To what extent have you hated yourself due to your gambling losses?

[xSkylarx]

In your entire gambling journey, have you ever had a series of losses to the extent you hated yourself so much for being so unlucky?

Just in today's lottery as we do have a lottery game in our country to guess 3 numbers. If you are correct you will win and I will say that you will win a decent amount of money. Today I haven't been able to bet because of my laziness due to the weather, and guess what that number that I've been betting on since January was the result. So I was mad earlier today, which caused me to do house chores rather than sleep. But this is really gambling as it is not my lucky day so we should also learn to accept our losses.

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[Coin_trader]

In your entire gambling journey, have you ever had a series of losses to the extent you hated yourself so much for being so unlucky?

I was going through reddit in the early hours of today, and came across a user who lamented bitterly through his post, of how unlucky he has been in gambling in the past few weeks, like almost a month now, he said he bets minimum, twice every day, but have not won a dime for the past weeks, and this made him hate himself so much, I sincerely felt pity for him, for I remember one time I lost a huge sum of money to betting, I felt so bad that I thought of killing myself  .

So, let's share our worst gambling experiences, have you ever hated yourself so much due to lack of winnings in gambling? To what extent, and how did it end?

My wife which is my girlfriend that time join me on hating myself. She hates me more than I hate myself that time because I keep using our joint savings fund on gambling. This not a series of loss but just a one time loss. After this incident I never touch any funds that doesn’t belong to me solely. Btw I’m not exactly pertaining to actual gambling here but on Ponzi scheme that gives me 10% daily profit. That time I’m still new on this kind of scheme and I thought I can grow our savings through this new found investment. 

Do you still hate yourself even now? 

No but we are both laughing now to this mistake because of how dumb of me to think that I’m genius that time to find this kind of rare investment opportunity. This is worst on gambling because I don’t have any chance to get an ROI from the start compared to gambling that give 50/50 chance.

[Gallar]

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In your entire gambling journey, have you ever had a series of losses to the extent you hated yourself so much for being so unlucky?

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Experiencing defeat in gambling will definitely make our minds a little disappointed. Moreover, the nominal amount of money used in gambling is quite large. Of course, for everyone who gambles, it will definitely be a very sad thing.
But for me personally, I am the type of person who doesn't like to blame myself. Because this will actually make the situation worse. So when you experience defeat in gambling, it would be better if you respond with a cool head.

Because if I personally am asked about losing when gambling, it seems like it happens quite often. But I never regretted it too deeply. Because it's called gambling, losing is a big risk and we have to have the courage to bear it. So basically we have to be aware of this. Because if we don't realize it, then when defeat befalls us, it feels like the world will definitely fall apart.

And the simplest and most effective advice that I have proven is very good for gambling is to manage your finances. Because by managing finances well, we will know where we will enter and at what point we will stop. If it is clear, the point is that the capital that will be used for gambling must be regulated or allocated. So, if for example the money has run out, then stop gambling until there is enough money to gamble again. Well, from this, I personally rarely lose big in gambling. Because the key is that I always manage the finances I have for gambling.

So in conclusion, when it comes to losses in gambling, I have experienced it. But to hate myself for that I never.

[Solosanz]

When I suffer lose streaks, that's when I feel like I'm bad in analyzing and I'm not capable become a gambler lol. Even though I only gamble small amount, but lose is still lose, no one want to lose, just like you're playing a competitive games e.g. MOBA or FPS, you're trying to play as best as possible.

Usually I will bet in safer choice to increase the probability to win.

[coin-investor]

In your entire gambling journey, have you ever had a series of losses to the extent you hated yourself so much for being so unlucky?

Yes, there was one when I was just starting to gamble,  what made it more disappointing was I was trying to win because I needed money but while you keep trying to win it's the losses that keep coming, I considered myself jinx because the series of losses is just unbearable so I decided to take a time out from vacation, and when I came I was surprised that the wins just kept on coming, that erased my mind that I was a jinx in gambling.
A long series of losses and a long series of winning is just natural, so I learned that when you're having bad losses better take your time, and when you're having a series of wins then strike while the iron is hot.
However, none of these matters if you're playing for fun - winning and losing don't matter when your mindset is focused on enjoyment.

[Slow death]

This thread reminded me of what happened to me a few years ago when I started my sports betting journey with the hope that I would be able to win something, on the first day I created an account at a trustworthy casino and deposited 50$, made my first bet of 10$ and I lost, I was upset because I had a lot of hope that I would be able to get that bet right. but I made a mistake and lost $10. then I made another $10 bet and lost. Again I was very upset because I was counting on getting that bet right, then I kept making more bets and I lost on all of them, causing me to lose all of $50 without at least managing to get at least one bet right. That made me very angry that I made another deposit of $50 and I lost everything

I started to wonder what the hell I had that I couldn't get at least one game right, and it wasn't a multibet bet, it was simple bets. so I made a deposit of 30$ and lost in 2 bets again, I was so angry that I told myself that I would not bet again, but as the minimum withdrawal amount was greater than the 10$ I had, so I did a bet that I randomly chose the game, something that I just wanted to lose, but it was unbelievable that I won the bet even though I had bet on the underdog, then I received a free bet and I was right, I managed to recover my profits. But I still preferred to stop playing for many months because I didn't want to have that feeling of consecutive losses for a long time.

It hurts a lot to lose consecutively for a long time, the thought I had at that time was that I was a loser, so I only started making bets again when I started to know how to analyze games and when I forgot about greed, today I bet with little money and I have managed to get successes and defeats. which in my opinion is something positive considering that the house always wins. I don't expect big wins, but I struggle to hit games with big odds that give me a profit

[uneng]

In your entire gambling journey, have you ever had a series of losses to the extent you hated yourself so much for being so unlucky?

To hate oneself is a tough extreme feeling, so I don't think I have been on this situation at some point. I already felt heavily regretful, but never reached to the point of hating myself for losses faced in gambling. On the other hand, if I wasn't able to learn from my mistakes and continued gambling and losing money without limits, that is, if I became a gambling addicted, then it's possible I would hate myself for not being able to get out of this vicious circle.

And actually, when people reach to this level, it becomes very dangerous for them, because it keeps leading the individual to further negative consequences and habits, possibly reaching to suicide, since they feel too bad about themselves that they just want to escape from this aversive conscious state of mind. It's the complete opposite of the narcissist person, who is always superior to everyone else. The one who hates himself will always feel on the bottom, unable to elaborate any positive concepts about his own personality and traits.

Therefore, everyone should be careful to not reach this bottom. If you feel like you are hating yourself, that your self-esteem is too low, or that you are a complete failure, these are signals to be attentive to, because they might be leading you to self-destruction. Seek for help, and be assured that it's not too late to revert the situation and find qualities in yourself, besides achieving goals in life which you will make you proud, satisfied and self-realized.

[iv4n]

In your entire gambling journey, have you ever had a series of losses to the extent you hated yourself so much for being so unlucky?

I had a series of losses... When I was younger and without family I had situations when all my wallets got empty! But I never hated myself, that's a very wrong thing to do. I can throw some hard words in all directions, but I usually calm down after a few minutes and I just continue with my life. Of course, I made some promises to myself that I would "never play that game again in my life", but that never lasted too long.

Now I am much more careful with money. It's important to be careful about deposits/spending on gambling and to take breaks after some consecutive losses. As I said many times, it's all fun & games as long as we play with amounts we can afford to lose. As long as it's like that it's never "the end of the world" even if we lose some money.

[sunsilk]

I don't think that I have that moments that I have hated myself due to gambling and with my losses. I understand and accept any loss that I incur especially with sports betting.

I've got a lot of disappointments and losses but that doesn't make me hate myself for my actions. Maybe some of the times, I've got regrets but it didn't come to the point that I have to hate myself.

A normal reaction like cursing and regretting that I have bet when I lose sometimes but it's not that I hate myself due to that because eventually, that feeling is gone.

[AnonBitCoiner]

People only blame themselves when they lose but very happy after winning. Winning can not be everytime. It's high time gamblers get to know this. I couldn't remember hating myself just because a game lose. I believe my time to win is at the door.

Everyone appreciate that field in which he find profit but if he losses money in such field for just two or three times then he will not support that field but will talk against it. Same is with gambling that people evolved in gambling cannot identify about its harmful effects because it gives them an opportunity to earn but they fail to get the point that win is for just one time in whole year while you faces loss for the whole year but gambling is such a toxic field that nobody can leave it.

Don't gamble at first but if you initiate it then don't gamble for whole day because it can then ruin your life and you will leave all other activities for gambling. Accept success and defeat both because they are part of game and don't be too busy in gambling as it is not a suitable field.

[GideonGono]

There is only one time that I regret in my gambling loss even though if I look at it right now the amount is considerably small, compared to my other losses.
And even though it is small back then it was due to the time and our current situation that moment, that makes it so heavy compared to my other loss that is way higher.
Back then I was just a student and had a small savings and when I got home there is no food for our family, and I decided to make more money by risking it so that I could buy decent meal for all of us, and it end with me losing, and decided to stop when I only have an exact amount to buy snack for all of my family member that day.

[Hirose UK]

Of course, every gambler will have had bad experience that may not be forgotten until now.
I sure that every gambler has experienced massive loss that left them really devastated.
This is very normal condition that occurs, but the attitude regarding conditions like this also depends on whether the gambler himself has responsibility or not.
Those who have sense of responsibility may only regret little but not make mistakes such as recovering from losses, but those who do not have sense of responsibility will definitely blame themselves and really hate the decisions they have taken.

In your entire gambling journey, have you ever had a series of losses to the extent you hated yourself so much for being so unlucky?

I have experienced conditions like that but it has been quite long time and it all happened when I was often careless and gambled excessively, I couldn't even really accept reality and forgive myself for the mistakes that resulted in big losses.
The impact can be felt for quite long time, from incidents like this lose self-confidence and try to do anything to win, such as following the methods of other gamblers.
And this does not solve the problem but adds to the problem because the losses are much greater.

[boyptc]

Back then I was just a student and had a small savings and when I got home there is no food for our family, and I decided to make more money by risking it so that I could buy decent meal for all of us, and it end with me losing, and decided to stop when I only have an exact amount to buy snack for all of my family member that day.

I was trying to remember if there was really one point of my life that I have hated myself for losing and for gambling. But since you've mentioned when you were still a student.

I think that I've got one before when I was already gambling and still a student back then. No job but just getting full support from my parents and it's not that big at all.

Like using my money to bet on some games, like in a physical unusual casino and as it should be for my budget, I've spent it there and kaboom I've got nothing left. So, we've got the same experience on how we've blamed ourselves for gambling and having that expected loss.

[Awaklara]

There is only one time that I regret in my gambling loss even though if I look at it right now the amount is considerably small, compared to my other losses.
And even though it is small back then it was due to the time and our current situation that moment, that makes it so heavy compared to my other loss that is way higher.
Back then I was just a student and had a small savings and when I got home there is no food for our family, and I decided to make more money by risking it so that I could buy decent meal for all of us, and it end with me losing, and decided to stop when I only have an exact amount to buy snack for all of my family member that day.

it must be a very difficult situation for you. Hopefully, it won't happen again in your life and gambling experience.
every gambler must have bad experiences in gambling. some even frustrate us.
I once spent my entire salary in one month on betting. That's the worst thing and what I regret the most when I don't have good financial management in gambling. it's just like money passing through your hands in a matter of hours.

[Lorence.xD]

When I suffer lose streaks, that's when I feel like I'm bad in analyzing and I'm not capable become a gambler lol. Even though I only gamble small amount, but lose is still lose, no one want to lose, just like you're playing a competitive games e.g. MOBA or FPS, you're trying to play as best as possible.

Usually I will bet in safer choice to increase the probability to win.

It is the point of realization that you have lost continuously which results to regrets. Losing is not a new thing in gambling and loss is just something you will feel more when numbers are getting that big that it'll literally hurt your bank account not only your bankroll in gambling. The regret I have experienced is when I lost consistently for 3 weeks. Regret originated with the thought that gambling was really not for me. It is because I was chasing profit back then, that I became frustrated in each loss and for some reason it pushed me to play until I win back everything I lost. However, it is not how gambling works and happening to its players.

We would all be in that situation as long as we are here in this industry. It is just fine having regrets which means you are aware of how bad or good your career as a gambler is. What's important is to learn if you are committing mistakes or to accept things and prioritize saving yourself from huge loss. It is normal to chase win however, if you are being too eager of it, you often make wrong decisions driving you too much towards the game.

[Oilacris]

Back then I was just a student and had a small savings and when I got home there is no food for our family, and I decided to make more money by risking it so that I could buy decent meal for all of us, and it end with me losing, and decided to stop when I only have an exact amount to buy snack for all of my family member that day.

I was trying to remember if there was really one point of my life that I have hated myself for losing and for gambling. But since you've mentioned when you were still a student.

I think that I've got one before when I was already gambling and still a student back then. No job but just getting full support from my parents and it's not that big at all.

Like using my money to bet on some games, like in a physical unusual casino and as it should be for my budget, I've spent it there and kaboom I've got nothing left. So, we've got the same experience on how we've blamed ourselves for gambling and having that expected loss.

There's always that feeling that we are really that having those kind of regrets on doing gambling specially on the time that you are really that losing big or its your first time on losing that huge
amount that you havent done before. You would really be having those thoughts that you shouldnt have gamble in the first place. In my own experience then i have been into this condition several times
but i do still end up on playing again. Why? getting bored and being enjoyed on playing gambling is there. This is why i cant leave up gambling but now that i have been able to learn those lessons
then i could still be able to hover myself that responsibly on gambling field. Gambling isnt bad as long you are really that having the control and responsible with your actions then
you should really be just that fine.

[taufik123]

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Don't gamble at first but if you initiate it then don't gamble for whole day because it can then ruin your life and you will leave all other activities for gambling. Accept success and defeat both because they are part of game and don't be too busy in gambling as it is not a suitable field.

Gambling all day long happens because they are already in the game and have enough addiction, they keep less and less and do not want to stop.
The bad effect is indeed to abandon all activities, it is not very good.

There should be management and when to stop.
If there is no control then there is no time to stop, losing will make them more eager to continue gambling, let alone big wins then they want to continue playing.

It's about lust control and greed, I myself am even too eager to keep playing when I always lose.
But I try to control it all so as not to fall into bigger losses.

I love playing slots and betting, but it has its limits.

[darkangel11]

I gamble so little that I've never really regretted it. Talking about hating myself for it is definitely a step further, so I haven't felt like that, ever. I know how regret feels though because I felt that when I thought about the bitcoins I sold in 2017 and 2018, but it's important not to dwell on it too much and be positive. If I ever start to hate myself for this I'll immediately stop gambling. Know guys that it's a sign that you're on your way to depression and possibly, one day, suicide.

[JoyMarsha]

So, let's share our worst gambling experiences, have you ever hated yourself so much due to lack of winnings in gambling? To what extent, and how did it end?

Do you still hate yourself even now?  

Lets discuss.

I don't have any worse experience with gambling but I would love to share my friend's experience, for people to know what greed can cause.

It happened that a friend of mine had a good prediction of football matches he bets on and had the slip of the same games in four places. And each of the bet slips results in $5k, making it a total of $20k.

Could it believe a cash out of $4k per slip($16k total) was brought out for him to withdraw, he refuses to take the cash out, all because he believes that the two remaining bets would played as predicted, not knowing that it would cut(destroying his whole bets).

Ever since that experience happened to him, he kept hating himself because if he had withdrawn the cash out like that, he would have been richer than waiting for all his bets to finish playing before he could withdraw.

That's the worst experience ever, I have seen someone experienced. Someone's breakthrough in life was denied because of their greedy nature to win each of their bet games

[len01]

I often tell the story of my gambling journey in the past where I felt like a bad addict and I answered yes, I have experienced that.
at that time, before I recovered from addiction and had time to leave this forum for a moment, I really regretted selling something valuable because I was tempted by a previous bet which had made me lose and chased after that loss, but in the end I couldn't think wisely, all the money I had was lost. in gambling and finally I left gambling, I didn't go home and left the house for more than a week. I just isolated myself in a building. I thought about regretting that I couldn't control myself and had sold all my valuables and the item I sold was the last valuable item. that I have.
but luckily someone I didn't know passed in front of me and saw my condition like a depressed person and long story short I told that person about my regrets and he advised me to go home and I finally told my family about everything. I was addicted and finally I was matched by a woman who is now my wife who helped me recover from addiction.
this story happened before I got married and now I have forgotten everything about my past and I have become a more responsible gambler and have never regretted anything I did in the past.

It's normal to regret losing at gambling, but always apply wise thinking to think that tomorrow we will get compensation for the losses we experienced, whether from our work salary bonus or from anywhere else, but be assured that these losses are your valuable experience and you don't need to regret them.