens to other people of sleepless nights because of the money that was lost to gambling. That's true never gamble that you cannot afford to lose. In this times of crisis we should avoid of too much time in gambling that may cause of regrets, also better to save money for the family needs since we don't know until when this pandemic will end. Look for other alternative activities that can kill your boredom.

Indeed. It never solves your problem, even it potentially brings new problems. When you have difficulties in sleeping regularly, I doubt it can affect your health and may cause insomnia.

Besides those things, I suggest you have entertainment by going outside with friends or gathering with family. You need a bit of entertainment or fun activities to reduce the burden on the mind. It will make you more relaxed and helps to get a new spirit.

No, except for one time when I happened to gamble a sizable amount of money and I spent the rest of the night thinking back to why I'd gamble so recklessly in the first place. That was actually a good experience for me in the long run because I completely changed my habits afterwards and I learned to become much more wise with money.

I think minor losses like what I experienced are occasionally good as long as you're an aware person, because they're the little shocks that force you to think about your actions and bring you back to a more logical mindset.

Actually I am not really used in gambling so I can still sleep without playing any gambling websites or casino gambling, but I think if a person is really tired and sleepy he can still sleep anytime he or she wants.

But I think those people who are really addicted in gambling would only be affected by being difficult to sleep because of several reasons. when they are playing they are usually forget the mind or don't even mind it, even it is already too late because of being focused on playing, some people are hard to stop when he or she is still happy playing, or even if they are continuously losing the game.

It all depends on the person if he or she has a good mindset.

In these situations, I don't suggest to go outside because we are still in the crisis. Our government suggests we stay at home, and the only entertainment we have is a television and the internet, which we can get much information about current situations. But we can still do many activities in our homes while we don't have to go outside. But the important thing is we need to sleep when we tired because that is what we need to get freshness bodies after we sleep.

Yeah I felt that, but I never again let myself get back to that point. It really feels like you want to play more to win back what you lost but I think this is a very bad habit that makes gamblers go broke.

yes before when i was on the middle of the hype on gambling or when the times that i was still aggresive/addictive  . i cant sleep because i remeber my losses if ever i loose that day but i cant also sleep if ever i won, i dont know why but i keep on remebering my winnings. 

 it even leads me to continue gambling on my sleep or dreams and sometimes on my dreams i experienced to win big and after i woke up i check my gambling account and got dissapointed after that  .

Unhealthy Gambling may result to greater sleep difficulties. The possible result is having sleeping issues such as insomnia. If a person do gamble and they become addicted to it, it means they lose their control and can cause problems. Your personal experiences were just a lesson of how too much Gambling will cause you. Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which you'll have problem falling asleep, some of the reason of having it are anxiety, stress and depression where everyone could possibly feel especially in Gambling. It is very obvious that Gambling did cause difficulties in sleeping.

Yes, Gambling is fun and the thought of probability of winning is overwhelming but not all the time you will win because there's also bad sides of it where you can lose the money you have. Before doing so, you should have thought about the loss and also to have money management and limit for less risks. If you have a great self-control, sleeping difficulties after gambling will not affect you at all.

"never gamble what you can't afford to lose"
Exact! This is a well-said phrase. I imagine you are from Nigeria, your local currency is Naira (NGN).
Thank you for sharing your experience, it can be useful for other players like you so they have precaution and not lose their money on betting.
Try to slow down your bets, if you need to do therapies do it. If you need help look for it.
I wish you the best of luck!

I think most of the countries right now are applying a lockdown on the whole country because of the COVID-19 that is affecting all of us in the world. Hoping that this will end in the next months.

I converted your currency into USD and that is around $81. Not a huge money for a regular US citizen but for you as a Nigerian, that is a huge amount already.

Before you gamble, you must think of this question. "If I will gamble this money and lost, will my family not be affected into it?".

You're suffering sleepless nights because of your own decisions and out of your boredom too. Now you've learned your lessons I think. What can you do right now?? Maybe stop gambling and focus on your family because what I see here is you can't take a huge loss. If you lose you become sleepless and it can affect you and your whole family too.

The best advice that I can give. DON'T GAMBLE AT ALL STARTING TODAY AND FOCUS ON YOUR FAMILY INSTEAD.

that phrase is popular on the gambling scene  and i followed it all the times  . so  far i didnt experience to loose big but at the same time i never experience to win really big , that is because im careful if i feel i already earn some profit i just withdrew because i know that bust is coming on my way  . so better safe than sorry  .  this isnt only for nigerians but its applicable whenever country you are living   . no matter how small or big you earn or no matter how small or big the value of your currency  , once you loose big you can never forget it easily and that theatens your ability to sleep at night  .

@LogitechMouse I have lost track of the number of countries that have been put in lockdown, but a lockdown is no excuse for reckless gambling especially if you haven’t gambled before. @Becky666 what you’re expecting is pretty normal for a new gambler, and with time you’ll get used to it however I would advise you to be careful in your initial days and avoid chasing your losses. Also one way to overcome this would be to make some kind of affirmations like: I forgive myself, and I allow myself to sleep peacefully at night hope it’ll help you.

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Agree with @Juggy777^^. that's no excuse actually but it's during this serious time online casinos are the ones having a good laugh. Anyone during the lockdown will obviously feel bored and get tempted to spend his time gambling and we know how gambling in long term goes..so greater chance of losing out.

Still someone can control..it's not that much out of hand.

Actually I sleep well but that is because I don't exaggerate and know my limits.
You can't win all the time, sometimes you need to accept to lose but that always needs to be in amount you can take and afford to lose.
If you have sleeping problem I would say that this is clear sign you need to change something because you are on a wrong way.

I have lost a bigger amount but it is on trading but I consider trading as gambling too both are very risky. I have my regrets that time but I have nothing to do about it, thinking about it will not help you. Using the funds that supposed to be for your family is not good don't do it again. Just move on have a good sleep coronavirus attacks those who have weak resistance so better have a good sleep and forget everything that happens you can earn the money but your health is more important especially in this crisis.

Yes, I did faced it especially after long betting events on online casions because most of the time I just play it for fun hut sometimes it gets out of my hands and end up in long losing streak.So which makes me feel embarassed or akward or something on my find and I completely feels like stupid for I have done something which I never wanted to do.

This is where the problem is coming from, you used money that wasn't meant for gambling to gamble and now you can't get over the fact you have lost that money. You should thank your stars you didn't have more funds on you as that would had tempted you to use it in trying to recover your loss which will only end in more losses.

Although the act you display is associated with gambling addict I won't say you're one yet but you have to be cautious because assuming you're not an addict you're getting there with such behavior of yours. Always allocate funds to be used for your bets that's the best way to checkmate overspending or using funds that aren't meant for gambling to gamble.

Initially I also had faced difficultly because as was new and became greedy at times which eventually ended up in a loss and had some difficult time to move away from it. But when understood that it needs to be played for enjoyment and anything won consider it as a bonus thing became much better and simple after that and now it is more of a fun and enjoyment.

That's the same case of mine in which we are definitely having a hard time to sleep just because we are addicted in the gambling platforms or gambling sessions. This probably one of the headaches that will brings to a normal gambler in which it is really hard to accommodate this kind of problem especially those times that you are remembering your losses and different aspects that you might not do in your gambling career.

Well before, it was really giving me a hard time to go to sleep probably because of regrets and frustrations on losing. But eversince I set a limit on how much i would gamble everytime I would play, the 'anxiety' at the end of the day is not that 'huge' because the amount I lose is an amount I can afford losing, like an excess money. Also I made it a habit to always expect losing for me to just enjoy the experience from the game itself and not the desire of winning huge money or instanly becoming rich. Expectations do always alter our way of thinking. A domino effect that would affevt our mood and mental condition.

Those mistakes that let you lose your money whereas you are thinking that it's just  small mistake and if you pay attention properly the outcome might
be favor to your side. Lots of gamblers feel this way when they are in the middle of remembering those amount of money that they've loss and wanted
to go back try to recover but they don't money anymore.

Well you're actually right that it would be much better if you do focus on how to resolve the problem first before you do drink as some sort of celebration or just chilling out.
Problems cant really be resolve by just drinking but people do such thing just to ease the stress that they are currently experiencing due to problem but this isnt really the solution.

Gambling problems is a serious one and if we dont like to experience hardship or unfortunate events on our lives then its better to get rid or just do gamble
in moderation and everything should be fine.

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By answering on the title. Yeah, on the very first time that I played online crypto casino and my beaten just got eaten in just a couple minutes of playing. Like, man, what did the f*ck just happen. Then, another same scenario just happened as well (not that it gives me a difficulty, just a little). Where I lose a big amount and think many times again, why. It's so funny though remembering it. :)

That's sad if you have used the budget for your family during the quarantine period. Does your government will distribute some relief goods for the affected families? if not, you should stop it at first if you can't control yourself. It's okay to gamble if the money you'll used is your spare money and it doesn't have a responsibility to be used to important matters. But, if the money is budgeted and you will use it for important things like food for the family, don't be tempted again.

Luckily I have never lost sleep over gambling. I've always gambled within my means and kept my bets semi-low. If you're having trouble with gambling and losing sleep over your losses it's time to take a step back and re-evaluate your addiction. Please, if you're spending money you can't afford to lose, get some help or counseling for your gambling.

That was a good advice bud, I don't understand why there are some gamblers who willing to risk their money if they can't afford to lose it. And now, the difficulty of sleeping just because of gambling. In my part, I always gamble at my convenient time, or else that time that something I am getting bored. This is like you are chasing money in gambling and even during your bedtime, you are still thinking about gambling. You have full control of your self, don't let gambling will control your mind.

I guess there was never a time when I had a hard time sleeping due to gambling. I am someone who can easily sleep. We may be talking for a little while and the next time you say something to me you can only hear a snore as a response. ;D However, I do have some gambling losses that I cannot forget. And there were several occasions when these memories visited me before I go to sleep. Those are gambling losses that are to me significant enough, beyond what is really affordable losing, I mean. But, of course, I've learned lessons from those, especially because a few of those are desperate attempts to recover previous losses.

If you are doing gambling continuously for long time i Guess there will come a time that it will cause you some off sleep.

Specially if you are a sports bettor and the Biggest event of your favorite game is coming?for sure it will make you harder to sleep for the excitement to make Big winnings.

But for me?it is not because i am a occasional or not a regular gambler so i can manage everything in good faith .

Also sometimes it is difficult to sleep, a factor that occurs when I experience defeat in gambling bets, which I experience in sports battles when guessing scores, if the bets I place are not on target.

But that thing, I don't often experience, that experience can make me sleep better in the second round, win twice. The point is I have trouble sleeping when my bets are not right / lost, which makes me upset.
Thinking why don't I put group A 0-2 and group B 2-0 and so on, this makes me think, let me plug into group A 0-2 I will definitely win, this is what makes me unable to sleep, wishing.

Some years ago I noticed a negative impact of my health due to gambling.
I had difficulty in sleeping and apart from that I was feeling stressed from the time I was waking up from bed. I think that this was due to my desire of gambling all day and thinking about that. If I was winning my pots, then I wanted to play more but if I was loosing again I had a desire to keep on gambling.

so many nights before mate because i am once addicted so many nights that i cannot sleep specially when near the end of months and payday comes?

and also when i losses a lot and i want to win back my money,eagerness to win is what enters my mind whole night and i cant even fell asleep.

I also have experienced difficulty in sleeping and have a huge anxiety in gambling because i experienced losing thousands of money in judt an hour, that is why i feel really down and depress that time and didn't have a good sleep. Good thing that i have been able to win all of my momey back when i won it by just playing slot games all night at the casino.

No. Not at all. Maybe if I am addicted to gambling, gambling will. Instead that my mind is calmly sleeping, it will urge me to play. Nights will also become days. Or sometimes, I may see myself in my own dream playing my favorite game. Good thing I make myself far from this kind of situation because it is very difficult to treat.

I agree with this. If you can't take your losses then step back in gambling and don't never ever gamble again.

Before gambling, you must know the risk and consequences that you might face if you lose your money. Being sleepless in many consecutive nights is a sign that you are not suitable for gambling and you must don't gamble again since you can't take your losses. Keeping your bets low is one way to prevent regretting in the end if you loss or just put an amount that will not make you feel bad if you lose it since gamblers most of the time end up losing all of their money.

No need for reevaluation if you are experiencing this. Not sleeping for many nights. The best thing to do is to not to gamble anymore and focus on other things.

I experienced not to have a good sleep in gambling once because i didn't have the chance to get back all of my losses that i lose a huge amount of money, that is why i regret that night to play gambling. Then i also realized that  not to be sad about it because i chose to gamble rather than doing other things in gambling, so next time i should learn how to control myself in gambling for me not to lose a lot of money again.

Gambling is mostly about negative experience, because the chances of winning is always lower than the chances of losing, therefore I'm not surprised, to be honest. In this time of crisis, money is even more important to buy foods and groceries so that we'll be able to survive without exposing ourselves outside working or whatever we're doing until the virus will be fully managed.

This is not the time for us to think about gambling, instead we should be practical first and think about our future, because what if we lost the money we saved for 1 month lockdown because of the virus? we would die starving if not because of the virus, it is our choice, so we have to make it count.

Most of the time gambling gives me an undesired mood because every time I made a decision and lose my profit or income it is full of regret that I made a single mistake that causes my money to lose and gone immediately and that is not quite good because it really affects on our mental health because being stressful to things can give us damage to our body that we did not expect like having a heart attack and difficult sleep because of getting depressed about the gambling and it is too hard to forget because of most of the time while we are lonely and deeply thinking sometimes we remember our mistakes.

Yes, since I feel like luck is not on my side, I always having a hard time to sleep every time I finished playing gambling.
Though I only gamble with the excess money I have, it is still hard for me to lose that money because every time I play I always hope that I can win and try to double the amount of money I gamble.

I think when someone has difficulty in sleeping, no matter he is a gambler or not, and he needs to visit the doctor and ask that doctor to help him. Maybe the doctor will give medicine to him, but the important thing is he needs to relax before he sleeps. Forget about what he did for a while, and just relax and don't think about something that will make you sad. Maybe he can imagine something beautiful while he closes his eyes, and hear relaxation music will help him too.

I really don't get people like this. I mean why bother playing gambling if you knew to yourself that it won't do any good to you, that if you lost your money, somehow it will gives you a little bit of depression that will give you a very hard time on sleeping or whatever it is. Also, if you know that you're not lucky in gambling, why still bother playing it if you value even that excess money of yours?

Being practical will solve your problem. We don't need to listen every time to our urges in playing or doing something we're not confident, especially gambling.

not all can fight the urge to click the ROLL button. but i don't feel like i can't sleep after. i have been playing but i always stop once i lose some money that i could have bought for a decent meal or two. one cause that i might not be able to sleep is if i don't have money soon to pay my bills and food  for myself and my kid.

There is a big chance that the gambler is suffering from too much stress or worse depression because of what happened to him that is why the best thing to do is to consult to a doctor and he can help you with what you are experiencing.

TBH, if you really lost a huge amount of money in gambling it is hard to get relax but that is the best thing to do and think of what will you do next in order to recover your losses. Going sad and depressed because of your losses will not help you. I have experienced losing huge amounts of money too in gambling and it was ok for me instead of getting sad. I chose to think of a next step and find a way to recover it. I hope that this is the thing the OP should do instead of not sleeping consecutive nights.

I have felt it when I put gambling as side income, yeah I really do that when I was newbie to gamble. Collecting my saving money to play gambling because I had more confident that I can double my money, but it was wrong and I lost a huge money and I can't sleep well in a few night, I just scared when night will come.

You can't avoid it as long as you put gambling as your side income, or you put it as place for you to recover your money. Agree mate, if you a little saving please don't come to gambling especially if you are a gambler before. You will be regreted it because you will force yourself to play it moreover if your government has decide to make an announchment stay at home policy.

Every gambler have experienced this one time or another, especially when we are just starting out, I experienced that myself when I was a newbie and have no control all I just want is to win and to recover all my losses, and forgetting that if you chase your losses you will end up with nothing left, I soon developed a will to control my betting.

Exactly my point, you're lacking in self-love if you always let your urge win when it comes to addiction (bad addiction), because think about it, I'm going to use your scenario as an example since you said you have a kid, if you are really a responsible parent that thinks about your kid, you shouldn't be able to think about gambling, because you have your own responsibilities, you're a parent, not a teenager anymore or a bachelor that only feed himself, no, we have to be more mature in order to cast out all of the bad habits, in my opinion in order to secure our children's future.

E D I T: Every penny counts.

yeah and eventually as days passed by we must learn from our mistakes and this is what responsible gamblers do.
the problem is if the player has no self control in this things change and gambling becomes a Bad area of living but the truth is?we are the one whos responsible for our mistakes.

I feel sorry for you, buddy. That was really an unfortunate turn of events. Anyway, I never went with that condition so far, although I lose sometimes but I tend to forget it when I feel to sleepy, 'cause the regret used to hit me hard in the morning, and to cover it up 'cause I don't wanna get my day already bad, I just keep on looking forward hoping that my next shot when I am about to gamble, that the luck will always be in my favor. IMO, the mood plays a great factor whenever you gamble because it will help you be cautious on your current expenses, total money won, and as well total money loss, so as much as I can I don't wanna ruined the day. Anyway, buddy difficulty in sleeping due to such isn't totally bad but remember always that it has side effect to your health.

Obviously, the doctor will be asking what runs in your mind that made it hard to sleep. Another thing is that he will be asking how long is this happening and as a gambler, it doesn't happen that much since we just have that selected parts where we regretted so much we did or happened. This depends on the person whether music relax them, sometimes there are some activities before sleeping that other people help. A partner most of the time helps a lot  ;)

And I agree this is anxiety and should be deal with the earliest possible time if you cannot stop this anxiety, it will become a depression and this will ruin your life, you need help if you develop these kinds of symptoms, this is one of the harm of excessive gambling and should be deal with immediately.

It's needs a quick response from yourself and from the help of your families and friends you'll need to take things out seriously.
Suffering from this kinds of symptom without taking any good action will only cause you more worse. You have to be more
precise addressing this issue and take proper action.

Drinking is injurious to health so it's not a good way to get sleep or try to forget your loss. I try to spend time with my family when I lose abs they really give me strength and I become Happy again so I can sleep because I know to lose and profit both are part of life especially a gambler should be strong enough to face all this and even then should sleep peacefully at night.

Lucky for you mate. Frankly speaking, this was my very first time to engaged in such act of self inflected gambling addition. I have seen many addict's and their end results; this has been my fears of not getting addicted while I gamble but was caught unaware in the act of gambling that caused me #30,000. As you have rightly said, I need to checkmate myself in order to avoid future occurrence.

I have never lost sleep over gambling.I don't want the gambling effect too much in my life.  I don't want it to happens to me! You know, some people sometimes have a bad mood all day because of losing .
example if I am losing until I go home then probably it would be really so hard to sleep because you will think about what why you have been lose and you will think that the money you gamble instead you buy some things that can make you happy.
if you're spending money you can't afford to lose, get some help or counseling for your gambling.

I do, but that was all in the past,

The day when I lose so much money in gambling and it is really hard for me to win it back. I chase my losses over and over again until I have nothing. Since then, I have a hard time to sleep, I always think of that scenario in my life.

That is why gambling too much is not good. Playing with your savings is not ideal, especially during this pandemic. Everyone is struggling and yet some gamblers are still gambling with their funds. And take note that some employees are even forced to stopped working with no pay. During this situation let us not be selfish and use pur money to satisfy our gambling addiction.

Sure do.

The difference is you did it now while some of us here are already doing it even without the quarantine that is happening.
It just got a little worse since they won't have much to do at home.

Well as of me, I always try my best to enjoy my family to avoid getting hooked too much with gambling although I still play at night when they are all asleep.  ;D
That is the beauty of having kids. You will not even feel that you have been playing with them with so much time you don't even notice it.

Tip: Don't even try to force your way into getting all that money back. You will lose more in the process.

It's really not advisable to gamble the money that isn't yours or already allocated to your family's necessities. Gamble what you could only afford to lose. Virtual gambling is really tempting since it's accessible but you have to be mindful of its risks as well. That's a lesson for you. We all commit mistakes in gambling especially in the beginning but we should always learn from it. I have been through that kind of situation before but I moved on and I tried to get rid of risking too much in gambling.

Not at all because i never treat gambling that serious mate.
though at some point i am thinking which Lottery combination will win yet i dont make it that deep whenever i am going to sleep.
but i know some gamblers has this behavior sometimes.
thats sad to hear that we are willing to gamble but take it very serious whenever we lose,we must be ready on this Guys because the more we gamble is the more we lose money and time and sometimes temper as well.

This only happened to me once. I gambled a free money I got from a certain gambling platform which was around 5$ upon signing-up minimum withdrawal was 20$. I started playing and playing until I reached about $400 after playing for 8 hours. I made a stupid mistake when my phone suddenly had some network issue and pressed multiple zeros upon betting which made my balance went down to almost less than $100 in just one bet. I was not able to sleep that time since I spent almost most of time gambling. After that, I stopped gambling for a while.

You should have read my write up carefully, I have not actually experience such a thing from gambling before now, this happened because of the mandatory stay at home from the government. I did this gambling without any constraint and I have learned my biggest mistake. Also, not all that loose their money in gambling are addicted, like me am not an addict, this happened because of boredom of staying at home. So Please don't misinterpret my write-ups.

Well, almost gamblers are this what they are doing now. We should follow the mandatory that implemented by the government to stay at home for our safety measure. If you had experienced the difficulty of sleeping as a gambler and maybe you are chasing too much money, --but, I have friendly advice not to do it because it perhaps the reason your immune system will down and perhaps you are easily infected with this pandemic decease, the coronavirus. Indeed, at this time we need to have enough rest for a healthy body. You can minimize it if you want.

My bet amount never crossed double digits no matter when I win or lose the bets, if I feel I am losing bets continuously then I will stop betting immediately before getting rekt so I never get in danger of getting sleeping sick particularly due to gambling activities.

But as humans, everyone has their own untold stories which caused me not to get the right amount of sleep for couple of years in the past.

We can actually felt that situation but most gamblers do just ignore and instead would continue instead and chase up their losses thats why majority is getting wrecked by gambling.

Difficulty on sleeping is the result of wrong decisions towards gambling and using up funds which arent intended to be used on gambling activity but they do still proceed and do gamble
on worst extent.

In my case i havent put myself on a situation where i do have sleepless nights.Same as you said, for some other problems of course it do have but for gambling - NEVER!

You're correct, although I have been through this hard times and came.out of the loss stronger than before, am very happy to be here with good friends around. Candidly speaking, at the very first time I lost the fund to the gambling platform, I wasn't myself for almost 4-6 days but right now am healthier than before and if giving another chance to gamble I will do wonderfully well beyond human recognition.

Most of my times now  are for me to look after the family and to carryout my forum posting targets. Also, I have chosen many courses to participate in during this stay at home policy.  Currently have gotten Blockchain expert certification and have moved into other projects just to acquire the needed knowledge for my hustling.

You seem to be very self-aware of your actions which is not something that you see from those that got some problems with their gambling, just make sure this mistake does not happen again because as we you state these are difficult times since now we are dealing with having to quarantine ourselves in our homes and we do not know what it could happen in the future.



It is nice to see that you are already moving forward, after all there is nothing you can do to recover that money so you did the right thing by accepting your losses unlike many people that try to recover the money they lost and end up losing more money at the end.

Losing is one of those things in gambling and that should not push out of gambling except if you are not a real Gambler. I have had such experience before now though it is not easy particularly when the money involved doesn't belong to you.

gambling should be for fun only, for a better interest and to enjoy when watching sports, you should never gamble more that you can handle, and you will not have difficulties in you sleep, maybe you will dream regarding interesting matches that you won or did not won in last minute, but never difficulties, it should be fun, chances to live or get rich with gambling are really small, but there is a lot of fun attached to gambling with small amounts of money

But if someone is having difficulty sleeping, I think he needs to learn to use gambling as a fun activity, so he doesn't think about the loss that he already got in gambling. If he cannot do that, he will always think about losing, and that can make him difficult to sleep because only with sleeping will make him get a fresh mind and body.

The best option should have been to stay off gambling for some time rather than your option of playing more as a fun. One can only play gambling as a fun if and only you are not using your hard earned money and at the same time you are making profit in playing gambling and the other way.

You are right, that's the problem with people when they have excess or money on hand they will use it to gamble even though it's for their family, it only means that you don't have self-control and definitely will cause you sleep difficulty. Too much stressed or depression will cause you to have sleep issues because of the losses. Unhealthy gambling is harmful in many ways, from mental, emotional to physical health. People with this kind of addiction either minor or major may experience a lot of difficulties on your body.

Better try to have self-control, limitations and focus on your purpose. Don't just waste money on gambling because even though it will double your money remember it would make your money gone just a snap.

as far as i remember that there was i time that i did not sleep because i won lots of Cards in my Local gambling.

i remember when i was still in college that i love to bet in our local card game for basketball,and one night almost all of the cards owner knocks in our door and to my surprise i won on all of them and did not expect that.

i never forget that night that i go to school in the morning with no sleep at all.

In some manners of not sleeping well because of your interest to gamble back and try to check if luck is on your side. There are people who manage to play and enjoy and after that they leave the house without any worries but there are also people who can't stand the urge of playing again and again even its already risking more money behind.

You're right, we have different stories and those stories are the reasons we're string today and also be able to control our emotions. Your case wasn't like mine from the look of thing, but haven taken the right decision to give  up will actually make.your gambling life look different.

It seem that, what you actually gambled was far bigger than what I lost, more also, ensure you gamble with limited funds and if possible entrust your gambling funds to a friend of yours who also gamble, with this you can have a limit.

Leaving gambling will be the best option for him so he can avoid thinking about gambling, and he can try to sleep well. Yes, we never use our hard-earned money for playing gambling because that money is for our lives, and to buy our daily needs. Maybe he needs to use the other money from the different sources so his daily needs will not be disturbed.

I have in bad times before but not really I was too depressed that I can't sleep because of thinking it all through the night. I know that some gamblers are affected by their losses but we should never make this thing a big deal for us. We have to move on, accept your losses...things like this always happen in gambling. That is why if we are planning to gamble, we better prepared also the consequences that we might get and losing is a part of it. If we are only thinking about winning, you are just assuming that you are always a lucky person in the world coz it is not and it won't happen to anyone.

I agree absolutely, it was my own fault as it was avoidable in the first place. Lesson learned so far: as a gambler ensure to have  self control over your mind, if you must gamble gamble with limited funds which you can afford to dump for be careless and finally, never double gamble when you are at lost in the first place, this strategy seem demonic and should be avoided by gamblers IMO.

I deeply appreciate all your contributions and  concerns, they must all be put to use this time.

Not many gamblers manage to control their emotions when playing, but if you do, you will always be able to control the stability of the capital you have for gambling. Usually people will be very curious in the initial stages of victory and in some losses at the beginning, if you force yourself to get a win maybe you will feel disappointed when you do not get it.

Using a double betting strategy is not a good choice for those who are afraid of further losses and so far I have never done it because it will only make me more chaotic when I lose. Stay away from this strategy if you only have a little capital, because this strategy might be suitable for those who have a lot of capital.

No, I didn't think it do. If you think gambling is just a game and take it as entertainment then there will be no problem. But if you are addicted and take it seriously then it will be a problem. Again, it is not good to be greedy, we should spend a small amount of money behind for playing gambling, if you invest a rich amount of money then it will become a cause for worry.

Well, I think all the gamblers are also experience that thing, because based on my past experienced about that, when I first try in gambling and I win on every gambling platform that I played it was very difficult to get sleeping, because I always thinking and imagine in my head that I played gambling so that it was difficult for me to sleep. The solution that I did is before sleep I need to make other things that made me memorable in my mind, and it was a very effective solution for me. Until now, I didn’t experienced difficulty in sleeping. 

Many people use gambling as the way to make money, and slowly they become addicting without they realize. They use more and more money, just hoping that they can win big money from gambling. I think it is normal if we make a big mistake in gambling, but the problem is how we can avoid making the same mistake the next day. That will need some effort to prevent, and the best thing that we can do is like what you say, we should spend a small amount of money so that will not be a severe problem to us.

It will become a problem if we became addicted to it and that is why we should have control over our emotions and feelings. I always setting aside my feelings when I do gambling because I know that it can affect my mentality especially my decisions. If we want to grow our capital in gambling then it is better if we will gamble without emotion at all.

Discipline or self control is needed and if the person is been addicted to much in gambling then it needed to seek an immediate advice from the family member but if the case still uncontrollable eventhough the family members do their efforts then a professional action is needed and seek for medication.

One of the easiest ways to avoid this is to actually make a small research about the real odds of winning long term in gambling, most of the time those that you find that say they have won money when they gamble are always talking about the short term but when it comes to the long term the house edge will eventually catch up and make you a loser, as such the more you gamble the greater the certainty you will lose money and once you understand that fact getting addicted to gambling will be way more difficult.

It is confusing but I think I know what you are saying. When I did my first bet, I never thought that I will be addicted to it but that addiction did not just appear overnight, I am gambling for I think a year before that developed. When I realized I am addicted, that starts those sleepless nights regretting those things that I've done. Luckily I have my wife that pushed me out of that spot.

Much helpful if there's already a professional that will guide the gambler to properly assist this kind of addiction. If the family and friends can't hold
and even the efforts already been there it will be useless and the needs of  deeper help is really necessarry.

Nope, I have self-control, even my family restrict gambling for a longer time, it will just cause a lot of damage financially and mentally. Sleeping is important too, we can think and control ourselves if we have enough sleep.
Agree, it won't help if you're just curing yourself of addiction because sometimes you'll feel that you need to spoil yourself and will still do the same thing. Self-control and discipline are not enough, the gambling addict will still end up in the same situation if there's no guide or assist to recover them from addiction.

It's the first time I read that. You literally don't care about losing your money?  ??? You are doing signature campaigns but then you have no problem in losing the btc you earned? It's crazy

It's not like that, buddy. when I get paid from the campaign, I divide some of the money to play gambling, that's not much.  So I think when I lost I still had the rest of the campaign money.
Gambling for me is just entertainment I am not addicted to it.
So I can still control my finances.

in conditions like this, I really not dare to gamble...
you better keep your savings, refrain from gambling and wait until the epidemic subsides, because in the current conditions when you lose then you will not be able to sleep  :D

Sorry to hear that you had lost all the money you placed for betting. But, listen, you made a mistake. You should have never played with those money. Was gambling your only option to earn? If yes, then you are wrong. You probably might be using thinking that this is the only option because you might be addicted to gambling. You are using this as an excuse to gamble.
What has happened has happened, try to not repeat the mistakes. You can't do anything about the past, but you can make your present and the future better. If needed, consult someone who can help you with your addiction.

Agree, it's not the time to be tempted on gambling since we need to save money since lockdown and quarantine are still implemented to avoid COVID-19. If you'll gonna waste money then It'll be over for you if the ECQ extends for a longer time. Gambling can wait, practice your self-control, it might fix your behavior towards gambling.

Save and keep your money, spend it on foods. Keep safe always!

I have experienced that, maybe because I suffered a lot of losses. so I could not fall asleep and kept thinking about my defeat. so I want to sleep, it will always be shaded the defeat that I experienced. Somehow this really happened to me. Am I not willing to lose.

Being a compulsive gambler is very hard to control. When you are continuously win on the gamble and then your urge to play more that you will end up to lose, will give you more regret and like what the title of this thread, it will cause you to have a difficulty in sleeping. But in that case, you will learn from your mistake that you should always need to control yourself.

Make little research can be done if a gambler wants to test his luck, but he should not depend on his research because the reality will be different than his research. He can play longer than usual, but that will not give more chances to win, especially we know that the house will win in the end. No matter in the short term or long term, you should not risk more money to the house because we don't have a big chance to beat the house, and if we force it, we will end up with a big regret, and that can cause a headache to us.

Even though there is no virus that is spreading, I already stopped gambling because of the consecutive losses I've experienced.

At this moment, it is better to stop gambling temporarily and focus on your family. Instead of using your money in gambling, use your money to buy medicines, foods and others necessities that you may need with this pandemic. Most of the countries right now are under lockdown and many can't work to have money so you must think where you want to spend your money. If you lose your money like he said I agree with it that he will not be able to sleep because of regret and disappointment :D.

If you keep gambling during this pandemic times with money you cannot afford to lose I think you will surely lose sleep because of the anxiety.Money is not easily found during this time so spending it wisely is our upper most top priority.Once you see your losses start to grow you should stop immediately.

Great post.

I hope that as many people as possible addicted to games and not only will see him. It is very difficult to control yourself when there are no familiar constraints.
Boredom can push a person to a variety of things, and if you are addicted then this is real torture. Your brain will completely fool you and make you take a chance.

Don’t regret because you had no choice, your brain deceived you, as it always does with everyone.

There are many ways to kill boredom. I am sure most of us are getting bored sitting in our house with nothing to do. That does not mean we spend all our time gambling.

We should treat gambling as a mean of entertainment like watching a movie or playing on our gaming console. If we do not treat it as an entertainment then we will get addicted to it.

Not at any point mate because i don't see any reason why should i.

there are times that i enjoyed playing and sometimes losing Big when i am having good opponent in Real gambling but when at night?nope i have important things to do like Forum checking and posting so i fell asleep before i knew it lol.

Very rarely it was only during initial days when I was so obsessed to it as it was in moving money and wanted to make the most of it . But as times passed by and understood that it should be only taken as fun and entertainment purpose then it started to be a very good way to enjoy the game and time as well . So after that it was all good and never had difficulty in sleeping .

Probably the main reason why gamblers can't sleep at night is when the money they use earlier for gambling is meant for something else. Or maybe they lose a big amount, sells a property, or maybe they already lose all his available money. In other words, he created another problem because of gambling. Those problems will not let him sleep. Well, a lot already said this but a gambler should always have control with their money. Allocate money for the bills, tuitions, and other payments that is needed. Stop thinking that you'll double it in no time. Be in control, if you can't, then you're already a compulsive gambler and you should ask for help.

Anyways, I also know a gambler who can't sleep because he is fighting the urge to gamble. He wants to gain back his control, and this is a good start. He is motivated to stop. I hope he can do it.

I had somehow experienced troubles in sleeping as whenever I lose I can't sleep. My body is asleep yet my mind is awake, wondering how I lose and what should I do next to win. I was somehow bombarded with regrets with my actions back then and it was my living nightmare whom consecutively drives me crazy. Yet after some days of reminiscing the loss, I slowly learned what to do next and that nightmare didn't just drove me crazy, yet teaches me to be a better gambler. I guess it was natural to regret and can't sleep  with losses in gambling.

Sure comrade, haven being into gambling this was the worst thing that has ever happened to me that's why I was shocked even till now because the funds involved wasn't mine but for the family upkeep. Basically, your experiences has show that you actually have lost funds that belongs to you and not otherwise. Your point is true comrade, there will always be a tough time with that gambler that lost funds that are not His or her; which was my owncase but have gotten over it.

Anyone with such ability as comment above is an element of chronic addiction with due respect. The true of the whole thing is that; many of these gamblers around the forum aren't true gamblers we'll know because many of them are just gamblers in "wordings" and not in reality. As a promoter, your time and resources wouldn't allow anyone to lose his or her funds without feelings. No matter how small it looks as to my earnings, I really appreciate it not to lose.

I also suffer from that kind of situation but I was to brave to tell my family about it, of course, you must accept their anger because you deserve it, but it causes me sleeplessness nights because we need money very bad back then, but it made me realize that gambling is something you must have control and don't pour everything even though it is tempting to do so.

Absolutely correct, this happened when the banned on movement in our state took place, and there wasn't enough funds to stock food stuff for the family. The lesson have been learnt and will not repeat itself again even at the elapse of this pandemic ravaging the whole world. I think what actually happened to me was greediness and we'll should beware of this deadly disease.

what is important here is the lesson we've learn and not letting it happen again,and also i am proud of you because you admit your mistake and willing to change for good and this is what gamblers need to have for not becoming addicted.
the world will be heal sooner because there is no permanent thing in this world but changes so in sooner time this pandemic will be gone.

I'm sorry, I'm a bit lost here. Are you talking about 30,000 NGN (77 USD), calling it small money for you, or you mean any money, even 1 USD, is better not to lose?

If you can't sleep after losing an insignificant amount, the problem is in something else than your gambling. You can quit gambling completely, but still have problem sleeping because of buying a "wrong" type of rice in a store, or a ticket to a movie you don't want to see. I know it because I was in this position myself. When you feel bad, almost everything you do seems wrong, and this causes insomnia and, as a consequence, other health issues. You should stop torturing yourself immediately, and move on.

And if 30,000 NGN is big money for you, I also have a solution. First you should answer yourself a question: "During what period of time I could afford to lose such money?" If it's 4 months, then don't gamble for 4 months. Thus, restraining yourself from gambling, day after day, you will be solving your problem, and you will not have difficulties with sleeping, knowing that you are doing something positive and productive.

In short, the money is gone. Period. Stop thinking about that. Rather concentrate on recovering it, only not through gambling, but through abstaining from it for a long period of time, long enough that you could say to yourself that, considering your income, you just lost a amount you could afford to lose during that period of time.

Lucky for you, you already told your family about that. Until now everytime I remembered how much I'd loss in my gambling addiction 2yrs ago it keeps me awake till morning, it is still a nightmare for me, since then I learned my lesson not to put all my assets in a game, because I lost everything on that game.

That was a reply to a comment earlier.


I have stopped bordering over this incident because the said fund has gone and nothing anyone can't do to bring it back. Candidly speaking, my experience throughout that day wasn't good. Thanks to good spirited individuals on this forum who have shared their experiences with me, I have leaned many things from here and have already started putting all modalities in place.


Possibly, no gambler would love to see him or her self loose to gambling anytime anyday if they put into consideration how they manage to earn their funds. In my case, greediness was all over shadowed me.


Absolutely  gone, I have learned my lessons and will ensure never to repeat same again in life. As I said earlier, chasing after my lost will endanger my life and that of my family, so, I have let go my losses.

There were times when I also lost sleep due to loosing in gambling as I was one of the uncontrolled gamblers and I didn't knew when to stop gambling even while loosing huge amount of games in a row and I was one of those who thought that they would cut back their losses after loosing the games.
But now I have had help from many psychologists and therapists and now I am able to control my emotions and have limited the amount of money I gamble, now I just gamble for the sake of fun.

Each person do have its own experiences and having nightmares on some cases.So far i havent experience on losing too much with gambling yet i do know on what are the things would be mainly affected if i do able to spend out the money which are intended for my family needs and wants in life. Only spent a little for the sake of entertainment and never go beyond or cross that line.Well, we know on whats the reality in talks of this matter where there are really people who wrecked up their lives because of playing too much gambling where they didnt able to realize or think earlier on what would be the consequences that lies ahead.

Great decision, and yet it is unclear, to me at least, were 30,000 NGN big money for you? I mean, if it were more than 10% of your monthly income, that's significant. But if it were less than 5%, there's not much to worry about, in my opinion. I'm not saying that you can continue with gambling and losing such amounts again and again, but you should definitely stop regretting the loss, and move on.

Anyways, I'm glad you've learned your lesson. Many gamblers, myself included, were in your place at some point, and we have drawn our conclusions, and we are not going to repeat it in the future.

It is very likely that most gamblers are already implementing this advice, this is not the time to spend our money in luxuries, we need that money in the case things get even worse and if this means spending less money in our gambling activities for some time then it must be done, even if I like gambling from time to time there are many things that we can do to entertain ourselves that could be very cheap or even free, if we do that then we can keep most of our money and if things improve quickly and we do not need to use that money to buy supplies then you could always gamble with that money in the future.

Not all of us are here to entertain themselves, some are really professional gambler especially when they are playing a skill based games in online casinos. Besides, in times like this gamblers know their limitation since we have quarantine state all over the world, if they are not fool enough they will prioritize storing their food on fridge than risking it on gambling right? Just a quick thought, what if casinos will put a limited playing time? would it be that bad for them or their players during these times?

Even gambling anything that you can afford to lose isn't worth it at current moment because losing will bring you regret only and you will think that whatever lost, could have been used for your family's daily needs instead. Yes, there were sleepless nights for me while sportsbetting, but that has nothing to do with my affordability to lose my money, but rather different. I used to place my bets a day ago and then, while thinking that the match is gonna take place in early morning, I couldn't sleep and just wait for the match to start.

One of the hardest part in telling your family what is the worst thing that happened to you in anything gambling or not is how are you going to face and handle their anger. Another, how are you going to overcome your fear in telling the truth? They deserve to know things about you because you're family and it is money matter. Yes you're brave because you tell them. When money or losing money is involve, it is a big issue because it is very important.

I can't say that everytime that I gamble but definitely there are times, especially the times that I lose big time. It really hurts your health when you lose, include the frustration and regret that comes with it when you lose money, I am starting to change though, I atleast try to discipline myself and gamble as little as possible, I have found a way to alleviate the itches by downloading and playing ( They have android ) Chinese Poker and Hold'em poker, they are good for the urges though I don't get money but it really helps try them. I have been away from gambling for awhile now and it really is a good feeling because I have money to spend to other things that are worth it (Books and Food).

Good if you can learn your lesson and make sure it will not happen again in the future. It is hard to accept the loss, whether it's big to lose or small loose. We cannot do anything unless accepted and trying not to think over and over again about that loss. The loose money will not come, no matter how hard you try, you might make another lose.

I hope you already learn about controlling yourself, and don't let greediness take over your mind because chasing more winning in gambling will not give a good result for you but only get more losses. You should think about your life and your family because they are the most important thing for you now and forever.

Perhaps, it might fall in to two different sides depending on your gambling outcome. For example, if you are winning straight for multiple times and decided to sleep, I bet, you will have a comfortable sleep, but the opposite will happen if you are always losing, this is because you are aware that you need to win back your losses and it causes frustration if you will sleep accepting that you lose too much in a day. Well, based from my personal experience on how I handle this, I always think of what will happen in tomorrow, as long as I have a limitation in the amount of funds I bet, I am good and happy to accept no matter what the outcome of my bet is.

This is real for many gamblers out there that makes a living through online casino's and sports bet but also very risky as it can take your every asset, savings, accessories also properties when you've become really addicted to it. I've read people's story here who made gambling as a source of income but there are also who got rekt and in the end not they have sleepless night but also loss everything.

they can try but with care because the moment you losses constantly then must find that this is not your place to make a profit.
there are many place here in crypto in which there might be a profitable specially if you have capital to start like what you spent in gambling.
buy crypto to keep holding,or try to invest in gambling sites instead of betting against them witht his a chance of making money is much secure than to gamble.
like many times we've done when we are in trials of spending money to gamble sometimes winning but mostly losing so try safer than that.

Gambling makes you feel like insomnia only when you lost , everyone knew about it, stressful thing always ended up with the same result.
So do with the joyful thing when you won a game unexpectedly it will always ended up with the same results,  a good memory that let you fall in deep sleep.

So yeah it's conditional.

so at least for now as you are hurting whenever you lose big money that it is time to stop gambling so the hurting will not continue?
if we already know the consequences then why not get out of that?
it can make you sleepless also if you win big because you will consider going back again to win and win more because greediness will run your mind at most time.

Fortunately it never happened to me.

Knows the time to get some rest and stop for a while is a crucial factor here.
Thinking to play over and over again is indeed always there , control that thoughts and you'll see the better result at the end of the day include a sleep tight and wake happily.

I think it is normal to think to play over again, especially if you stopped for the day because you're on a limited bankroll or you're trying to control your self. I seldom have problem sleeping maybe during the days when I was new in gambling, I learned to learn from my mistake and consider it as a lesson instead of depriving my self from sleeping thinking of what should I have done.

I like this too in the past.

But the thing here is that despite me started to gamble to have fun, there are those sleepless nights too where I hoped I did not do this, where I hoped I did not do that, something like that. Usually, it includes money but some of them are because of my friend getting upset since I always gamble with my friends in the past.

Those upsets that makes you not to sleep are thoughts that encircling around you, what if you do that maybe things will result differently. We do have lots of experienced from this field where we wanted to have different outcomes from what we have faced from the previous games that we've take.

Not personally, but I have lived with a few compulsive gamblers during my time and I can tell you they had a severely disrupted sleep pattern due to their addiction.

One would stay up gambling all night trying to win back his losses with increasingly risky strategies, while the other one was a sports bettor that would bet on foreign matches because of "tip-offs" he received that they were fixed. Needless to say, 9 times out of 10 the match wasn't fixed and he ended up getting rekt.

I can imagine that those that have lost a lot of money due to gambling might also have difficulties sleeping due to the worries it can cause. It does get better over time, but these people need to learn to kick the habit once and for all so they can recover.

That's gonna be a never ending story to tell honestly ..

When it comes to gambling there's only one similarity that's guaranteed in every body who gamble.
They are mostly crying in misery at the end of the day no matter how good it was at the first shots.
Having a hard time to sleep caused by gambling a bit exaggerated to call it like that.

But yeah that's just yet another human nature to get overthinking.

There is nothing bad if a person expect winning from his gambling because all people play to win and to make money so if a person is thinking about getting good outcomes from gambling its not bad but don't think too much about it as it can make you hair fall or any other mental stress so try to sleep well at night and leave all on your luck as Lose and profit is about our luck.

Some people play to pass the time or do experiments. I know winning is the ultimate end goal here but...

I remember the first time I heard about "martingale". I was in high school and the idea sounded very magical to me. All I had to do was doubling my bets till I win. I thought It was impossible to lose like that. -Silly me.  ;D

Of course in time I understood why it doesn't work but you know, I tried it anyway, like millions of people will do it too.

but usually what is expected by the gambler can not always succeed and not everything is in line with expectations because we know that gambling can not provide guaranteed benefits because it all depends on luck.

Well, that is why people are gambling. They want to get money in an easy way.

Expecting too much is the problem for most of the gamblers. They are thinking that if they gamble, they will win easily and quickly but that is not the case in gambling. They've expect too much that they can't take their losses and suddenly it will turn into stress and after that depression. If you can't take your losses then just not gamble. If you have a weak mind and heart to take it then stop gambling and just spend your money into other things. Gambling is not for you if you are weak enough to get depressed :D.

I agree that gambling isn't for people who are weak in mind and heart. I think we've been pretty bored to see some people being depressed because of gambling. Why they don't take some learning from other experience or reading some tips before playing? I'm sure by doing that, it can lessen mental stress. But if it also cannot help much even you have tried it many times, so just consider to quit or at least to stop a moment.  :D

Gambling makes people weak and unhealthy if the person is addicted. For strong mental resistance, addicted gamblers speak with their family or friends in order to get support, there is no gambling school which will teach this fact to us, unfortunately. Depression is the consequences, we need to go dipper for finding the real reason behind the depression. Winning and losing makes people more elastic emotionally, confirmed with my experience many many times...

When I do gambling; my focus and my thoughts are only about gambling but if I do something like household chores, different activities, work or even if I will sleep; I do not letting myself to think about gambling. There is psychological effect that can change my current lifestyle if I will always think gambling.
Yes it is true that many people are having time to sleep because they are thinking gambling especially if they lose big or win big. We should not always letting ourselves to think about it if we are doing something else. Gambling psychology is important and we should be aware of it.

Not to allow things to cover your whole mindset is good practice to avoid those sleepless night. Either you win or you lose that much it should be focused from the entertainment side and after that you should go away clean without any issue. Move forward with your life and forget about things that happened inside the gambling place, if you able to practice that then you will not be having any issue with sleeping the same time / way as before.

I think having that kind of problem will be a red flag for you because you are becoming an addict. For context, you are becoming obsessed and you think that you haven't had enough because you want to chase the thrilling feeling of gambling.

There were nights that I find it hard to sleep. I also lost a fair amount of money. I hope that this will serve as a reminder to never gamble beyond your means. One thing that helped me is playing the demo/free version of the games. You can find some at bspin.io. I hope that this can help you as well.

It was a crazy thing to happen. I can't imagine how people would suffer such difficulties because of dumb gambling addiction. I think that even we caught into gambling addiction but having a situation like this, it not only an addiction but more than that case.
If someone has this particular case, he probably needs to see a doctor coz there is something, not normal and it needs to seek medical advice.

Those people or a player who gonna play until midnight is sign that you are being addicted because that time is people are going to sleep or they are rest now. But maybe because you have difficult to play is because you have think that you gonna want to play more and win when you play .

I think it's not about what time you will sleep, some people have different sleeping time, some wants to speed after 12 some sleeps before 12.
The issue here is the lack of sleep due to addiction, so as long as you sleep at least 8 hours which is the require sleep, I think you are alright and you don't have an addiction. Actually there are just part, there's a lot of factors to consider for a person to be addicted in gambling and addiction would really result to lots of sleepless nights as we don't have peace of mind.

It is going to be something else than called fun if the gambler continues to gamble for sleepless nights. Addicted gamblers can waste their time for recovering the loss and stepping in the profit with different strategies but not all of them become successful. At the end of story, all of them fail hard, as expected.

I don't think to play until midnight should be considered a sign of becoming a gambling addict. Some players just prefer to play until midnight, because it's very peaceful, and there's a good night mood that makes you chill while you play.

Similar to my case in my online gaming, I play until midnight because it's very satisfying to play in a quiet and peaceful place.

We can't assume those gamblers who remain until midnight are addicted to it already. Others just have fun with buddies and the bondings have been going on longer so they stayed until midnight.

That is not how it works for some gamblers :).

Some gamblers even gambling until late midnight (around 1 until dawn) just because they've started gambling in the evening and they sleep in the morning. Different gamblers have different routines depending on their availability of time. I can say that a gambler is addicted into gambling already if they are spending most of their time in gambling daily and they are not doing the things they are doing when they aren't addicted to gambling.

When I'm still playing a game where you need to be online until midnight (not necessary but you need to be online to become stronger in a fast way :D), I'm playing until midnight and just sleep at 4 AM the next day, will sleep for 2-3 hours and then play again until afternoon then sleep again :D.

Based on my experience, i don't have difficulty in sleeping as a gambler because i can have a good sleep, even i experiences losses in gambling. I just don't sleep early because i always play gambling in the midnight or very late that i will only get myself into sleep in the morning, and i think it is really normal for gamblers to play late at night time.

For people who play for fun or to entrain themselves would be fine as they play to enjoy and would not be tensed even if they lose a bit of money. But for those who depends upon the gambling income only or just who make income from gambling would be worried if they lose money and may find difficult to sleep on the days when they lose money.

Personally, I do gamble during the weekends and sometimes during late hours which is more convenient for me due to my nature of job. This has nothing to do with addiction, if you ask me. Although you're right for some group of individuals who are ambitions of winning which without they will continue their gambling. Many of such are likely to develope symptoms of addiction along the line, if not be control earlier. For those with families are not found in this group knowing fully well that; they're to be with their  families during night hours.

Obviously, this defeat will affect your life because apart from the quarantine or lockdown period it will also affect the world-famous sports that will certainly be postponed even until an undetermined time, because the pandemic itself is still very worrying because it is still spreading and even the case continues to increase so that with the incident, at least it can be made a lesson for all of us to stay in control when gambling and just enough to play with money that can be lost.

This is a different problem when calling it a job, gambling addicts are not concerned with losses and they do not have an impact on sleep difficulties despite losing bets. Still, if your nature is the job then any value of loss will make it difficult to sleep and even they tend to stop gambling due to large losses.

for now no longer (making my sleep difficult) because I am no longer a gambling addict..  a few years ago I had a bad time, I had trouble sleeping, had trouble socially and had difficulty managing my finances because of gambling.  Based on my experience, if you are a gambling addict (mild to severe) then your sleep activities will be disrupted because your mind is not far from gambling and that is the only thing that comes to mind that makes your sleep difficult..

Yes,  It has caused me a lots of sleepless nights,  I could remember when I lost some betting back then last year,  was kind of depressed,  you know the kind of thoughts that do come up when you lost,  you will just be thinking about what the money you can do with the money if you had not play the gamble

For clarification purpose, I didn't mean gambling is my job mate  ;D, but that; the only time convenient for me to gamble is during weekends and sometimes into the night hours. This shouldn't be seen as any form of addiction on my part. Any gambler can choose to gamble with his time in as much its convenient. My reply was to a quote above you which said: those who gamble into the night hours are likely to be gambling addicts, and was just trying to prove a point.

If gambling at a time that is convenient for you all night then it is not addictive because you do not do it every day except only weekends to enjoy life. People addicted to gambling position it as a primary part of their lives.

I'd agree with you that we need 7-8 hours of sleep at least for an adult person but still there are some gamblers who are already adopted with this kind of time schedule where they are awake at night and sleep at morning and TBH, not only gamblers are doing this kind of thing but also some virtual assistants who are working in other countries that has different time zone with them. It will depend on how do you take care for yourself. For me there are some who sees day as their sleeping time and night as the awake time and they can keep themselves healthy even though that is what they are doing.

I think I somehow get your point. You mean those people playing from the day until midnight, those who sacrificed their sleep just to gamble. I agree with you, it is a sign of addiction if one gamble for a whole day until midnight disregarding the responsibilities he should've done.  However, not all gambler playing until midnight is an addicted gambler. Maybe its just the available time for him to gamble and enjoy. Maybe he has a job and it is the only time he finds for playing. He can gamble at midnight and be a responsible and productive person again the next day.

It's pretty difficult to be in that situation knowing that you are in lock down and you will be needing that amount. Being bored is the common reasons why we keep in gambling in this type of situation but I am hoping that you should be careful next time and use only the extra money so you will not end up to this bad situation again.

In my case, I still have a control to my gambling expenses so I didn't came across to this kind of situation yet where we will be having difficulty in sleeping because of our loses.

Nahh, choosing gambling rather than sleeping is a huge sign of gambling addiction just like gaming! When you choose something instead of sleeping just to have a pleasure/enjoy doing it is a sign of a addiction.

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Back to the topic. Yes, when I am losing a huge amount of money I am having a difficulty in sleeping considering that, I keep repeating the scenario in my mind thinking what do I do wrong and what if I do this move and more what if's. My coping mechanism to this is watching movie first and then, sleep after that so that, I will forget my loss and to enjoy sleeping.

I still remember the time when I got addicted into an online gambling that I played when I was in High School (Secondary Level). There are times that I will play night until 4 A.M the next day and will wake up at 7 A.M the same day. That doesn't happen everyday (it is happening like once or twice weekly) but that affected my body as I'm very skinny at that time. There are no benefits of addiction whether it is gambling or gaming addiction :).


Were the complete opposite not only because I'm only gambling small amounts of money but how I react when I lose my funds.

Whenever and before I gamble, I always put my mind into a state that whenever I lose my money I will not feel anything. No regret, no disappointment, no nothing although when I was starting in gambling I always feel this. Feeling regret and disappointed but I didn't felt that feeling where I can't sleep because I lose in gambling for some reasons. Maybe because I'm just noob or just I don't feel anything like a doll :D

I'm glad that there is no football competition at the moment, it has really helped me alot, addiction has been controlled,  perhaps I might quit it eventually,  because I realized that I've been able to save more in the last 5 weeks as compared to previous months

Oh, I think its effective, I do it too sometimes. Whenever I spent money to play, I always talk to myself. I train myself not too expect anything. If I win, its good! If I lose, then it will be okay too, I already accepted that it can come to that point. Its like mind conditioning, fully understanding the risk you are into. You already accepted the fact that gambling is winning and losing. I also avoid betting money that I really need, I just bet money that I can afford to lose.

So yeah, I can still sleep at night with that in mind. If there is a thing that makes me have difficulty in sleeping, it wouldn't be about the money I lost in gambling, cause I know from the very start what I've gotten into. Its easier to accept a lose in that way.

It's been a month now, have you said it already on your family and do you still continue being in this situation? If not, best you should quit with it that'll will lead to more serious problem not just sleepless night but some situations like squabble with your wife and similar things that possible to happen.

I don't agree that it's tempting right now to gamble there are other things to keep busy on even online. Learning is lifelong process go watch some DIY videos that might be of benefits to your home if you wanted to learn new skills there are tons of free courses on other sites and even on YouTube. I don't buy being tempted that much on gambling these days unless that's what you only think that you can get money that easily I will really don't argue with you on that, that's your own choice.

That is because we are still at the pandemic, and all of the sports, not just football competitions has been postponing. But I am sure that if the pandemic is over, the sports will start to make a new schedule for every competition, and people will have their time to go out from their home to watch the match. I think this pandemic will not end in shortly because the doctor and scientist still search the right vaccine to the infect people.

Offcourse, no gambler will say that, he has not worried about their loose in the past. In the  past, I suffered many  lose which caused me serious sleepless night but was able to get out of the string. That was the first time and the last time I experienced such thing. The problem here isn't the lose but greedily fellow who are not satisfied with their winnings during the game process, but later lost all their winnings back to the house.

Then congrats. You're not addicted yet to gambling. You're not one of those I've knew before. It is not online gambling coz in that time, internet is not yet the popular. They can't sleep because they are playing card games with betting. Their only break is when they are going to eat or will go to comfort room. Even though it is 2AM in the morning, they are still lively and awake.

Thanks to ask mate, what happened was for me to learn a lesson and I have learned my lesson in this regard. What happened have been put in the  past and.nothing will ever push me to carryout such stupidity. Also, I have come to a reality that, "gamble what you can afford to lose" is the best way to gamble, this has be what am practicing right now in practical.

like what kong hey said he play late night in the morning so 2am can be normal to some gamblers  .same on here people on our place do gamble overnight but they do sleep at the morning   . sleeping normally does not mean that your not addicted anymore but being addicted also means that you are spending most of your time on it and not doing any productive on other things    .  in my case , i have an insomia before but that is because im stressed on other stuffs not just because of gambling but luckily im recovering now

Many of the gamblers maybe are experiencing things like you experienced.

For sure, there are some who are spending too much money on gambling because on addiction and when they lost their money they will feel depressed, regret and sad. In my case, I didn't felt anything like this. I didn't felt any depression when I'm still gambling because before I deposit funds in the online site I'm ready for any situation that may happen. I have plans either I win or lose :D. I hope that some of the gamblers plan like I'm doing. Make a plan whenever you win and vice versa.

It is obvious that if you lose good amount of money then you will have sleepless nights. I have not experienced it yet and I do not intend to in the future. I gamble with what I can spare. I always gamble with small amount and never exceed the limit.

Huge losses can have psychological impact for us especially if we cannot fully control our emotions and our thoughts. There are many people who regretted their decisions after they lose in trading or in gambling, that is why we should have good psychology especially if we are a gambler or a trader. I have a experienced where I also have difficulties in sleeping because of the huge money that I lost, I know that there are also many gamblers who have same experienced with me.

For the Newbie yeah this is uncertain thats why may bring sleepless night but for the typical gamblers?losing Big amount is a normal thing and they are not bothered by this because their instincts telling them to try again next time so the chance of winning or recovering the funds is indeed(but of this is only their thoughts lol)
In this
part you admitting many losses and sleepless nights but bellow .

How come that it becomes the First and the Last?very contradicting lol.