how do you avoid being stress in gambling?

[fruktik]

Ultimately feeling stressed after losing in gambling is something that every gambler feels. Ready or not this situation is a natural condition every time you lose a bet. We as gamblers cannot force luck to come, therefore gambling is a matter of responsibility. Many people who used to be aggressive gamblers but over time they learned to control themselves and eventually became fine.

I was constantly stressed when I lost a significant amount of money. I fell into some kind of indifference to everything that surrounded me. There was no spark of joy in my eyes. Thoughts were about how to find money again and go and try to win it back. Well, that's not much fun, to be honest. It's a bit like masochism.

How many times have I told myself in my thoughts that I should stop and reconsider my approach to the process. But no... I didn't want to do it, because my inner voice was talking about the futility of this activity.

[nullama]

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I was constantly stressed when I lost a significant amount of money. I fell into some kind of indifference to everything that surrounded me. There was no spark of joy in my eyes. Thoughts were about how to find money again and go and try to win it back. Well, that's not much fun, to be honest. It's a bit like masochism.

How many times have I told myself in my thoughts that I should stop and reconsider my approach to the process. But no... I didn't want to do it, because my inner voice was talking about the futility of this activity.

Yes, I think that when a person goes into a bad situation like that, they can feel a bit numb from all the stress and losses.

The idea of trying to win more money in gambling, which is the way the gamblers lost their money to begin with, is basically what can be seen as the start of an addiction...

When the "cure" becomes the "problem", that is when the feedback loops start to present more and more obviously.

It's a slippery slope, and a gambler must be prepared to stop when this happens.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

It sounds almost like a miracle, because even though big wins do happen (we hear about them from those who gamble, and most of us have at least once experienced what we consider a big win), for them to happen exactly when you need money and have no other way out – that’s extremely rare. For example, I’ve never managed to win like that at the exact moment when I urgently needed money.

Very rare to see that happen.
When we're in need and then instead of getting that money when we gamble, we get more losses.
That is why when I am in that situation, I don't think that gambling is the best option for me. I'd just ask someone to lend me money than to gamble and try my luck.

Relying on gambling as a breakthrough in times of financial challenges can even make the situation worse, mate. I have experienced an unexpected winning when I needed money most, but it only happen once and have not happened again. That's to say that such situation happens only by luck and after someone have experienced it ones they may not experience it again. So, if someone is trying to rely on such luck, they can make their case worse.

[Olatundespo]

It sounds almost like a miracle, because even though big wins do happen (we hear about them from those who gamble, and most of us have at least once experienced what we consider a big win), for them to happen exactly when you need money and have no other way out – that’s extremely rare. For example, I’ve never managed to win like that at the exact moment when I urgently needed money.

Very rare to see that happen.
When we're in need and then instead of getting that money when we gamble, we get more losses.
That is why when I am in that situation, I don't think that gambling is the best option for me. I'd just ask someone to lend me money than to gamble and try my luck.

Relying on gambling as a breakthrough in times of financial challenges can even make the situation worse, mate. I have experienced an unexpected winning when I needed money most, but it only happen once and have not happened again. That's to say that such situation happens only by luck and after someone have experienced it ones they may not experience it again. So, if someone is trying to rely on such luck, they can make their case worse.

There was an example of a gambler who had barely enough money to support his family for a week but then lost most of it. He couldn't contain his excitement and decided to continue playing again but unfortunately he lost all his money and it only took him a few hours to do so. I was surprised by his purpose but he was not in a position to give up and he borrowed money from a friend and started playing again and watched him very carefully and he won so much that he won enough money to support his family for six months. He left the place immediately and he seemed to be in a very normal and had no any emotion. I think that gambler is an experienced and very confident person so he returned home with a win.

Confidence is one of the elements of winning.

[terrific]

It sounds almost like a miracle, because even though big wins do happen (we hear about them from those who gamble, and most of us have at least once experienced what we consider a big win), for them to happen exactly when you need money and have no other way out – that’s extremely rare. For example, I’ve never managed to win like that at the exact moment when I urgently needed money.

Very rare to see that happen.
When we're in need and then instead of getting that money when we gamble, we get more losses.
That is why when I am in that situation, I don't think that gambling is the best option for me. I'd just ask someone to lend me money than to gamble and try my luck.

Relying on gambling as a breakthrough in times of financial challenges can even make the situation worse, mate. I have experienced an unexpected winning when I needed money most, but it only happen once and have not happened again. That's to say that such situation happens only by luck and after someone have experienced it ones they may not experience it again. So, if someone is trying to rely on such luck, they can make their case worse.

We shouldn't rely our immediate need through gambling.
It's only going to make the situation worst and we're going to regret that later.
But for those that haven't regret it, they might just look for it and they want to experience it themselves and in the end, they will say the same thing.

[rachael9385]

For me, stress is unavoidable if you are doing gambling, especially on a red streak. What I'm doing is cutting my session and taking a break for maybe an hour or more, or coming back the next day. One should do it to prevent the situation from becoming even worse. I'm not saying things will go the other way after taking a break, but at least you can calm or cool down your mind. 'Coz based on my exp, if I didn't do it, I would just bet continuously and mindlessly, like wild betting, not stopping until I got at least 1-3 green in a row or a green streak before trying to cool down.

It's always important to take breaks when it's necessary, most gamblers prefer to keep gambling when they are on a losing streak hoping to recover their losses. These are the things that makes gambling stressful, if you keep chasing your losses it would affect you psychologically like you said things might not go way after taking a break but it would definitely put you in the right head space. Gambling immediately after going through a losing streak might make you take some irrational decisions

[Fredomago]

For myself, I realized that playing sports also helps very well to switch off and get rid of stress.

I completely agree with you, prolonged rest not only keeps you away from many bad situations that arise in a casino when there are many losses, sport is undoubtedly the best thing you can do, not only to stay away from possible things or problems in the casino, but also for your health Now more than ever, people should take a little more care to exercise for their health.

The important thing is we can distract our minds that telling us to come back to casino. We can enjoy our free time doing many activities which give us entertainment and have fun. We want to have fun but not just from gambling so we must understand that doing other activities will be necessary to balance our life. That will make us stay away from stress in gambling so when we come back to casino, we will not think much about gambling because we know that gambling is just the other activities that we can do. We will take care ourselves when gambling and will not trying to waste our money by chasing the win.

keeping yourself busy doing other things will really help you from thinking about gambling, it's a good alternative in preventing yourself from thinking and aiming to keep pushing yourself playing or betting around. It's important to have other activities that can help you things like sports or doing gyms or getting out together with your friends or relatives that will eat out most of your time and not to give any space to allow you to think about gambling, a good way to avoid stressing yourself as you'll not going to think about gambling and those loses that you experienced.

[Ricardo11]

For myself, I realized that playing sports also helps very well to switch off and get rid of stress.

I completely agree with you, prolonged rest not only keeps you away from many bad situations that arise in a casino when there are many losses, sport is undoubtedly the best thing you can do, not only to stay away from possible things or problems in the casino, but also for your health Now more than ever, people should take a little more care to exercise for their health.

The important thing is we can distract our minds that telling us to come back to casino. We can enjoy our free time doing many activities which give us entertainment and have fun. We want to have fun but not just from gambling so we must understand that doing other activities will be necessary to balance our life. That will make us stay away from stress in gambling so when we come back to casino, we will not think much about gambling because we know that gambling is just the other activities that we can do. We will take care ourselves when gambling and will not trying to waste our money by chasing the win.

keeping yourself busy doing other things will really help you from thinking about gambling, it's a good alternative in preventing yourself from thinking and aiming to keep pushing yourself playing or betting around. It's important to have other activities that can help you things like sports or doing gyms or getting out together with your friends or relatives that will eat out most of your time and not to give any space to allow you to think about gambling, a good way to avoid stressing yourself as you'll not going to think about gambling and those loses that you experienced.

I agree with you, when you are without any work, or spend time alone, that is when the thought of gambling will enter your mind. The more alone and free a person is, the deeper the temptation of gambling enters that person's mind, this is absolutely true.
The fact is that you need to keep yourself busy as much as possible in any way. If you have no work, read books, gain knowledge, go out, in fact, we have countless things to do, you just need to have the Desire.
Whatever a person wants from his heart, he will definitely be able to do it, no matter how difficult that work is, Desire and self-effort are the most important things. So, things have to be decided from the deep heart, Similarly, if an addicted gambler really wants to get out of the addiction of gambling, then he will definitely get rid of this addiction and can accept gambling only as entertainment.

[Odusko]

For myself, I realized that playing sports also helps very well to switch off and get rid of stress.

I completely agree with you, prolonged rest not only keeps you away from many bad situations that arise in a casino when there are many losses, sport is undoubtedly the best thing you can do, not only to stay away from possible things or problems in the casino, but also for your health Now more than ever, people should take a little more care to exercise for their health.

LUCKYMFLY I completely agree with you, having a rest is something that helps both the body and our mental wellness and we have to acknowledge that always, gambling for too long without rest and gambling when you are stressed can affect negative ways especially if you are gambling to win money from it, but if you just want to gamble to have fun, you may be ok with stress, but such things like sports bets that need analysis, it is demanding and one need to be in the right frame of mind to achieve success in that regard.

[MaxMueller]

Can't believe that it is seriously discussed to gamble with money you can not affort to loose...

You may look up "self-distribution bias" which means in short that you blame bad luck in case of loosing but claiming skill in case of winning a gamble...

[nullama]

Can't believe that it is seriously discussed to gamble with money you can not affort to loose...

You may look up "self-distribution bias" which means in short that you blame bad luck in case of loosing but claiming skill in case of winning a gamble...

Yeah, I think that is actually a quite common occurrence.

As you say, when something negative happens, it's "someone else's fault", but when they have a positive outcome, they did it all by themselves...

It's a common thing, there's also a say that is "success has multiple parents but failure is an orphan" or something like that...

It's just human nature I guess..

[fruktik]

Yes, I think that when a person goes into a bad situation like that, they can feel a bit numb from all the stress and losses.

The idea of trying to win more money in gambling, which is the way the gamblers lost their money to begin with, is basically what can be seen as the start of an addiction...

When the "cure" becomes the "problem", that is when the feedback loops start to present more and more obviously.

It's a slippery slope, and a gambler must be prepared to stop when this happens.

Many years ago I couldn't stop and lost a large sum of money. I still think about it. What prompted me to dive headlong into the world of gambling at that time? What was the reason? I still can't find the answers to these questions. Was there little money? Then why did I go and lose the last of it? Did I want to escape from reality to another world? Yes, perhaps, but somehow it doesn't convince me. I don't know... It's all strange, of course. I'd like to figure it all out so that such situations don't happen again.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I can tell that it gets stressful when you are losing an amount that could've paid your bills and mortgage instead of gambling it. Worse, it could be the reason why we will get a loan or, even worse, hurt ourselves for regretting what we had done.

That is precisely what we must avoid, we must be people who first of all before playing we must have our bills and basic needs fully paid to be able to play, in case we get too excited and lose, then we must look for money even if it is borrowed because there is no other way, but it should serve as a lesson for us not to do it anymore, the material, the money is recovered, but you have to work hard for it.

[nullama]

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Many years ago I couldn't stop and lost a large sum of money. I still think about it. What prompted me to dive headlong into the world of gambling at that time? What was the reason? I still can't find the answers to these questions. Was there little money? Then why did I go and lose the last of it? Did I want to escape from reality to another world? Yes, perhaps, but somehow it doesn't convince me. I don't know... It's all strange, of course. I'd like to figure it all out so that such situations don't happen again.

Yeah, the mind is an interesting thing.

Sometimes we end up doing things that we are not really sure why we're doing them.

But at the end of the day it is a good thing to stop and think about what we're doing.

Because, really, we are what we do.

[Fredomago]

I agree with you, when you are without any work, or spend time alone, that is when the thought of gambling will enter your mind. The more alone and free a person is, the deeper the temptation of gambling enters that person's mind, this is absolutely true.
The fact is that you need to keep yourself busy as much as possible in any way. If you have no work, read books, gain knowledge, go out, in fact, we have countless things to do, you just need to have the Desire.
Whatever a person wants from his heart, he will definitely be able to do it, no matter how difficult that work is, Desire and self-effort are the most important things. So, things have to be decided from the deep heart, Similarly, if an addicted gambler really wants to get out of the addiction of gambling, then he will definitely get rid of this addiction and can accept gambling only as entertainment.

That's the reason why it is important to have that alternative options in terms of keeping yourself busy, though it only applies with those who are not addicted yet or the level of the addiction is not that deep, they can use the option to stay away else, it will keeps on leading them to keep playing.

And for the situation where you needed to avoid getting any stress, it's a must to allocated certain budget or an amount that you are willing to let go, as if you set it up the time you reached your limit it's not hard to let go and quit away.

[Dickiy]

I was constantly stressed when I lost a significant amount of money. I fell into some kind of indifference to everything that surrounded me. There was no spark of joy in my eyes. Thoughts were about how to find money again and go and try to win it back. Well, that's not much fun, to be honest. It's a bit like masochism.

How many times have I told myself in my thoughts that I should stop and reconsider my approach to the process. But no... I didn't want to do it, because my inner voice was talking about the futility of this activity.

With that means you are gambling with the aim not for entertainment but to make a profit and in my opinion it should be evaluated where you should be able to accept every time the gambling you do ends with losing the money that is bet. What is feared is when you cannot accept losing money it will make you more aggressive in gambling such as chasing victory accompanied by high emotional feelings, this can be even worse. I hope you can evaluate it for yourself too.

[gunhell16]

Ultimately feeling stressed after losing in gambling is something that every gambler feels. Ready or not this situation is a natural condition every time you lose a bet. We as gamblers cannot force luck to come, therefore gambling is a matter of responsibility. Many people who used to be aggressive gamblers but over time they learned to control themselves and eventually became fine.

I was constantly stressed when I lost a significant amount of money. I fell into some kind of indifference to everything that surrounded me. There was no spark of joy in my eyes. Thoughts were about how to find money again and go and try to win it back. Well, that's not much fun, to be honest. It's a bit like masochism.

How many times have I told myself in my thoughts that I should stop and reconsider my approach to the process. But no... I didn't want to do it, because my inner voice was talking about the futility of this activity.

Maybe if we expect to win when we play casino gambling, it is possible that we will feel stressed, right? Because if our gambling is just for fun and entertainment,
we will have no expectations and if this is the case, there is no reason for us to be stressed even if we lose, right?

That is why it is really important that every gambler who plays gambling has limits, whether offline or online. Because if there are no limits, the scenario will always enter that gamblers
always chase their losses, am I right?

[bakasabo]

keeping yourself busy doing other things will really help you from thinking about gambling, it's a good alternative in preventing yourself from thinking and aiming to keep pushing yourself playing or betting around. It's important to have other activities that can help you things like sports or doing gyms or getting out together with your friends or relatives that will eat out most of your time and not to give any space to allow you to think about gambling, a good way to avoid stressing yourself as you'll not going to think about gambling and those loses that you experienced.

That worked opposite for me quite often. If I do monotonous tasks, or something semi automated, at one moment I notice that I do it on autopilot and start thinking more and more about thinks I wish to run away from. I clearly remember when I had problems in relationship and try to make myself busy to stop thinking about, during activities, even with headphones with music on, all my thought was about relationship. I was at the gym, and havent even noticed how few hours fly away, what muscles I was working on and what audiobook I was listening.

My advice - be more cautious and accurate in selecting activity to keep busy, because it might have opposite effect and a person might get stressed even more.

[Koadharber]

Ultimately feeling stressed after losing in gambling is something that every gambler feels. Ready or not this situation is a natural condition every time you lose a bet. We as gamblers cannot force luck to come, therefore gambling is a matter of responsibility. Many people who used to be aggressive gamblers but over time they learned to control themselves and eventually became fine.

I was constantly stressed when I lost a significant amount of money. I fell into some kind of indifference to everything that surrounded me. There was no spark of joy in my eyes. Thoughts were about how to find money again and go and try to win it back. Well, that's not much fun, to be honest. It's a bit like masochism.

How many times have I told myself in my thoughts that I should stop and reconsider my approach to the process. But no... I didn't want to do it, because my inner voice was talking about the futility of this activity.

Maybe if we expect to win when we play casino gambling, it is possible that we will feel stressed, right? Because if our gambling is just for fun and entertainment,
we will have no expectations and if this is the case, there is no reason for us to be stressed even if we lose, right?

That is why it is really important that every gambler who plays gambling has limits, whether offline or online. Because if there are no limits, the scenario will always enter that gamblers
always chase their losses, am I right?

When you are expecting to win and turned out that luck isnt on your side on that particular moment, then you will be ending up on having that kind of disappointment and frustration because it is opposing on what you are that anticipating into. Its important that you do really need up to consider that losing is most likely that will happen on gambling or the rate of losing is way more than on what you do able to win up. You wont get stressed if you arent that expecting something positive then these loses will be that not a big issue for you and you do rather found yourself that easily moves on and wont be having that any impulsive actions that be taken or any something that will be putting up you into danger specially when it comes to financial aspects on which its always been best to have this kind of thinking or approach rather than on making yourself that being that too positive into something that didnt happen on which it do bring out that frustration.

[JunaidAzizi]

When you are expecting to win and turned out that luck isnt on your side on that particular moment, then you will be ending up on having that kind of disappointment and frustration because it is opposing on what you are that anticipating into. Its important that you do really need up to consider that losing is most likely that will happen on gambling or the rate of losing is way more than on what you do able to win up. You wont get stressed if you arent that expecting something positive then these loses will be that not a big issue for you and you do rather found yourself that easily moves on and wont be having that any impulsive actions that be taken or any something that will be putting up you into danger specially when it comes to financial aspects on which its always been best to have this kind of thinking or approach rather than on making yourself that being that too positive into something that didnt happen on which it do bring out that frustration.

A good way to avoid getting shocked and facing tense conditions is to expect less. We get deceived in many things because we expect a lot, and the responses are not equivalent to what we thought would happen. In gambling, anything is possible at any time, we can't be sure about anything, and if someone is more certain, they may use some illegal techniques. So, if you mentally prepare yourself for the possibility that the results will not be in your favor, you will experience less loss of money and feelings. I use this kind of mentality when I bet; I prepare myself for both positive and negative results, and if anything happens, I just react without taking it out on myself.