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I'm just asking this question as I look back years ago when I was in the height of my gambling addiction. So perhaps I might also ask the community about it and see how it goes if we are the same or maybe those who might fall into addiction might have experience it already.

"What’s your worst loss, and how did you cope afterward? "

As for me, when I have one of those days that I have a big loss, it's more on a mental trauma to me. I can't function as normal, I went into depression mode, can't get out of my bed and go to work and will just call my boss that I'm sick. And this might take to 3 days or even a whole week. And of course, the physical effect as well, I can't eat and so I lose a lot of weight.

How about you guys? Did you experience this when you gamble a lot?

i don't remember tbh

probably would have been something close to $1000

and it must have made me mad and agitated..

but that's my coping mechanism for all the problems in my life

i just forget about it :D

This is an experience I hate to talk about but I guess I have no choice but to talk about it From time to time as it also serves as a lesson to me and other people, helps them to avoid making same mistake.

My worst gambling loss was during the 2022 world cup tournament, I lost a huge sum of money on a single bet, this money was my entire life saving plus money I took out from my business which I was supposed to buy goods to stock my almost empty shop with, money was worth millions in my local currency and thats really a lot..

I used this money to bet on a game thinking there was no way I wouldn't win it, but unfortunately, the game lost and my money was gone, when I learnt this, my legs could no longer be able to carry the weight of my body, and my heart became lighter than air, I fainted, I was rushed to the hospital where I spent 3 days on medication to help me recover from the shock, even till today, I become weak and sad each time I remember that loss, because i usually remember how far I would gone with that money which I ended up wasting..

Take a break in a few weeks - after recovering, gamble again but not with big money.

The worst loss we have definitely experienced before because it is a heavy trauma, especially the mind where the defeat continues to be in the mind and then blame yourself "why did this" after realizing that you have experienced a bad or big loss.

Now you have to be smart in managing your bankroll, because it avoids bad losses and doesn't want to happen again, so always set limits in gambling because this is important as a sense of responsibility.

Having a big loss is normal thing that we have in gambling but if you can realize the situation, you will try to stop gambling. You will try to cure the trauma slowly because you know that is not easy. That situation can happen to many gamblers but as long as they can prevent the big loss and avoid that, they will not get the same situation as you.

I don't get the same thing like you but I got a big loss before. I don't feel trauma or bad thing and only feel sad seeing my money is gone. I don't want to get it again and always limit myself.

My worst loss has nothing to do with losing big or small, it was out of greed. I remember regretting for losing because I refused to take the cash out offer giving to me by the casino. Only one match was left and I had so much confidence on the last team to win. During the first half they were winning, it increased my confidence, only for the team to loss the game in second half. So I lost everything. It was painful but it thought me a huge lesson.

I once lost quite a lot of money in just one gamble or in one night, that incident made me upset because why should I continue to gamble at the same time this happened because I wanted to recover my losses so I continued to deposit the money I had when I had lost. Even so, I still feel lucky because I can learn from that incident which makes me now able to gamble with discipline so that the same thing does not happen again.

Overcoming such an incident, there is no other way than to forget it, because in my opinion there is no other way than that, do we have to chase it? no, that's not the way to overcome it, I also tried to accept it and rest to forget it.

My worst experience was when i started betting above my limits, while i was promoting stake some years back, there was an experience i can never forget, then i hard around $190 USDT on my stake balanc and i was looking for $250 to complete a payment, and i was risking my balance on sport betting to make up for the remaining.

Before i know it, i was already losing and wala i blow off my entire balance on few games that i thought i will win and just walk away, since that experience, i hard to adjust myself and withdraw from gambling actively by all means to avoid dipper addictions tendency.

In my case I would say that probably more than $900 in a given month. I might not be that aggressive and addicted to gambling, but I don't know, I have those nights that I really lose every hand I got. I lost in baccarat, slot machine as if I was really that very unlucky that night. And so I try to chase everything, withdraw money from ATM inside the casino. And then after that, same experience, it's really hard to understand that really happen to that night, as if I don't have control. So I went days trying to recover from the physical exhaustion. So it's likely takes me a week or two to recover, I just try to salvage what I have that time and try to learn very hard from that lesson not to play and gamble that kind of no control attitude.

I've had some experiences that I can't really recall but the most important thing is that I learnt how to build my mindset to cope with those losses. This is very crucial for you to develop as a gambler, any money lost in gambling can never be recovered no matter how hard you try and even if you manage to recover by luck greed would set in and you'd end up losing everything. I just find a way to distract my mind after losing and move on

I can remember it, it wasn't that big for some but for me that was really a big one at that time. Well after I lost, my natural instinct is to deposit more trying thing like playing casino and try sports betting with low odds with multiple parlay bets until I lose all and deposit again and try slots and provably fair games at that point I didn't know that I am losing more for trying to catch my losses. After that, I stopped playing and reflect on myself and think what can I do or buy with those amounts I've lost and afterwards I commit to myself that if I ever play again, I'll just limit myself with a certain amount or bankroll per week and it actually works, sometime I don't play but whenever I play I limit myself with a certain amount.

My biggest loss was $250 (not my own money, by the way), in the sense that I started with $10 and through a series of bets on roulette, between red and black, odd or even and a pinch of luck I managed to accumulate $250 in several days (I didn't withdraw) thinking of increasing my "earnings".
I started betting $1 at a time (initially I bet $0.10) and after 15 minutes I lost practically everything I had accumulated.
I was really upset, an unbridgeable feeling of failure.
Over time I learned to manage my emotions and now after years I am a normal player, who plays when he wants or has money.

I lost $500 two years back on slots. I was very sad and it took me some months to overcome that. I decided to go on a long break for eight months without gambling, in order to make sure that I don't lose any money on gambling during that period.

When I started gambling again, I had to set a gamble budget and a time limit in order to enable me gamble responsible and limit my losses. This has helped me so much because I gamble within a certain time interval without spending more than the amount that I have assigned to gamble with on that day.

My biggest lost was not even up to a hundred in dollars but it affected me because I wasn't ready to lose the money but I knew what I was getting into but I still want to feel it, I saw it coming but I choose to feel what others felt when they lose money.

I got over it after a week and came up with a better plan to be a responsible gambler, all my life my parent have always warned against gambling, they hate gambling so much because of the damages it done to people around them.

I never thought that I will become a gambler some day because sometimes ago I used to hate gambling too because I listened to what my father said, but later I felt like I am ready to face the worth since I am no more a youth, old enough to handle any problems now.

Just accept the defeat and forgive yourself, that’s the best way to move on from a serious mistake.

when I was younger, I experienced one of my worst losses in gambling, I was betting money I couldn’t afford to lose, and to make things worse, I was under the influence of alcohol.  All I had was aggression and zero clear thinking. In the end, I lost not only my own money, but also money that was entrusted to me. It was a hard lesson, but accepting what happened was the first step toward becoming more responsible.

I have suffered losses but in really small quantities, I dont wager large amounts at a time
so I dont suffer shocking amounts.

Some of the reports here really highlight that there is no certainty in sports betting in
particular. This is my mindset from the start so I wouldnt even dream of dropping
$100's on a bet when everything points to a certain win.

I hope this thread is an eye opener for some people to be a bit more cautious when
they are gambling and not let their emotions rule the way they gamble.

My worst loss happened when I was addicted to gambling and it happened in 2019. That day was on Sunday, I did not know what happened and I lost I think more than $500 in just a day after many bets. All my bets that were losses to the extent I was thinking if something was happening to me. It really later depressed me that day. I am now a changed person as I am no more addicted to gambling.

I can’t remember exactly when, but I clearly remember the amount, I lost around $2,000 in less than a week.

That was during a time when I was extremely aggressive with sports betting. I was placing $200 bets at minimum because I was so convinced I could be profitable. I had a good start, which gave me false confidence.

But then the law of averages kicked in, and I hit a losing streak, the exact opposite of what I experienced earlier. It was a tough and painful lesson.

After that, I learned from my mistakes. I started managing my bankroll more effectively, dropping my minimum bet to just $10  and that allowed me to stay longer in the game and avoid burning out.

It’s really sad when losses like that happen in slots. Usually, when we play slots, the goal is to bet small and hope for a big win so losing $500 feels like a lot.

You were probably being aggressive and got caught up in the moment  that kind of “hypnotized” state where you lose control.
If it happened in sports betting or poker, maybe it wouldn’t sting as much since those games involve some strategy. But in slots? that kind of loss hits different.

There is no point in saying that your condition resembles psychological trauma when in fact it is. You are not alone. I think everyone goes through all such states until they learn the lesson and do not repeat such mistakes in the future. No one will argue that gambling is very addictive. I think everyone started with great reluctance to break away from the game. But only when we understand that we have lost a significant amount does the understanding that the importance of control is necessary become apparent, above all. This happened to me in my youth. In the scratch lottery, I lost so much that with this money, I could have eaten decently for a week in the student canteen. I learned my lesson, and after that, I tried to turn on the red flags when I had the desire to feel like a millionaire and be a spendthrift.

I have experienced a big loss but it was all from the result of me playing with a small capital or you could say I was greedy at that time so that the victory was taken back, I regretted it and almost 2 days I could not sleep because I thought about my mistake but honestly to experience a big loss that resulted in my finances being destroyed I have never experienced it and do not want to be at that point.

My biggest mistake was to play with the entire remaining balance I had. At that moment, it was basically an all in game, and I quickly lost everything. At the time, I was very upset, but now I even see it positively, because first, it became a lesson for me and I have never gone all in since then. Second, it was a small amount, and for such a lesson, I believe it was a fair price.

What I remember is that I lost more in investing in gambling sites than I lost from playing.
And that was an experience that traumatized me if I had to invest again in gambling sites, for example by buying tokens.

I am a player who does not dare to take big risks, that's why if I lose because I play it is still within the limits that I can afford to lose, but investing in one of these gambling sites is different, thinking that I will get a good return but on the contrary, but still feeling lucky because I managed to get out even with a loss because many have not been able to get out because they think the token price can still improve.

You have a serious problem, you probably have a gambling problem, you have to stop playing forever, because when you play you are not having fun, on the contrary, when you play you have negative feelings and it is negatively affecting your life. Your job should be a priority, you cannot harm yourself at work because of gambling. This is very serious, try to stop playing for a while, if you can't stop playing, then you are addicted to gambling.


I have had many losses and none of them made me sad or negatively affected my life.

My worst loss was experienced when I still do buy games.

I bought this games from a Facebook user for $100 comprising of a 4:0 correct score and a straight win. I combined them and failed to play the 4:0 single, but I played the straight win single because I thought it had more chances to come through, long story cut short, the correct score came through and the straight win messed the ticket up. What angered me the most was that if I had singled out the correct score, I would've won a lot of money since the odds were over 50, but I lost everything which amounted to almost $150. Since then, I don't think I have ever bought games again, I was really heartbroken.

I think in my early days of gambling I was more of the winning side, because I had a lot of friends who were pretty good with sport betting. They mostly just share me their games and I placed my bets. The probability of winning was a bit manageable until I no longer had someone to share it with me. So I decided to learn on my own. It wasn't easy because most of my games became losses but I just had to manage my risk properly. Upon joining this forum I was able to learn many things from old gambling members which also helped my gambling journey...

I gamble a lot but within my gambling bankroll range that I can afford to lose. I do lose big sometimes but I do feel the same sad for losing big or small but I do recover almost instantly after I turn away to my computer.

I believe most of us here feel sad when we lose regardless of the amount even if we can afford to lose it. Being afford to loss that money doesn’t make us no emotion when we lose.

My win or loss is usually calculated before the bet is placed so they are always within my acceptable limits. This is why it's hard for me to measure what I should call worst loss. Maybe it could be some days in which I encounter series of losses which made me to stop gambling after a while. Planning is good for gambling as it help us not to make the mistake of over gambling and losing too much.

I can't remember what my worst loss was from gambling because I don't gamble much and when I do I use the amount of money that I won't lose too much. I keep that budget for entertainment. So I don't remember any instances where I suffered a bad loss. this history will belong to those who are deeply addicted to gambling and gamble regularly. Losses are inevitable in gambling, but as long as one gambles within a limit and his budget is only for entertainment, he has no problem losing it. But if someone gambles more than the limit, then that will be his worst loss.

In the past I had experienced the dark world of addiction and had left this forum for several years. Long story short I lost most of what I had and felt completely devastated after realizing all the valuables I had sold. After that I was able to recover with the help of a woman who is now my wife and patiently she helped me slowly forget the regret. After I felt I got full attention and I promised myself to stop gambling. But after a long time being helped by my wife I had the desire to gamble with a small amount and my wife was always ready to warn me not to use my daily needs money and to keep betting in small amounts.

Regret after losing money is very natural. With that experience gambling with small amounts will not put strong pressure on our minds.

If i could remember vividly, my greatest regret gambling has been coming repeatedly as am gambling, because i discover that when i set a game slip with a number of matches, then i single bet will be the only one to cause the entire matches to waste and failed attempt, then this has always been a major concern to me to why it has always been coming in this manner, for me to have gone through more than five games and be left with a single match that now turned a lose game, it could be annoying and at the same time disappointing.

First of all, thumbs up for having the courage to say this in a public setting like this. Most users will never try that because they're scared of being judged by the public. Second of all, how did you get yourself off that tight spot -- where you call the "height" of your addiction?

This is serious!! Personally, I don't feel any type of after-effect like you do, so let's discuss about yours. How did it get to a point where you started experiencing all these symptoms as a result of a huge loss? It's good that you have a DR in your job that's lenient enough to overlook those your excuses, otherwise your depression will not just be over a loss in gambling, but from a dismissal at work as well. If it ever gets to this extent folks, stay away from gambling completely!

But that kind of thought will still cross your mind at times, the "what ifs", even if you say you've forgotten about it.
Unless, of course, you have so many hobbies or things to do that you truly move on and forget. I guess that's a positive way to look at it.

I am a very conservative gambler and I have not had to suffer any huge losses expect for my early days which I suffered a loss that I consider the biggest because then it was seen as a huge one been that I have not suffered a loss in that amount  at once and ever since I have not had a reason to suffer loss than that because I do not make high stake and I try to make sure I do not suffer that amount of loss again.  It was a $10 loss and for me then it was a big deal,  I know for others it will be considered a little amount but for me it was a huge one and now I do not allow losses in that amount at once.

My worst loss was $350 in slot game and this happened as a result of being addicted to slot I was gambling beyond my limit then I didn't realize what I was doing not until I end up gambling with the money that I already made a budget of what I'm going to use it for, I just feel that the money isn't going to be enough for me to start up with, Don't even know how I came up with this silly idea of gambling with the money to see if I can double it. but greed didn't allow me to say No" to this silly idea until I end up losing the whole money. I deeply regretted this, then I decided to put an end to it.

Pathological gambling is a critical trouble, afaik with 12-24% of individual attempting suicide. This addiction hijacks the brain's reward scheme, regulating your rebuke and greed, and flourishing emotion of guilt. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is many times obliging, and is efficacious in 60-80% of sick person. Online or group remedial treatment both work. Hold up groups like GA, SMART Recovery, or GamCare could also save lives. Other requirement for a in good trim lifestyle include a good night's sleep, exercise, and open communi cation. Don't give up on yourself, you are a refuge for many. In my case, I haven't crossed the threshold of problem gambling yet.

It was the first time when i was having a losing streak, and didn't have enough experience to understand that it would be unwise to dig yourself out of that hole by more gambling.

That had to happen few times before i got my close friends to bail me out. And i when i said the reason out loud i felt so silly and ashamed. Only way at the time i knew how to cope was to quit completely, and that was wise choice in hindsight. I didn't have experience or skills to to follow budget yet, so i would have just made more mistakes if i carried out gambling.

Only later on i developed tricks how to use money responsible way, and that way my life won't fall apart because i haven't payed rent or something. Now i can gamble, because i control my gambling more then my gambling controls me.

Very close to what happens in roullete games, where I'd feel devasted over not choosing red and go for black, and red plays out, or even a specific figure can come in mind as the right one and I'd not choose it, then that same digit comes to be the right choice. All of that gets really annoying and hard to forget, regarding, not just the amount lost, but the supposed profits that would have emerged from the right predictions.

For now and this moment I have never experienced something bad in the gambling arena, in the future I don't know.
The reason:
I gamble not in large quantities, I place a bet as much as I can, I shouldn't have forced to gamble.

I understand that gambling will not bring myself to succeed, I gamble does not have a goal, I mean today there is more money I bet and if there isn't of course I don't have a problem, if you win and lose in small amounts often, but not lose in big and bad.

I haven't been a gambling addict before so I can't personally say how it feels to be one as per experience, and as a result I haven't spend beyond my risk appetite that I can't take in for a loss on any bet. Though there are times I consciously stake high amount at once but not outrageous amount. Funny enough, all the times I have stake with a high amount at once I have been losing those bets. ;D

I am thankful I have not been in depression, even though I lost a large sum of money. I actually wasted the money that is meant to pay the electric bill and I was so damned stressed on what I should do. Thankfully, my wife was still supportive, and she made money and helped me out. After that, I stopped gambling for a long time, and when I went back, I made sure that I just spent the right amount that I could afford to lose.

I can say I learned my lesson from that. I didn't fall to gambling addiction too because I was so damn frustrated to myself that I hated the gambling application that I used and uninstalled it quickly.

Getting your life impacted is a sign that maybe gambling should be stopped at least in the mean time. I do not know how you are doing now but I hope you are better and not going through this anymore when you lose.

I guess it depends how big you have lost and whether that came from your actual wallet. For me losing some decent amount of money would be disappointing but since it also just came from my other wins, it did not hit as hard. I can just take a little break and continue when I have calmed down.

When you lose a huge amount of money that you are not supposed to lose, you will feel that way. I understand the trauma because it also happened to me. I’ve blamed myself for the blunder, and this kind of trauma takes time to heal, but once you heal, you have learned a big lesson not to gamble with money that you can afford to lose, because you now know how it feels.
You become a better gambler because you have seen and felt the worst, and you don't want that to happen to you.
 

There's a lot of ways to cope with losses and as a gambler that has had some losses in the past I did some of these things to get over these phase... first one is accepting your losses, it might be something gamblers hear all the time but they fail to practice it.. just the same way you withdraw your profits when you win you must also accept your losses too... second thing is to find a distraction, possibly something you can earn from to keep yourself busy

I still remember that my biggest loss in gambling was happened on last year because at that time i loss huge amount of money through an slot game and this incident makes me out from gambling for few months because i got a trauma to return to gambling but gradually i have return to gambling which finally i can restore my mentally again but since that loss i can control myself while gambling and i would never to gambling again using the money which i cannot afford to lost

I can at least feel how complicated the situation can be when someone loses a lot of money, especially more than they can afford to lose. I myself used to like to gamble a lot. At one point, when my losses were very high, I tried to understand a little about my gambling to see why I was losing so much money on gambling. Had I started to think of gambling as a source of income? Surely those who spend a lot of money on gambling have ‍ same purpose. Anyway, I tried to move away from that position. Although I had some difficulty because my losses were very high at that time and it's really hard to stay normal during the time. but gradually I was able to come to a normal life. Those who are betting with the expectation of winning big from gambling need to change their purpose or they will have a bitter experience. If you have money to lose, it is good to bet.

I believe my biggest loss to this date could not be seen as significant as someone who loses near one thousand dollars, as someone already mentioned on this thread, but it was enough money to solve domestic problems, buy food or medicine and things like it. It was back in 2022 or so and it happened while I was playing dices. I was using that dumb set up of using a relatively high wager and low multipliers, believing I would get some dollars from my session and withdraw it all once I finisned.
Luck got against and and ended up losing my wager in a single dice roll.

I felt bad for several days, almost a week. I stop gambling for almost a month until I felt comfortable enough and understood it was a lesson I was supposed to learn about trying to get dollar out my dices rolls.

Anyways, I sincerely hope nobody ends up ruining their life because of greed and the believe they can outsmart the system set up by the house.

Not directly gambling, but I took a chance on buying a S19 mining rig with a company in Texas (Bolt) and got rugged.

Did my research, and it still happened.

Not a new story, and trusting a miner hosting company often ends in tears.

That moment when I lose all my allowance due to gambling addiction, and I ended up seeing myself getting into hunger that week. I was still a student way back then so I have no other choice but to tell my parents so that I can survive for that 1 week.

It’s not my biggest loss, but it’s certainly my worst. And one thing I’ve learned from it, never gamble an amount that you can’t afford to lose, otherwise it will only lead to regrets and you have nothing to do but to learned from it, and never repeat the same mistake again.

All gamblers experience significant losses. Of course, the definition of "significant" varies from person to person. Some consider $100 a large sum of money, while others consider $1,000 a small amount.
Regardless of this, losing a large sum of money puts a person in a difficult psychological state, causing them to act irritably, become angry for the most trivial reasons, and begin yelling at those who upset them, especially their wife and children.

In any case, it's not important to remember the amount of loss we've incurred, but rather to learn a lesson from the loss we've incurred.

As for me, my biggest loss was around $500, but it took me two days to lose the money in gambling. The first day, I deposited around $200 and lost it. The second day, I deposited the remaining $300, which was the last money in my account. I was really going crazy during that period. Should I say it took me almost a month to get myself back?

After I lost the $500, the funny part about it is that I'm not the type use to gamble often, and I'm also not the kind of person use to stake with a large amount of money. I think it was since then that I started allocating money for gambling, and once it finishes, I will never deposit any amouth more until next month again no matter amount i have in my account.What really made the $500 i loss hurt so much and affected me that deeply was that it was the last money in my account and I even struggled before I was able to gather that $500 at that period.

I must be frank with you I have never gambled to that extent where when you lose gambling you found it so hard to comport yourself naturally and never allow such things to weigh you down.
What I also sense here is that as a gambler when you are gambling with an amount extremely higher than what you expected then it would gradually brings you down because you are gambling with an amount that is not subjected to lose or risking away. Though we talked about having funds allocated to gambling account; of course it's another major reason all gambler should follow to enable them remains vigilant and positives, even though you are losing it's assumed that such amount that one uses to gambling is not worth of killing oneself to the amount of funds that are being allocated to your gambling accounts.

The fact is that when a large amount is used in gambling, an amount that you are not ready to lose and if the game ends up with an outcome that you never planned for, you will definitely feel bad about it. There are always consequences to playing with an amount that you can afford to lose. Sometimes you may be lucky to escape it, but if the outcome of the games turns out the other way round, one will end up being emotional. Gambling is risky, and when a risk is taken and a gambler is not lucky, it may lead to depression.

The truth is that if a larger amount is used in gambling and the outcome is a loss, there is nothing one can do about one's emotions. By seizing it, you must definitely go through the pain; that is why it is advisable to gamble with what you can afford. Emotions are static when the right amount is not being used for gambling; you must go through it.

When it comes to losses, don't ask again, some gamblers may have experienced bad luck where they lost in gambling.

Ever lost more than $ 1000 --- and it became stressful due to losing some money spent in gambling without any left and only regret.

Then once made $ 20 into $ 300 more from winning several slot games, but in the end lost again because greedy wanted to increase the amount of winnings, ahh all of this has become regret and become the worst loss.

I don't recall any instances where I lost a significant amount, which is a sign that I remain a disciplined and responsible gambler. :D

My coping mechanism is simply and practical, just create distractions and try to be social even though it's not who really I am which will help me to make things forget and let's see if there is anything positive that I can give my attention and try to be productive this isn't just related to gambling but to everything that brings me down.

I don't remember when I lost the biggest amount of money yet I recall extremely well the worse lose according to my terms and that was when I experienced 24 buy bonuses in a row in Rabbit Garden slot from Pragmatic Play and exactly after another 5 super buy bonus in Sweet Bonanza 1000, again a game from the same provider. The rage, uncontrollable at that time though it was exactly that rage that made me decide to quit gambling indefinitely since that very night, the worse night of my life yet, I didn't have nor desire nor the psychological condition to cope with it afterward so I decided to stop coping with gambling altogether. The best decision of my life until yet, I highly doubt it will change, I only gamble very little money now and stay calm whatever happens to my little money, be it a win or loss.

I don't have this experience maybe because I don't go above what my emotions can't handle. I have loss money in trading one time and I know how it hurt, I don't allow gambling greed to make me make some uncertain decisions that is going to hurt me later in the future, so I do settle for small amount of wagers and then hope to win something with that amount. If I win I appreciate it and if I lose I feel nothing, that's how you deal with emotions in gambling.

The only times I will say I was hurt in gambling is anytime I have a potential winor cashout option but I refused to use it just because I believe that the game will come home. It has hurt me so many times and this thing is very tricky. When I have cashout and decide to take half amount of money or lower, the games ended up just like I predicted them but after the ones I don't cashout ended up disappointing me and I still haven't figure out how to deal with it.

As of when I started gambling, almost every lose felt like a great loss for me and was really a worse experience of someone still trying to get acquainted to what gambling losses looked like, I was not even gambling with big amount but as of then, the money i spent was of much importance to me, one can say it's a spare cash but after losing it, you will regret of not using it to buy food and eat so that you will know you benefited from the money. There's one incident I can not remember but I know that how I managed my emotions despite facing those those losses was that I did nothing about it, I kept on playing until I started getting used to it.

It is something that is quite natural for someone to experience when they experience a significant loss and indirectly that mentality also shows that you are not a responsible gambler, honestly I have also been in a phase like that before but not as bad as what you experienced OP until you don't want to eat and don't want to go to work, the worst for me (when I was still an impulsive gambler) was that I became unfocused in doing something because of my bad mood due to thinking about defeat but it didn't last long, only one day and it didn't make me skip work. One way I do to get rid of that annoyance is to fill my free time with various things so that my mind is diverted so that I can forget about the defeat.

I have never gamble and loss to the extent that I can't come out of my bedroom, not able to eat nor drink. Although I have lossed some decent amount that I proposed to use for something important to me, but I end up gambling it all as a result of greed and chasing after loses. But even as at then I was very sad but I never took it to that extent because I always bear it in mind that life is all about profit and loss, and not something to get worked up when there is loses, afterall when I win I am happy and may not shears the news to people, so if I also lose I don't have to worry about anything. I will just count it as one of my bad days and proceed my life.

One of my colleagues told me that he has access to a rigged or fixed game. He said he was sure that we would win big if we bet on these games. Greed took over me and I wanted to win big. I had to use all my one week allowance to place the bet. When the game came out, it became clear that we had been deceived,  we lost the bets. It was a frustrating experience because I had used all the money I was to use for my basic needs like food and drinks. I was forced to depend on my fellow workers to survive and it was frustrating. This was when I learned never to bet on money that should be used for essential need. The most painful part was that I had to beg to survive for one week.

It still hurts to be talking about this, I have once lost my whole salary to gambling and went ahead for a loan and still lose it still went ahead in selling my cellphone and still lose it, all in one day, I was so devastated it seems the whole world was crashing on my head that very day, it was indeed a black Tuesday for me, and it was at that moment I decided never to fall such victim again, and from that day I marked my limits in gambling, because it was that same day I still realized there's more in gambling than just staking some amount of money, like at that process you will feel nothing but desperation of gaining your Lost and at the point of gaining it you keep Lossing, so I will only advise anyone that's not yet into gambling should please never in your life should you go into that dirty business.

It's a simple step, I took a break for a few weeks and when I started again I became more smart and careful. Sometimes you need to hit rock bottom or make certain mistakes at an early phase of life to learn your lessons on order not to make those mistakes later in the future. One thing gamblers need to learn after taking a big loss, taking a break is necessary but when you are getting back into the game make sure you start off with low stakes

I haven't had any major losses in gambling, but I don't remember losing 4000BDT in my local currency on a sports betting bet.
At that time I was mentally broken because I thought I would definitely win the match but it ended in a draw. And I lost 4000 BDT on that bet. Later I was able to stop myself from betting for a long time for a few months but with time I started forgetting the earlier losses and now I don't remember any regrets about those losses. However, the losses in the early part of life are not easily forgotten.

You wanted to cheat, so you got cheated!!!  ;) That's so funny.
This is worse than a normal loss. When you lose normally, you feel very sad, but when you lose because you were scammed by a gambling site, you get double the sadness, become very upset, and find yourself in a difficult psychological state.
Avoid trusting anyone, even your closest friend.

That is really a very heartbreaking story of your life. You beg for your survival. What else should gambling do to a gambler? In gambling, luck is the most important factor, which can make you win if it's on your side otherwise, it will make you a beggar. But besides this, prediction is the worst enemy. How can you predict that I can be on your side without knowing anything? I would advise you not to use the money you are using for personal expenses and to work on your control system to get the situation under your control. Secondly, if you are putting your life at risk, then do what is necessary to make your bet win.

Had it been you have been well informed or experienced in gambling as at then, maybe you would have sensed a warning alarm and check on the conditions on this, had it been it is true, he would have done it alone without even bothering to get you involved, but for him knowing about the condition and the risk attached, he wouldn't let you know about such, instead, prefer you both taking the risk together, it could be a better experience indeed as you have said.

Well the only time I think a gambler should get sober for his loses is when he probably got greedy and decided to increase his stake but end up losing the bet, it's ok to feel regrets but in scenario where you applied the write risk management and gambled with just penny from your residual income it should be considered that loses happen and that's normal. Though I understand the type of scenario the op is pointing out, and it more like when you gambled irresponsible or were too aggressive with your bet. Usually this happen to those who are very desperate to make a win from gamble, this is also common in trading.

Mine was betting $100 on red 30 at roulette table on my 30th birthday the lady at the table was like are you sure you want to do that I wouldn't and then sure as shit I say okay fine then lets go with your gut and put $100 on black instead.... Low an behold guess what it rolls a dang red 30 that would of been $90k profit I think I called over the manager an was like yo this chick just talked me out of the bet an you mean to tell me its not rigged made a scene an instead of getting at least free drinks they kicked me out!

It's terrible and it's very difficult to cope with the consequences of your emotional state after this situation. I think I would think about it for a very long time, not only for months, but for several years. In any case, I think that you will only become stronger for future shocks and they will not be able to affect you emotionally. Although many players could completely stop playing after this, saddened by the result. In any case, wanting to bet on one number, but in fact betting on another does not mean anything because it is only important what we do, and not what we wanted and thought, this is the whole point of gambling. For example, if you won with the last bet, you would not even remember that you wanted to bet on 30 black, but were happy with the win, so do not think badly about this situation.

No matter how strong you are, your definitely think about this for days because losing out on $90k isn’t something that you can just get off your mind by just engaging in a different activity - it might go for sometime but the moment you’re idle again that thought of the lady talking to you that made you change your bet is going to haunt you.

As for you making a scene, it won’t help because they’ll say that you’re supposed to not listen to anyone’s advice and bet on your game because that person isn’t going to take responsibility if you should lose the game.

It's either you are extremely rich or you are pretending and trying to hide from the pains that you feel... you can't just forget about losing a thousand dollars expect it's an insignificant amount of money to you and even most people that are rich will feel pained if they lose at a stretch...money is hard to come by and no matter how wealthy are losing some amounts will definitely be hard to forget

For this to have happened then the loss must have been really big. And maybe mixed with "would have or could have" you know what I mean. Some losses are bearable and some others are just very painful and need some days before the pain goes away.

Of everything I read, it makes me happy that you have some control over your gambling.

I have experienced the guilt of , "I could have done it like this instead of this" but it doesn't last 24 hours. It goes away quickly. Despite this, I do not go back to gambling immediately like the next day. I give it some days before I return.

Break in between us very important whenever the loses hits you hard, you have to come to a point where taking a rest at each point after ra lose is necessary this helps you to regain the already exusted energy and at the same time gives you chances to reflect on your past gambling actions and to change whatever you want to change before you return back to active gambling again and that time you be better off.

One thing I've actually come to understand about gambling is without it is very important that you accept that you have eventually lost the bet even before you lose it this will prevent you from having any emotional stress if you eventually lose the bet and if you win it will be a thing of joy and  surprise since you expected the loss initially.  It's high time you understand as a gambler that sometimes luck may not be on your side and there is almost nothing you can actually do about it.

This largely depends on your playing style. If you're betting 100% of your bankroll, you might want to stop immediately if you lose. However, if you're betting 20% of your bankroll on your first try, you still have four more chances if your first try loses. This approach allows you to avoid having to stop after the first loss, but of course, 100% of your bankroll is a budget you can afford to lose.

A losing streak is certainly devastating for a gambler, but losing 100% of your bankroll once is even more frustrating. I tend to prefer losing five times over losing once with the same bankroll; this allows me to stay in the casino longer. You can certainly try other approaches, but I've found the one above works best for me.

Does the friend work in the place that usually make such thing posible?, perhaps I believe those days was when you were not much into gambling to no if that's true because with knowledge you must've gotten now there is no way you would fall into such talk, actually this can be very annoying for believing in something that was totally a joke and later realized it when the person has already used all the money they had to gamble it, sometimes when one listen to people in gambling you loss the money you could have reduced if it was done from your strategy.

Wow, that's so f*cked up, I would be so pissed, but even then, it's you who ended up changing the bet, thus, in the best case scenario, you'd get a few drinks, and in the worst, you'd be kicked out, just like it happened. This incident shows to always trust your instincts,. even if they end up false, because it's your own responsibility to own up your mistakes. Being talked into changing your initial bet sucks, always go with the option you chose first.

As for the OP, I'd advise him to decrease his gambling budget if he's suffering a mental breakdown after losing. I'd rather not see myself losing a considerable amount of money, thus, I prefer to avoid it in the first place.

I experienced my worst loss during my time as a college student when I used all of my savings that I earned through gambling.

I have shared this before and to cut it short, I used to bet Dota 2 skins back in the days. I have accumulated a total of around ~$200 at that time (I started from zero) in a span of two (2) months. After saving that much money, I waged all of my bets on a team who was favored to win 90% during that time. Unfortunately, however, the favorite team loss and I lost all of my money that I have saved.

That experience taught me a valuable lesson- that no matter how prepared you are in your bets, there will always be that small chance of failing at the end. Currently, I still see it as my worst loss not because of the value of money that was waged but the impact that it left me that still scarred me to this very day.

I can actually handle losses pretty well. Since the last cycle in 2021, when I lost a lot of money with NFT games, I simply stopped putting in more money than I'm comfortable losing. I've been doing that ever since, and I manage my emotions quite well. Another thing I do is close the site and go do something else after a loss, I never try to chase losses. I just consider it a lost cause and move on.

I also lost a lot of money on nfts as well, and one which I lost the most money on was on Dego finance, this I don't think I can ever forget, and up till date, I still have a lot of the Dego axes I bought for 0.2 eth each locked up in smart contract application that no longer exists, all of this are things I usually don't like remembering because the more I think about them, the more I become sad because it makes me realize how much money I wasted on useless investments.

But it's alright though, mistakes happen that we may learn, all of those experiences today serve as a good lesson, I no longer go about investing in anything with prospect, because I realized that not every project with good prospect will later succeed, most are here to simply suck away our money.

I've also in previous time lost a significant amount of money to betting, and this experience is one I have shared countless number of times, all of this experiences I believe is what has molded me into the person I am today.

It happened once, for some reason I can't explain to this day, I placed the wrong bet amount, a larger amount than I intended to bet on a particular match. I was at a barbecue and a soccer match was about to start. In the heat of the moment, I decided to bet. It was on autopilot; before I knew it, I'd already made the mistake, and for this reason, I avoid betting on my mobile device as much as possible, preferring my desktop. The result wasn't favorable; I lost the bet, and a larger amount than I should have. The value wasn't even very high, but a mistake like that shouldn't happen, it could have been much worse.

I wouldn't say it was my biggest loss because I hadn't intended to bet that amount, but it was a very painful loss. Just writing about it makes me feel angry at myself.

Anyway, life goes on. There was nothing I could do after the damage had already been done. Now, I check the amount at least three times before pressing the button to confirm the bet... ;D

My worst of the worst is around the $1000 range, the loss didn't sink in right away because it was spread throughout the month. It only hit me after a few days where I started thinking about how that money could've been used differently if I was able to cash it out. My way of coping was reading some of the gambling threads here and through another hobby, I remember starting a movie marathon just so I don't dwell on it for too long.

We have the same way of how we shift our mind on other things. Movie marathon. Although I add watching Animes too if I get bored with movies.

I lost a good amount too, I think that's over $300 in slots before I realized that I could've used that money for something better if I hadn't made that kind of bet. In my case, it was two months of playing back and forth, winning and then losing again. I cannot even tell if I enjoyed it because most of the time, it's a stressful losing streak before another high multiplier will come out. After I counted my losses, that's when I took a 3-day rest and just stayed busy watching movies, even the old ones that I had watched many times.

Lolz, and let's say for example, if you had lost this money on one game, the story would have been different.
From my personal experiences, losing an amount of money over multiple games spread out isnt as hurtful as losing a lumbsum on one game, i have already share this before, which is my worst ever lose to gambling, losing $3k on a single sports game, fainted and spent days in the hospital, I felt very miserable, this is an experience that I don't think I will ever forget, and even till today, I tell people around me about this and urge them never to be too confident in a team to an extend they will push their self into betting an amount of money they know they can not afford to lose.

Casinos don't show mercy and every lose is a lose and can never be returned except when you win, and to win, you have gather the courage, risk losing another money and pray that luck be on your side that particular moment.

My daughter was recently scammed in a trade in an online game (Roblox), where the counterparty failed to deliver... and she was devastated. It was a teachable moment, but I fear its changed her outlook on humanity and trusting others. It was enjoyable to teach her the concept of a trustless escrow though.

I can not remember my biggest loss in gambling, that is happen in the past. Besides that, I don't want to remember about that because that can attract me to recover my loss which will not easy.

I don't get a mental trauma because of the loss but it feel very disappointed as I lose the money. That was a bad day for me and almost make me spend more money and become addicted. But I am glad that I can realize my mistake and turn back myself to the right direction.

I stop gambling after that experienced and reduce my gambling activity. It feel not right to see more losses while I only playing gambling for fun. But because of the temptation, I get deeper in gambling.

I have had different worse losses, first was when I started gambling newly and believed that the way some friends were winning is also how I can win, but when I lost the money I should have used to purchase my needs, I just felt frustrated, there was another incident of when I was still in the university, I used my last money to stake on a game and I lost the money.  It was painful.

My biggest recent gambling loss was on slots. I didn't bet huge amounts on roulette or betting, I deposited about $300 and hoped to increase it a little, as some lucky guys do. I spun the slots and had continuous losses, and then I reduced the bet. And the most annoying thing is that at that moment I got a multiplier. Inspired by this, I increased the bet and again began to lose over and over again. As a result, when there were a few dozen dollars left, I placed huge bets until I zeroed out the deposit.

These things are what we shouldn't do as a gambler because whenever you think of how much you want to win and how big is the money you wouldn't be that smart enough to know that you have two chances, that is either you win or you lose while using your money meant for something more better to gamble. It's always advisable to all gamblers to use money that are being attached to something meaningful for gambling because sometimes the money the is meant for important thing could be lose while gambling.

Is it always that the worst loss is about the sum of money?

For me, the worst loss I have ever had in my life was not about money, was about being stupid, and even now this annoys me when I remember it
This is how next races for horses look on Betfair:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/07/15/UAndQI.png

I got used to some color schemes for stable jockeys, I knew O'Brien had a favorite with Paddington, 5 consecutive wins, I was going to bet 100 on him, and ...because the next race on the card, as in that image, had the same color scheme favorite, I....bet on the wrong race and wrong horse, which of course lost while Paddington won his race ;D
It wasn't about the money, I will never forgive myself for actually making such a mistake when I was in no rush for it, and I did use my odd boost on it too, I had a full day to take that bet and I in 3 confirmation steps, I never once saw it was the wrong thing!
And the next race Paddington ran and I was able to correctly place the bet on him, he was the favorite and finished 9th!

The worst thing about it, I still keep making those!

If only we could think about the things we could do with the money we lose with excessive gambling, we would never do it, but then again, we don't realize this at that moment, and regret hits in once it's done and dusted. Sometimes, even the most responsible people, those who you could never imagine being into gambling itself, tend to lose sizeable amounts of money in gambling, only because they lose control, mostly out of anger and aggression, trying to recover what has already been lost and then losing more in that process.

However, it's good that you realized it after losing that amount, because some people wouldn't even realize this early, and after losing $1,000, if it was someone with no control, they could try to recover that amount with a higher amount, and could eventually lose that as well, and that would have been a nightmare to go through.

So, better late than never, as they say.

That's it, it's not advisable for someone to take gambling as a source of income and it's not also smart for someone to stake with the money they can not afford to lose or with the money that was not meant to be used for gambling. The mistake some people do is to staked with the money that was supposed to be used for other important needs, they spend it on gambling, thinking they can multiply it but at the end, they lose it and start to regret.

I had a big loss which i ever not share here but i losta huge amount and there was no way to recover rhe fund and I became 0 balance. Then i tried to manage funds day to day as I had 0 crypro. But day to day till now I hada lot of shortage funds.

Talking about worst loss i don't really have one sbd that's because I do t chase over loss cause it's what drives one to kero gambling and end up losing big amounts of money unexpectedly, sometimes even after gambling with what I can afford to lose and not hitting the multiplier i get so pissed up with myself but most necessarily I don't have any situation of recording a huge loss at that.

Such losses are better kept in a secret and even we're in a forum, you'll never know if someone knows you personally and have read your confession.
But it's enough if you say that you've lost a big amount and you've became bankrupt after that.
Other gamblers might learn from that loss that you have been and that's about gambling only with an amount they can afford to lose.
So that they won't be in a shortage of funds and also won't end up bankrupt after.

I haven't had any worst loss that kept me at home or that lead to something else since I started playing gambling. However, I only gamble with what I can afford to lose because there was a time that I was experiencing little losses due to not having the basic knowledge. Because I have come to realized that gambling depends on luck so what I are mine stressing myself for, noing quite well that there is skill or strategy that can easily guarantee winning in gambling.

I think that if you have not experienced lossing big means that you are not a core Gambler you may be described as someone who is a partial gambler who gamble at their leisure time which to me is the best because gambling is one risky thing that people should always take caution

My worse loss thought that odds doesn't mean much in the Grand scheme of things
And smaller odds compel you to bet an higher amount.


I coped by hating the club, Liverpool for sometime until I had to let go.
They gave me confidence that I went Casanova only for a 1.04 odd to be lost
Likeeeee, I knew there was a possibility but it was too low
But it thought me to really gamble like gamble by betting small on higher odds
And Chelsea is the recent evidence of that decision.

The pain of losses is much easier to bear when you use the money that you don't need any time soon for important things because if you use such money to gamble even at lost you will not panic and wishd you used the money for more important things because you will realize this immediately after you must have lost, I can still remember one of my worst loses though I didn't see it coming but when it happened I only smiled and told my self that after all is my  own money perhaps I don't need it for anything right away and that's how I free myself from being pained.

The same thing happened to me, experiencing a major loss just because I tried my luck at a high probability of winning. At that time, I tried an original game (a game like a spinning wheel). More specifically, at that time I tried odds of 1.10 by risking my bankroll of around $600, but not on sports betting like you do, and unfortunately, I lost at that time, and it really frustrated me for a few days after the incident. But now I have truly made peace with it, and it was a really good lesson, namely that there I learned the importance of being able to control myself, and especially also allocating funds that can afford to lose, so that it can really be a good experience in the future.

TBH, I can't remember the last time that I experienced myself on the lowest state just because I lost money in gambling because whenever I lost my money, I don't even dwell about it for such a long time.

I guess I'll just share the time when I was still new to gambling. I remember I deposited at around 50$ on my gambling account. Here in our country, 50$ is already huge so to cut the story short, I gambled 10$ on it then lost, then gambled another 10$ on a sports bet and lost again. Because of frustration, I went all in on a team that has almost a sure chance of winning, but instead the other team won losing all of my money.

What did I felt? I felt frustrated as what other gamblers will experience as well, but the way I coped up with that lose of mine is playing online games. During that time, I'm also into MMORPG, and I just spent my time playing the game, and at the same time, killing other players just to release my frustration, and after a few hours of doing it, I'm fine already. We have a different coping mechanism when we lose our money into gambling, but it's good to have one just so that we will not feel depressed if we lose.

The day you quit gambling is the day you start winning, a lot of people don't seem to understand what this statement means but it actually entails a lot. It takes a lot of discipline to stop an addiction, a lot of people go for therapy and they aren't able to quit because they lack what it takes to discipline themselves. How many months did it take you to get rid of this addiction? If you don't mind sharing the details

Gambling sometimes results in big wins, which increases the excitement of gambling among gamblers to a great extent. There are some gamblers who become so aggressive when they lose a bet that they have to recover all their losses at that time. At one point, they become so addicted to gambling that they lose all the money they have. The more you win from gambling, the more you lose if you cannot control yourself. There are some gamblers who, after winning, start thinking about where and how they will spend that money. But when they lose money in a bet, they lose their common sense and lose all their money. The real meaning of education is that if someone does not get real experience, that education does not last long. Those who have gained experience from big losses will definitely be able to control themselves to some extent.

One of my worth loss was on cricket wicket and finally o recovered that from the last moment byvthe multiple times ber amount. If i could not win in the last bet then i would lpss huge amount tjough it happen several times on casino.

My worst lost happened to me when I was still in college, had some of my weekly allowance on a sport bookies and we had some few arguments in the hotel forgetting I had no back up funds to cope with for the week I went ahead to agrue with my friends and we staked all of the allowances on the bet and to my suprise I was wrong then immediately I started regretting my actions but it was a lesson. the only thing that happened was that I suffered all throughout the week and had my biggest lesson not to involve in a gamble beyond what I can afford to loss.

Mine is when I totally ruined all my salary into gambling, that really made me feel I’m very irresponsible in my decision making that I let myself get caught with my gambling urge. But that also taught me about gambling the hard way, something that until now, I’m always reminded of it not to make wrong decisions again towards gambling.

Acceptance is the only key. Just embrace your mistakes and learned from it, that’s all. There’s no use blaming yourself, that will only lose your self-confidence. And from then on, I’m no longer getting attracted with betting all-in. That will only ruin my whole bankroll again.

Sorry to hear that you had lost full months salary of you on gambling. Actually i do not think we should place bet the amount which we cant bear of we loss on the betting we do. We should consider several factors before placing a bet on gambling otherwise we have to felt ashamed.

This is why we should gamble with an amount we can afford to lose. Otherwise, we'll end up with the same situation as the OP, where losses disrupt all the more important activities in your life, even harming your health. It's terrifying, but that's what happens when someone is addicted; it's truly difficult.

Honestly, I don't remember the exact amount I lost, but it's likely small, probably less than $50, as gambling with just $1 is enough to fill my free time.

The point is, I hope you, OP, can quickly change your approach to a more minimal one, especially in terms of the amount you bet. Don't you realize by now that aggressive gambling can lead to many disasters? So, the only way is to change your approach. ;)

It's honestly a moment that most gamblers who have experienced it don't want to remember or talk about again, but since it's in the past, it's okay to talk about it a bit.

One fatal mistake ruined everything, namely greed, where my biggest loss came from a big win before and it happened on Slot, a win of more than $ 3500 but not the slightest thought of stopping, thinking that it could get bigger, until finally the balance gradually decreased until it was all gone, not accepting defeat, instead of stopping, i decided to deposit again in the hope of returning the previous winnings obtained and then stopping, but the opposite happened the opportunity did not come again, instead the deposit balance ran out, then depositing until finally spending almost all savings, what a very painful moment to remember.

Gamblers are completely optimistic individuals in the sense that they're never wanting to loss or lose,whenever a gambler approaches a game, he's always anticipating for a win.Overconfidence is a reality to every kind gambler, even when they're almost losing,it keeps reminding and encouraging them to try again.

It is correct that gamblers are always optimostick and they usually think they will be winer and there s no chance to be a winner but as they are optimosts and thats why it might be a badnluck for user not makibg anythong perfect so ln the main thing the peraon might be a loser.

This is like adding salt to an injury, I don’t like having that optimistic energy after making a bet because if anything happens and I lost the bet I’ll feel more sad than when I just place my bet and expect the least from it.

If you check those gamblers who tend to think about their bet after they lost it, you’ll notice that it is mostly those who were having high hopes for their bets think NY that something good would come out from it or that their prediction is flawless and since they are confident they can place whatever amount they feel is good and won’t lose it because of their confidence in the bet. Those gamblers usually break down after losing their bets.

That is why when we are going to play it is Important to see how much money we are going to play with and that money we are willing to lose, that is the key, there is no other way , we are people who in order to act in money matters must plan, and as it is so difficult to determine whether we will Win or not the most logical thing to do is to allocate the money we are willing to lose.

I agree, that's the key so that we'll know how much we're willing to lose. Because if we have gambled with an amount that's quite high and we lost it. That's the start of the mental breakdown and regrets that we should have not gambled with it. And for that reason, moving on is gonna be harder due to the fact that money is more important and should have been spent for other things that we're about to do and not for gambling. This is the usual situation of many gamblers that are breaking down and when they're dealing with their losses that they have not planned it well.

Sure you are right and that is what should be implemented as gambler. You know many people aren't that mindful on how much they uses for gambling but one thing for is that they must lose if they don't use the right money that they can lose to gamble and when they lose it then it becomes something of regretting because it shouldn't be used for gambling.

However, timing is also important while gambling this would help us to manage our bankroll properly, as it's bankroll management is another major thing while gambling because many people after allocating the amount they are using to gamble you would see them placing bet at once with all the amount they have funded and when lose you see them complaining for losing their bankroll.

I have not lost much money in gambling, fortunately. Most of my losses occurred many years ago. At that time I was into betting like binary options and similar games. I remember that I was fascinated by bets where the result could be obtained in less than 1 minute. I remember that I tested a system like Martingale, only with my own, author's modifications. I even kept statistics, carefully wrote them down. In the end, I lost something like half of my monthly income or even one full income for the month. I was upset, but this loss was not a disaster for me due to the fact that my income covered these losses. But I understood interesting patterns - accidents can occur unusually often.

Quite a typical story, by the way! Such painful losses usually follow the same pattern. First, a person wins big. This causes a psychological effect of breaking the pattern - after all, people usually do not receive unexpectedly large sums of money as a gift. People, as a rule, earn money with difficulty and very gradually. Therefore, an unexpected win causes a feeling of euphoria 🤸

Then people try to rationalize this win and invariably come to the conclusion that this event is ordinary, that is, it is easy to repeat. That is why they continue to play to further increase their winnings🙎

Then they invariably lose all their money. This is quite understandable, considering that a big win is not at all ordinary, but a rather rare event 🙅

Then a feeling of loss, resentment arises, and this prompts the player to try to win back. Which invariably leads him to an even greater financial disaster. Yes, such epic losses are remembered forever! A person experiences a huge number of different bright emotions in a short period of time.🪂

There is nothing wrong with a gambler expecting to win in gambling because the reason people gamble is to win. However, the most important thing is to understand that winning is not certain and cannot be predicted. With this understanding, even if you lose in gambling, you don't need to feel a certain way or be desperate to win by all means. Some gamblers think they deserve to win, which is why even when they lose, they chase their losses just to recover their money. Overconfidence in gambling is often a result of a lack of understanding, and it causes gamblers to lose more than they can afford.

I can't think of any worst loss I've made that cost me of deep regret, however, losing upon any bet played in gambling could come as a disappointment in general, because we are meant to feel bad as being unable to perform well in gambling, some will count it something bad while others may not think of it all, because gambling is all about fun to them, we only shouldn't go for a loss that would cost us.

The key for me will always be that, to play only with the money that I am willing to lose, when that happens what you should keep in mind is that at the moment of losing you just have to accept the defeat and have the discipline to not continue playing more , because if you play more it means Spending more money and that is the rule that cannot be broken, if you break that rule we are doing nothing.

This plan is applicable for those who are aware of money management, but those who are not aware about money management can't be a winer at the long run. Because those people may win multiple time but finally fopr lake of money management power there is no other option for them except being a loser.

The good thing is that since the plan is already here , those players who don't have a good Orientation about their game or money can apply it, they just need to have a lot of discipline in following it For me, this is the most difficult thing to acquire because at the time of playing, the emotes are very strong and can force us to make decisions without any kind of moderation.

Some folks think that gambling is a sure way to double their money that's why they use money asides their spare cash to play and when they lose they end up being disappointed, definitely speaking mate, the key to enjoying gambling is by doing it with spare cash cause asides that it would always lead to disappointment and depression since there's luck involved. I've figured out that it's mostly addicted folks that fail to plan and allocate their spare money to gambling.

Setting a clear limit on what to risk is the best way to avoid the mental breakdown that comes after big losses when the money lost should have been for bills or important plans thats when regret and panic really hit.Using strict rules and sticking to them is essential put gambling money in a separate bankroll that wont touch essentials decide on a weekly or monthly limit with a session cap set deposit and loss limits on the platform and enforce a hard stop rule like walking away once losses exceed a set percentage or a certain number of consecutive losses chasing losses usually makes things worse.

Tracking bets and emotions also helps writing down the reason behind each wager and how it felt afterward can show patterns like tilt stress betting or chasing if gambling affects sleep work or relationships its wise to use self exclusion tools set longer breaks or seek support from trusted people or local groups.Treating gambling purely as entertainment instead of income keeps the mindset healthier discipline outweighs hope every time and if rules are broken its a signal to step back pause and rebuild slowly protecting both financial stability and mental well being.

Someone  said there is a spirit behind gambling  ;D,  probably an evil spirit because he could not understand why someone would lose his money and keep gambling with the aim of recovering the money lost. While still in the process of trying to recover the money lost, he ends up losing even more than the money lost earlier.

Well, there is no spirit behind it, that's greed. Gamblers will do anything to win, so it is not surprising to me anymore. There are lots of sensitisation out there for gamblers to learn from but it seems it isn't working on some gamblers. Painful experiences is usually the result of irresponsible gambling.

Gamblers worst loss can happen at anytime, especially when we can't afford to take the incident of losing a bet for any reason after being confidence in it to be a winning game, which is more better for us not to work by assumption, instead focus on gambling according to how we can risk it for lose, for now, all i can say is that we are used to it already, no more gear comes in mind whenever we lose, because it's part of the fun.

Its always important to gamble with an amount that you can afford to lose because it's one of the best ways to play safe. A lot of people end up losing more because they decide to take high risks to get huge profits but this is not supposed to be so. Gambling is a 50/50 thing, this means that at any point in time you can end up losing. The reason why it's difficult for most people to accept defeat is because they lose huge amounts

The condition that the author of the topic describes is already quite deplorable, because I believe that people become addicted to the moment they start lying to their loved ones or constantly thinking about gambling or betting on sports. At the same time, they also start constantly holding a smartphone in their hands in order to quickly escape from the cruel real world, at least for a while.
Well, if this already affects even physical health, so that a person cannot get out of bed, then this is already a definite warning sign.

The idea that gambling is driven by some evil spirit doesnt hold water its really just human greed at play People get trapped in this endless loop where they lose cash and keep betting thinking. Theyll win it back That need to recover whats gone usually just leads to bigger losses spiraling way worse than before All the ads and campaigns pushing responsible gambling are out there loud and clear but for some gamblers its like theyre deaf to it. Theyre so hooked on the dream of a big score they ignore the risks right in front of them Greed clouds their thinking and the thrill of a possible win shuts down any sense of caution.

Its not surprising when you think about it gambling feeds on that urge to beat the system no matter how unlikely For a lot of folks it takes hitting rock bottom losing big before the reality kicks in All those support programs hotlines and warnings try to get through, but when someones stuck chasing that win good sense takes a back seat The fallout empty bank accounts ruined plans maybe even broken families is often what finally teaches the hard lesson Irresponsible gambling isnt about some spooky force its just people chasing a fantasy and too often its the brutal wake-up call of loss that makes them see straight.

This is true, moreover keeping this rules is what makes you a responsible gambler if you're keeping this rule there is no way you would get addicted to gamble. As you already know when you're supposed to walk away from gambling, because if you don't know when you're supposed to walk away definitely it becomes a problem as you will be gambling continuously at same time chasing after loses this way you can easily get addicted to gamble.

 so as a gambler is always advised to keep to this rules so as to avoid getting into trouble. if you're able to keep to this rules as a gambler is rest assured that you will never get into trouble and it will be very difficult for you to get addicted to gamble.

When someone becomes overconfident in gambling, they tend to take excessive risks. At some point, when they take risks despite not having the ability to take risks, it starts to have a negative impact. In the case of gambling, I think this is the worst part. When I bet more than I can afford to lose that money, that will be the biggest loss for me. My worst day in gambling was the day I became aggressive to recover my losses.

Hahaha, I hear that a lot, the person must be very superstitious. Yes, there's no spirit or evil spirt involved in gambling like most folks thinks, people are misled by greed to bet with more than what they can afford to lose and when they lose, they try to recover it, that's why you see them going back after losing over and over. If every gambler can overcome being too greedy or understand that luck plays a major role in gambling then they'll play by the rule, which is gambling with their spare cash and not doing otherwise then lose and blame it on some imaginary evil spirits they feel controls gambling. ;D

I don't really remember, but the possibility of losing in 1 bet in the crash game was $400+, in that condition I almost gave up, because that was my last for 1 month of living expenses, I left gambling for almost 1 month and was forced to borrow money for my needs, I just forgot about it

My worst loss is when I’m enjoying vacation while I decided gambling that ruin everything. It’s not my biggest loss but I consider it as worst due to the aftermath my losses on my vacation.

It’s hard for me to cope on that loss but I manage to recover through focusing back my mind on my vacation and think that money can be earned soon so I enjoy first on my vacation until I forgot it.

I think this particular question have been asked countless times and on all the occasions I just have nite the fact that anytime that am not winning is my worst although it got really crazy on one particular instance when the losses got to reach the point of me actually losing my entire bankroll even the funds that I wasn't planning on using for gambling but I coped with the whole situation by just focusing my mind on other important thing because anything aside from that would lead to me chasing after my losses.

If I face a big loss while gambling, especially one that I cannot afford to lose but for some reason I took the risk, then I will definitely not have a good day. I will then have various regrets about why I put so much money in that bet or why I took the risk. I think this is a very common problem for gamblers. Regret comes after a loss, but if you can control yourself beforehand, then it is not a problem. It is natural to feel upset when you lose big, so it is better to bet the amount you can afford to lose. The day I lost a big amount bet, my mental state was quite bad, but I later learned to control myself when I realized that gambling is not a place to make money.

As you said, I set it after I experienced a loss that I considered significant. It wasn't actually to the point of losing any of the goods or assets I sold to gamble, but I did lose a significant amount of money. After experiencing that experience, I finally came to a reasonable understanding of gambling. We do need to set our own rules, but perhaps more accurately, they should be boundaries, or, as you say, discipline.

Not money losses also count? In my case, my problem was the loss of time, energy and focus that I could have better used for things more healthier.....

At some years ago when I just starting with cryptos and discovered some websites like freebitco.in, I became obsessed with spreading referral links to everywhere. I realized the idea was initially goo because it give me some extra money without having to rush, but it was such paltry sum that forced me to spread more and more links... and at the end it did not yeld anything significant :P

But I even get something good out of that... because I ended posting one of these links here at this forum (it no longer exist,  I even asked a moderator to delete it) and it was the initial trigger for me that made me understand criptos as something far beyond their monetary value... it made me mature and learn how to work with criptos honestly.

I love these kinds of posts its important to know how people overcame that loss and conquered it. Everyone has lost something of consequence in their own mind and own right. Don't dwell on the past but learn from your greatest mistakes.

This is a very bad habit in gambling, using your last cash to gamble. I hope you learnt your lesson, it can be so frustrating. If not greed nothing will make us use our last cash to gamble. I did same in my year two, it was a weekend, I used my feeding funds to bet believing to multiply it to sort out other things, it turn out negative, I lost all the funds and I was stranded and hungry, I had to visit a friend to stay in his place for the weekend just to eat, I didn't tell him what happened to me, in it was so embarrassing and meaningless to discuss such to my friend. Ever since then, have try to bet with any money that's will not land me to borrow or ask for help. I stake with my spare cash and not my last cash anymore.

Experiencing a bad experience yourself is the most valuable lesson. You may not see a change if you don't go through that experience yourself. Especially if the result of betting with your last money is a win, you may keep repeating that situation to try to save your weekend from hunger. Every gambler has experienced a difficult situation from gambling; after all, no gambler is free from loss.

If he is still doing the same, I am not sure he can survive with the loan. He may difficult to repay the money and his loan can become bigger. He really needs to stop his gambling habit and save his income so he can use it to fill his daily needs. Gambling is not to be taken seriously but it is only for fun. That is why we must allocate some money that we can afford to lose. The loss in gambling can become big if we can not control ourselves so we must care and learn how to manage our funds. We should remember that we can not risks our daily needs to playing gambling. That will be bad for us if we lose the money that we can not recover from our losses in gambling.

Exactly. It was such an experience that made me decide to quit massive gambling altogether. Once I hit like 24 consecutive buy bonuses in a row and immediately after 5 super buy bonuses in a row and that made me sit down and think for more than a couple of hours I would say. It is a signing experience to your soul and proof for it is that I have told this story many times in the forum but also a lot more times to my friends and colleagues which they were extremely surprised and all advised me to stop playing the worse slots provider of all times Pragmatic Play. Never in another provider I experienced such a bad bad session.

Woah, I feel sorry for you. That was definitely a devastating experience, and I hope you never go through it again. Many gamblers reach a point where they face something like this. If you really can’t stop yourself, you’ll eventually end up in the same situation. That’s why it’s so important to have strong willpower, discipline, and self control so you don’t ruin yourself. It’s easier said than done, but if you persist, at least you can avoid ending up in such a hard situation.

It's true what you said because that's what I feel myself, I had a gambling addiction and it can be said that it was quite severe because my finances were in the middle of nowhere, with the incident that made me lose a lot of money in one gambling that made me realize to improve myself because of my excessive behavior in gambling, this is a valuable experience for myself. I agree with you, it seems like everyone who gambles has experienced difficult situations caused by their own thinking, there will be lessons from that and make us realize.