5 Things to do After a Huge Loss in Gambling.

[memehunter]

Let's say if  my loss equals to L and corresponding recovery time R  then at the  loss of 2L the recovery time would 4R, at 4L it would be 8R and so on.

It is a nice attempt to quantify a variable of human tendency. Though I have good reasons to believe that time=money but never thought of this perspective. But it could easily be interpreted superficially that you need to wait to gamble again but this is specifically true for games with positive EV.

My biggest loss is round $ 15 K , probably not so huge but it took a few month  for me  to accept it.

Let me tell you that it is quite normal and perhaps the part of becoming a strong person. $15k though it is a decent amount (relative) but cheap for a life lesson. I know it still might be bothering you but now you know how to avoid and lock wins more efficiently so it is a good deal.
Thanks for sharing though it takes a great deal of courage to admit publicly your loss.
 

[mammusu]

When a gambler loses a lot of money by gambling, he naturally gets depressed because of that money and may make many wrong decisions at that time. 

After losing a large amount of money, the gambler should be given more support at that time so that he does not make any wrong decisions. And to the gambler I would at least advise him to stay away from gambling for a few months. Although it is difficult to decide to stay away from gambling after losing a lot of money, it is something every gambler should do for their own good and for the safety of their money. However, most gamblers do not do this, instead, when they lose a large amount of money, they bet more money, only to find that they later lost the amount they gambled with. So no decision can be taken out of anger or out of one's own emotions, decisions like this will always backfire.

Avoiding gambling after a big loss is a very important step to maintain emotional and also for us to recover from financial losses, those who chase losses continuously will only make them worse, because it is one of the ways for them to get stuck in addiction, considering gambling as entertainment and leaving it when we have reached the limit of defeat is a step to not get stuck in a bigger loss from gambling, those who experience addiction should get great support from those closest to them to overcome the addiction.

[nullama]

Yeah, just removing yourself from that situation as fast as possible is good.

Removes the crazy idea of trying to win back your money by gambling even more.

Thinking about going to the ATM?, bad idea. Go back home, go for a walk.

Go to a park, beach, bench, whatever public place you have, or say hi to a friend. Or just go home, alone or to your family.

Just wait. Rest. Have some sleep. Drink some water. Think about the future.

It's all good.

Everything will be OK.

[Apocollapse]

1. Open pornhub or onlyfans, then masturbating.
2. Go to the brothel, pick the girl that you want, then fuck her.
3. Consume alcohol.
4. Drink a coffee and smoking.
5. Sitting alone on the street.

I'm sure the 5 things I mention in my post is way more realistic than what @OP mentioned above, most men doing at least one of them. Don't be too philosophical, good vibes or being positive, we all know what coping mechanism for men.

[Cryptmuster]

Let me tell you that it is quite normal and perhaps the part of becoming a strong person. $15k though it is a decent amount (relative) but cheap for a life lesson. I know it still might be bothering you but now you know how to avoid and lock wins more efficiently so it is a good deal.
Thanks for sharing though it takes a great deal of courage to admit publicly your loss.
  

In fact, this is a huge loss for a loser in gambling, it should be unacceptable to allow such a loss, but people lose even big money, and not only in gambling. It all depends on the individual, someone can decide that this is acceptable for him, and someone just can not stop and despite all the losses continues to lose the last money. I saw a guy who went to play slot machines and lost a lot of money, but he walked in torn shoes. It seems that this is an addiction...

[Etranger]

1. Open pornhub or onlyfans, then masturbating.
2. Go to the brothel, pick the girl that you want, then fuck her.
3. Consume alcohol.
4. Drink a coffee and smoking.
5. Sitting alone on the street.

I'm sure the 5 things I mention in my post is way more realistic than what @OP mentioned above, most men doing at least one of them. Don't be too philosophical, good vibes or being positive, we all know what coping mechanism for men.

This is more like an instruction on how to bring yourself to a situation of huge losses in gambling. I don't see at all how these things will help you draw any useful conclusions to avoid such losses in the future. Well, you will forget about the loss for a while, you will create artificial conditions for yourself to distract yourself. But there will be no long-term benefit from this.

[junder]

Avoiding gambling after a big loss is a very important step to maintain emotional and also for us to recover from financial losses, those who chase losses continuously will only make them worse, because it is one of the ways for them to get stuck in addiction, considering gambling as entertainment and leaving it when we have reached the limit of defeat is a step to not get stuck in a bigger loss from gambling, those who experience addiction should get great support from those closest to them to overcome the addiction.

In fact, I think not only when experiencing a large-scale defeat but also with a small defeat we should be able to leave gambling by not extending the gambling session, because what often happens is extending the gambling session when experiencing defeat or loss and this is done by those who gamble with the aim of seeking profit because people like this usually will not be able to accept that they experience defeat so what they will do is chase victory or recover losses.

The correct statement, indeed usually those who are trapped do it because they gamble beyond the limit such as not knowing when to stop, for example when they have experienced defeat but they still continue their gambling again by depositing their money again into gambling.

[fuguebtc]

1. Open pornhub or onlyfans, then masturbating.
2. Go to the brothel, pick the girl that you want, then fuck her.
3. Consume alcohol.
4. Drink a coffee and smoking.
5. Sitting alone on the street.

I'm sure the 5 things I mention in my post is way more realistic than what @OP mentioned above, most men doing at least one of them. Don't be too philosophical, good vibes or being positive, we all know what coping mechanism for men.

This is more like an instruction on how to bring yourself to a situation of huge losses in gambling. I don't see at all how these things will help you draw any useful conclusions to avoid such losses in the future. Well, you will forget about the loss for a while, you will create artificial conditions for yourself to distract yourself. But there will be no long-term benefit from this.

But they are much more practical than OP's advice and I believe that even if people are discussing the philosophies OP mentions but no one will implement them. It's men's nature, when they are stuck they will often turn to alcohol, girls...or any other pleasure and that will help them relieve everything quickly .
Only women find these things pointless and useless, but as men , I believe any of us have tried one of these things when feeling stuck in life and the effectiveness it brings.
But you are right , this is not a long term solution but at least it will help us in the short term .

[EarnOnVictor]

Let's say if  my loss equals to L and corresponding recovery time R  then at the  loss of 2L the recovery time would 4R, at 4L it would be 8R and so on.

It is a nice attempt to quantify a variable of human tendency. Though I have good reasons to believe that time=money but never thought of this perspective. But it could easily be interpreted superficially that you need to wait to gamble again but this is specifically true for games with positive EV.

There is no perfect calculation or theory to qualify gambling, it is what it is. If you wait to gamble more today, you might regret it, but the same you might wait tomorrow and laugh at your winnings. Again, if you wait from now till next week, you might continue to lose if care is not taken, this is why gambling is a game of luck and the bitter truth is that no one controls this luck nor knows the very time it will shine on us. So we are all trying, which is the reason why we should take it gently and responsibly and rather have our plans with quality budget, management and discipline.

[Etranger]

But they are much more practical than OP's advice and I believe that even if people are discussing the philosophies OP mentions but no one will implement them. It's men's nature, when they are stuck they will often turn to alcohol, girls...or any other pleasure and that will help them relieve everything quickly .
Only women find these things pointless and useless, but as men , I believe any of us have tried one of these things when feeling stuck in life and the effectiveness it brings.
But you are right , this is not a long term solution but at least it will help us in the short term .

How exactly will it help? Help to distract oneself, help to dive into some other activities and emotions? Well, that could help to cope easier with losses, but it definitely won't help to prevent such situation to repeat again. And in the end it turns out that the one who faced a huge loss tries to put a band-aid on an open fracture. Will it be effective? I doubt it, because it won't change the situation radically.

[nullama]

~snip~
In fact, this is a huge loss for a loser in gambling, it should be unacceptable to allow such a loss, but people lose even big money, and not only in gambling. It all depends on the individual, someone can decide that this is acceptable for him, and someone just can not stop and despite all the losses continues to lose the last money. I saw a guy who went to play slot machines and lost a lot of money, but he walked in torn shoes. It seems that this is an addiction...

Yeah, gambling can be highly addictive.

The positive feedback loop you get when you win is the hook. You go back to try to get that feeling again.

In reality, it makes sense to realize that gambling is mostly people paying for their addiction. Same as alcohol or other addictive substances.

[stomachgrowls]

1. Open pornhub or onlyfans, then masturbating.
2. Go to the brothel, pick the girl that you want, then fuck her.
3. Consume alcohol.
4. Drink a coffee and smoking.
5. Sitting alone on the street.

I'm sure the 5 things I mention in my post is way more realistic than what @OP mentioned above, most men doing at least one of them. Don't be too philosophical, good vibes or being positive, we all know what coping mechanism for men.

This is more like an instruction on how to bring yourself to a situation of huge losses in gambling. I don't see at all how these things will help you draw any useful conclusions to avoid such losses in the future. Well, you will forget about the loss for a while, you will create artificial conditions for yourself to distract yourself. But there will be no long-term benefit from this.

Only #1 on which i do see for it to be free on which of course this could really ease out that disappointment without spending up money and i would be lying if masturbating wont really be removing out that kind of disappointment that you are experience on which of course not all will be having the mood specially when they do get pissed.

#2. This is far more expensive than on playing gambling 
#3. You cant be sure that on the moment that you get drunk, you wont be going back again into the casino and playing again because you are not in good ways of thinking when you are under the influence of alcohol.
#4. This isnt a bad option on easing out stress and disappoint and also it is much cheaper.
#5. Murmuring in the corner then this wont be doing something good because not all people who do get alone and thinking up their loses, then it will really be just that worsen up the situation or the possibility that you might chase up some loses.

Loses are very common in gambling on which at the moment that you cant be able to control yourself on stopping then it will incur even more bigger losses and this is something that we dont really like to happen. This is why you should really be that careful.

[Oluwa-btc]

This is very important. He should even quit gambling for many months or for like a year. He should start to gamble again, but with little amount of money. The money should not be more than 1% of his weekly income. If he sees himself still addicted, he should stop gambling again.

Mostly what have observed overtime is that addiction bet addiction and when I could place how it's start it was indeed an I'll experience, just as one that's addicted to Gambling losses overtime he goes into drinking thinking about how he's lose everything and right there another addiction of drinking is birthed, so this is why it's best to take a huge break after a loss but some still go back gambling after recovering abit.

[bangjoe]

1. Open pornhub or onlyfans, then masturbating.
2. Go to the brothel, pick the girl that you want, then fuck her.
3. Consume alcohol.
4. Drink a coffee and smoking.
5. Sitting alone on the street.

I'm sure the 5 things I mention in my post is way more realistic than what @OP mentioned above, most men doing at least one of them. Don't be too philosophical, good vibes or being positive, we all know what coping mechanism for men.

Yep maybe you're right but education should make people better, even if what you think is unrealistic “not what you're used to” doesn't mean it's wrong to be the best advice doesn't it? would you do any of it or do it?

I think you need to take a broader view, although many people would do one of the things you wrote, but it's not a good thing to suggest to others, you are gambling then acting stupid and suggesting it to others, it's worse to associate with you.

[Betwrong]

A gambler can definitely break down after a big loss in gambling, so he should share the loss with his family members to comfort him. Moreover, family members must be able to provide adequate support to a mentally disordered gambler on how to easily stop gambling. Moreover, the issue of loss must be shared with friends because only friends can easily comfort him emotionally. Friends can take him on long drives and engage him in various recreational activities to stop him from gambling temporarily or permanently.

I agree with both of your advises, regarding family and regarding friends too. With some rare exceptions those people are indeed those we can rely on during harsh times. And losing big money through gambling is definitely one of those cases. Alone with no help from the outside  it will be extremely hard to cope with a huge loss in gambling. But it's possible, even though the chances are slim.

[Etranger]

Alone with no help from the outside  it will be extremely hard to cope with a huge loss in gambling. But it's possible, even though the chances are slim.

There are cases when it is better to cope with it on your own, because you can hear a lot of condemnation and moralizing from the outside. And this will not help you to survive the loss and draw the right conclusions. Help from the outside should be, first of all, in understanding. Few people can offer such a thing and show sympathy for a losing gambler.

[swogerino]

Alone with no help from the outside  it will be extremely hard to cope with a huge loss in gambling. But it's possible, even though the chances are slim.

There are cases when it is better to cope with it on your own, because you can hear a lot of condemnation and moralizing from the outside. And this will not help you to survive the loss and draw the right conclusions. Help from the outside should be, first of all, in understanding. Few people can offer such a thing and show sympathy for a losing gambler.

Such people losing a lot of money can only find salvation in outside factors after dealing with it in inside feelings. I know how hard it is as I have suffered this a couple of times and was exactly such heavy losses that made me quit gambling and I am doing well from 2 months or so in not depositing a single cent to casinos only getting the bonuses that I am entitled because of such heavy losses and after you have made peace with yourself meaning you have accepted this reality an outside factor like rehab center (the most extreme of measures), some training on self determination, some training on motivation to get away from a thing, in our case to move away from gambling to another activity of better outcomes for our future.

[JiiBs]

Alone with no help from the outside  it will be extremely hard to cope with a huge loss in gambling. But it's possible, even though the chances are slim.

There are cases when it is better to cope with it on your own, because you can hear a lot of condemnation and moralizing from the outside. And this will not help you to survive the loss and draw the right conclusions. Help from the outside should be, first of all, in understanding. Few people can offer such a thing and show sympathy for a losing gambler.

It’s the truth if you look at it. You might not hear it immediately or have the backlash of letting out in that moment where you were hurt by your loss but, you would hear friends laugh about how you were unable to contain the situation. Depending on how you take it, you might see the humor in it or take it for an insult for real.

Most times, I rather be quite about it and when I do let it out, it’s often because I don’t care how it’s backlash might have effects on my feelings. I rather be quiet about it because, there isn’t anything anyone could do about it.

[Etranger]

Alone with no help from the outside  it will be extremely hard to cope with a huge loss in gambling. But it's possible, even though the chances are slim.

There are cases when it is better to cope with it on your own, because you can hear a lot of condemnation and moralizing from the outside. And this will not help you to survive the loss and draw the right conclusions. Help from the outside should be, first of all, in understanding. Few people can offer such a thing and show sympathy for a losing gambler.

It’s the truth if you look at it. You might not hear it immediately or have the backlash of letting out in that moment where you were hurt by your loss but, you would hear friends laugh about how you were unable to contain the situation. Depending on how you take it, you might see the humor in it or take it for an insult for real.

Most times, I rather be quite about it and when I do let it out, it’s often because I don’t care how it’s backlash might have effects on my feelings. I rather be quiet about it because, there isn’t anything anyone could do about it.

I agree that you can keep quiet and try to cope with this problem yourself. If we are talking only about how to survive a big loss in gambling, then a person can do it himself, because no one will draw the right conclusions for him. It is worth resorting to external help when we are dealing with addiction. But not every player who has lost a lot of money in a casino becomes addicted, that`s for sure.

[finaleshot2016]

I like how everything in the gambling discussion does have advices like this one that will help us if we encountered problem in gambling. Gamblers are getting more educated and be knowledgeable regarding this since gambling is not a joke.

Alone with no help from the outside  it will be extremely hard to cope with a huge loss in gambling. But it's possible, even though the chances are slim.

There are cases when it is better to cope with it on your own, because you can hear a lot of condemnation and moralizing from the outside. And this will not help you to survive the loss and draw the right conclusions. Help from the outside should be, first of all, in understanding. Few people can offer such a thing and show sympathy for a losing gambler.

It’s the truth if you look at it. You might not hear it immediately or have the backlash of letting out in that moment where you were hurt by your loss but, you would hear friends laugh about how you were unable to contain the situation. Depending on how you take it, you might see the humor in it or take it for an insult for real.

Most times, I rather be quite about it and when I do let it out, it’s often because I don’t care how it’s backlash might have effects on my feelings. I rather be quiet about it because, there isn’t anything anyone could do about it.

I agree that you can keep quiet and try to cope with this problem yourself. If we are talking only about how to survive a big loss in gambling, then a person can do it himself, because no one will draw the right conclusions for him. It is worth resorting to external help when we are dealing with addiction. But not every player who has lost a lot of money in a casino becomes addicted, that`s for sure.

But to be honest, it’s hard to cope by yourself and you really need strong mental power for this. For sure your love ones are there for you in time like this or maybe take time for recreational activities that will make you forgot about gambling. Remember that gambling is always a choice and in this world we have many options, you’ll encounter a lot of it by experience.