Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping as a gambler?

[michellee]

~~ I will take a rest for a while, take a deep breath, and maybe I will try to sleep. ~~

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.

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.

[Meowth05]

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.

[shoreno]

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  .

[kpllvd]

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"

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.

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.

[verita1]

"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!

[LogitechMouse]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

[imstillthebest]

"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!

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  .

[Juggy777]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

@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.

https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-on-lockdown-coronavirus-italy-2020-3?IR=T

[Avirunes]

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.

[bitbunnny]

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.

[LbtalkL]

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.

[mersal]

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.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

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 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.

[onrise]

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.

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.

[White Christmas]

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  .

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.

[Kersh768]

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.

[matchi2011]

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  .

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.

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.

[Quidat]

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.

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.

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.

[asu]

tl;dr

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.

[batang_bitcoin]

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.