How to practice emotional control in gambling?

[Lidger]

If you can't control your emotions then always think that the more emotional you are in trading the more losses you will have and if you gamble with emotions you can lose all your money on emotions. There are many gamblers who cannot control their emotions they take a gamble and after gambling when the result does not go in their favor they become agitated and many times they gamble more money out of anger and lose money. But a smart gambler wouldn't do that. A wise gambler is calm even when he loses money and calm even when he wins. Basically, the more he can keep a cool head in difficult situations, the more likely the decision will be in his favor. Even if you lose money gambling, you need to pause and think again about the root cause of your loss. If you can think in this way, you will definitely be able to control your emotions and take the right decisions.

[gunhell16]

I assume we’re all mature and responsible gamblers here, but from time to time, we still make mistakes. One of the most common mistakes is failing to control our emotions, we know where that leads.. losses, and the higher the stakes, the bigger the potential losses we have to endure.

That’s why it’s important that before placing big bets, we are already emotionally stable and disciplined enough to follow our strategy consistently.

So, guys, how do you control your emotions while gambling? And how has it benefited you?

Also add that there should be limits on the money we deposit into the casino, as long as we depend on the capacity of our budget, let's not deposit too much that even the budget for our family can be used to play gambling because it is not good.

Then overall what you said is correct in my opinion, self-discipline is a big contribution that can be given to a gambler who enters the casino. Because without self-discipline,
it will be difficult for the gambler to control their emotions when losing in the casino becomes frequent.

[Fredomago]

If you can't control your emotions then always think that the more emotional you are in trading the more losses you will have and if you gamble with emotions you can lose all your money on emotions. There are many gamblers who cannot control their emotions they take a gamble and after gambling when the result does not go in their favor they become agitated and many times they gamble more money out of anger and lose money. But a smart gambler wouldn't do that. A wise gambler is calm even when he loses money and calm even when he wins. Basically, the more he can keep a cool head in difficult situations, the more likely the decision will be in his favor. Even if you lose money gambling, you need to pause and think again about the root cause of your loss. If you can think in this way, you will definitely be able to control your emotions and take the right decisions.

You need to be smart if you don't want to lose a lot, an expereinced and wise gambler always find ways to minimize loses and maximize their profits, both side always have set limitation, you need to work on all the factors that may affects your emotion control, managing money and time with all the precautions to avoid making incorrect decision making and failed discipline with your gambling participation.

[madnessteat]

If you can't control your emotions then always think that the more emotional you are in trading the more losses you will have and if you gamble with emotions you can lose all your money on emotions. There are many gamblers who cannot control their emotions they take a gamble and after gambling when the result does not go in their favor they become agitated and many times they gamble more money out of anger and lose money. But a smart gambler wouldn't do that. A wise gambler is calm even when he loses money and calm even when he wins. Basically, the more he can keep a cool head in difficult situations, the more likely the decision will be in his favor. Even if you lose money gambling, you need to pause and think again about the root cause of your loss. If you can think in this way, you will definitely be able to control your emotions and take the right decisions.

I do not think that cold-bloodedness can affect the outcome of gambling because in fact the outcome of gambling on 80-90% depends on the algorithm of distribution of rewards (or on luck, depending on how it counts) and only 10-20% of the experience of the gambler and his actions.

What is the point of looking for the root cause of loss if the probability of losing in gambling is slightly higher than the probability of winning? And this is a pattern. There is only one option to eliminate losses is not to gamble. And so there is no point in analyzing your gambling sessions that end in a loss.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

In my opinion, you only need to learn to control your emotions if you are gambling for long-term winnings. There are many such people, but the percentage of people who win in the long term is very small. Most people gamble for fun. But gambling for fun is nothing more than gambling for emotions: both positive and negative. And if you are gambling for emotions. Then why control them, lol? In my opinion, we should not control emotions, but rather erroneous actions that can harm us. The fact that emotions can push us to these actions does not mean that emotions are evil and that emotions should be fought. After all, most players come to gambling for emotions.

Sorry but I have to totally disagree with your opinion, and this is not to say that I don't respect it, but from my perspective or understanding of things, you are wrong.

First, gambling for fun is not the same as gambling for or with emotions, gambling for fun simply means gambling off emotions, that is, your emotions, your feelings isn't attached to the outcome of the games you play.
Gambling for or with emotions has everything to do with gambling with positive expectations, which is winning, and when this does not happen, its easy for the gambler to feel bad, this is getting ones emotions involved in their gambling activities, this often leads to disappointments, anger, anxiety, and worst of all depression and suicidal thoughts or even suicide.

Gambling without getting ones emotions involved is almost the same as gambling for fun.

[Victorybit1]

Emotional control is a challenge for every gambler even though there is a sense of responsibility, sometimes we lose to our own emotions due to not being able to control or in an unstable state.

One self-control that is always done - must gamble with a minimal bankroll, because it will think this will not bear more losses, therefore emotions will not be big because it can be controlled.

Moreover, continuing to chase defeat is clear that it will be difficult to control emotions.

It's difficult to control your emotions especially when you are losing but just because it's difficult doesn't mean you won't do it, emotional instability can be very disastrous to a gambler. Most people use the excuse of dopamine rush in the brain, it's quite funny that they feel like it's something they have no control over. In order to control your emotions you must have a limit that you shouldn't cross. I have been telling myself that I wouldn't lose more than 5 dollars in each in gambling and so far I've been sticking to it, I no longer chase my losses like I used to, it's all about discipline.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I have been telling myself that I wouldn't lose more than 5 dollars in each in gambling and so far I've been sticking to it, I no longer chase my losses like I used to, it's all about discipline.

You hit the nail on the head my friend, I always use the money limit to play, that is, if I have 20usd to spend in the casino I play as I like, regardless of the emotions, I always give free rein to those emotions and impulses, but if I get to spend it all without winning, I don't keep playing anymore, That's where my discipline comes in, and that way I don't need to be controlling the emotions, what controls everything is the money I am willing to lose, at first it was hard for me to stop playing, but when you have the discipline you do it.

[ShowOff]

I have been telling myself that I wouldn't lose more than 5 dollars in each in gambling and so far I've been sticking to it, I no longer chase my losses like I used to, it's all about discipline.

You hit the nail on the head my friend, I always use the money limit to play, that is, if I have 20usd to spend in the casino I play as I like, regardless of the emotions, I always give free rein to those emotions and impulses, but if I get to spend it all without winning, I don't keep playing anymore, That's where my discipline comes in, and that way I don't need to be controlling the emotions, what controls everything is the money I am willing to lose, at first it was hard for me to stop playing, but when you have the discipline you do it.

I think someone should also set limits when they're on a winning, withdrawing the initial capital to be wagered tomorrow or on another day. So, it's okay to spend the remaining winnings on the same day. Many people overlook this, even though it's quite interesting to practice. Of course, everyone has different principles, but it must be admitted that controlling emotions to not exceed the loss limit is much more difficult to do.

If you gamble every day, the amount of money considered small will accumulate to a lot, so having limits is indeed very necessary. For novice gamblers, they should learn this first. The courage to bet all your money, in my opinion, is a path to endless regret.

[Odusko]

I have been telling myself that I wouldn't lose more than 5 dollars in each in gambling and so far I've been sticking to it, I no longer chase my losses like I used to, it's all about discipline.

You hit the nail on the head my friend, I always use the money limit to play, that is, if I have 20usd to spend in the casino I play as I like, regardless of the emotions, I always give free rein to those emotions and impulses, but if I get to spend it all without winning, I don't keep playing anymore, That's where my discipline comes in, and that way I don't need to be controlling the emotions, what controls everything is the money I am willing to lose, at first it was hard for me to stop playing, but when you have the discipline you do it.

I used to have such a mindset towards betting before, but as time goes on and with knowledge of the selection of games and detecting potential winning games it becomes important to consider odds because most of the games that you can easily win come with low odds and at that staking the maximum of $5 on a single bet can be low rewards outcome, and a waste of time at the end of the day, this is why it important for each gambler to understand the unique nature and stay connected to what work's for you at the end of the day.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Losing money lol. You need a good strategy, if you have a plan that you have determined beforehand, when you are emotionally heavy and you cannot control your emotions, at least you will stick to the plan. You do not need emotions to manage money. If you do good money management, if you lose less money, practicing on it will be the right method.

It is important to limit your money in this strategy, determine in advance how much budget you will allocate. If it is random, it may end badly.

[death69]

If you can't control your emotions then always think that the more emotional you are in trading the more losses you will have and if you gamble with emotions you can lose all your money on emotions. There are many gamblers who cannot control their emotions they take a gamble and after gambling when the result does not go in their favor they become agitated and many times they gamble more money out of anger and lose money. But a smart gambler wouldn't do that. A wise gambler is calm even when he loses money and calm even when he wins. Basically, the more he can keep a cool head in difficult situations, the more likely the decision will be in his favor. Even if you lose money gambling, you need to pause and think again about the root cause of your loss. If you can think in this way, you will definitely be able to control your emotions and take the right decisions.

Don't blame feelings, blame impulsive reactions. Calling it "gambling" is already revealing. We are refering the same thing: allocating resources under conditions of uncertainty.

The "smart gambler" or the "wise gambler" are just marketing labels. These descriptions are just presenting a system, a program for processing information. Input (loss or gain) to output (calm, considered action). Your brain's got this autopilot mode (that's your feelings) and it's been around forever. Problem is, it can take control when you least expect it. Why? Because, it prioritizes short-term survival. A trader who only can process short-term and has emotional hijacking. What would happen?

So, the "root cause" analysis you're suggesting requires the very emotional regulation you're claiming it produces. Which one comes first? You have to put the system in place first!

[Kristiyana]

I have been telling myself that I wouldn't lose more than 5 dollars in each in gambling and so far I've been sticking to it, I no longer chase my losses like I used to, it's all about discipline.

You hit the nail on the head my friend, I always use the money limit to play, that is, if I have 20usd to spend in the casino I play as I like, regardless of the emotions, I always give free rein to those emotions and impulses, but if I get to spend it all without winning, I don't keep playing anymore, That's where my discipline comes in, and that way I don't need to be controlling the emotions, what controls everything is the money I am willing to lose, at first it was hard for me to stop playing, but when you have the discipline you do it.

That's exactly how it is, you know majority of this gamblers always make decision even before they start playing gamble. But is quite unfortunate that only few gamblers that is able to Stick to those decisions they made earlier. why majority of them got carried away along the line, Though I don't know how long you have stayed in that system, but I hope you will continue being discipline just like as you used to.

[Mehmet69]

I think it's much easier to control the budget, or the number of bets that I can't exceed in case of losses. I understand that in case of losing the entire allowed budget for the evening, this can be upsetting, but not every gaming day is successful, you just have to accept it. It's much worse if in case of a loss and reaching a certain limit you continue to play and try to win back, this can lead to the fact that everything will become even worse.

I too hold a similar viewpoint. Limiting the funds allocated for the gambling session has significantly reduced my losses. Since losing is a natural outcome in gambling, you just have to accept it. It is clear that immediately after losing most gamblers experience negative emotions, but after a while they stop bothering us. In my opinion, this is quite normal reaction of our psyche to the stimulus. Thus our body is trying to protect us.

This is definitely a very important point, setting a limited budget in gambling is very useful to control the amount of losses, but it is entirely your responsibility to stop after losing this limited budget. Because many people cannot control themselves after losing a certain budget, and behave like an addicted gambler, a limited budget is of no use to them, because they cannot accept defeat. And I think that if someone is not ready to accept defeat, then he should stay away from gambling as much as possible, because in gambling he will definitely lost.

Yes, you are right. If someone cannot control themselves in gambling, they will always lose. In my opinion, before starting gambling, you should make a strict promise that after reaching a certain budget, you will take a break from gambling for a while and then gamble more or less. Because all gambling algorithms are mostly beneficial for the company. In this algorithm, after the company gets a few percent of customers, some lucky people really benefit.

So we should start gambling based on how much we can afford to lose.

[GeorgeJohn]

If you can't control your emotions then always think that the more emotional you are in trading the more losses you will have and if you gamble with emotions you can lose all your money on emotions.

We need to know that gambling is all about understanding, an experienced gambler don't have to gamble with emotions, but we need to know that anyone who is a gambler need to understand the basics things of gambling, so from my observations and my own ways of understanding gambling

Anyone who is a gambler need to have a limit in gambling so that it will not be bias on gambling, so if you make your calculations on gambling and know your limits, I think that people will not partake on gambling with emotions, the problems we gamblers have, is that we don't gamble with emotions.

[Mehmet69]

hat also affects your decision making and most of the time lead you to make a bad decision and lose what you can't afford to let go.

And that is what we must avoid at all costs, for me doing something like continuing to play and with the intention of recovering or giving it until Winning is a sign that we can go in the direct direction of addiction, we must cut that off, and it is all in our emotional intelligence, if we do not control ourselves well, we have to find a method to do it even if it is from another side, or with a different way of controlling, I do it by Controlling money, there I control absolutely everything, but those who concentrate on the emotional , emotional control and all that, I think it is difficult, very difficult because we humans are made of emotions.

If you continue following such kind of act when you are experiencing losing streaks, chances that you'll see yourself losing a lot and like what you mentioned, it can lead into addiction and we must stop that kind of emotion. Either force yourself or find ways to use alternative venue to put yourself to other things instead of pushing yourself forward and keep losing more. That will allow us to find that discipline we need to avoid making huge mistake and lose lots of money.

Every greedy gambler that don't want to let go of his losses will live to regret chasing his losses, because he will incur more losses. Self control is very important in any activity that can be habitual to us. Whoever lacks self control over his gambling activities can become addicted easily. We shouldn't gambe to put ourselves into a big problem that'll affect us mentally, instead we should gamble for fun with an amount that you can afford to lose.

This is the only reason for more losses, because gamblers will continue to recover their losses, but the losses will never be recovered, but only more losses will increase. In fact, this type of activity begins because of their attitude, if they had accepted gambling only as entertainment, then this type of addiction would never have happened.

Therefore, maintaining control is very important, someone who lacks control can easily become addicted, which is enough to destroy his life.

Of course, a gambler wants to recoup his previous losses in every game. But he faces losses again and again. Because gambling companies can manipulate people. They put a social proof zone on every gambling platform. Where people look very happy every day. When they are out, it seems as if they have all won some game or the other. In this way, ordinary people go to gamble with about 20% more interest. Which is a big mistake on their part.

So we should not give in to greed in any way.

[Fredomago]

Of course, a gambler wants to recoup his previous losses in every game. But he faces losses again and again. Because gambling companies can manipulate people. They put a social proof zone on every gambling platform. Where people look very happy every day. When they are out, it seems as if they have all won some game or the other. In this way, ordinary people go to gamble with about 20% more interest. Which is a big mistake on their part.

So we should not give in to greed in any way.

Yes, greed is the number one factor that leads gamblers to keep pushing, but if you manage to control that you'll be able to avoid losing a lot, with your statement, those kinds of advertisement can really attracts more gamblers to keep trying and hoping that they'll be able to make some decent amount while trying to recover whatever the amount that they already lose, but suddenly they'll keep on losing their money most of the time they attempt to push forward to play.

[Koadharber]

Of course, a gambler wants to recoup his previous losses in every game. But he faces losses again and again. Because gambling companies can manipulate people. They put a social proof zone on every gambling platform. Where people look very happy every day. When they are out, it seems as if they have all won some game or the other. In this way, ordinary people go to gamble with about 20% more interest. Which is a big mistake on their part.

So we should not give in to greed in any way.

Yes, greed is the number one factor that leads gamblers to keep pushing, but if you manage to control that you'll be able to avoid losing a lot, with your statement, those kinds of advertisement can really attracts more gamblers to keep trying and hoping that they'll be able to make some decent amount while trying to recover whatever the amount that they already lose, but suddenly they'll keep on losing their money most of the time they attempt to push forward to play.

Greed is indeed one of the main reasons on why you would really be finding yourself keep pushing out of your limits on which this is why its really that important that you do really know on how to keep yourself dont lose cool at the moment that you do suffer or experience up loses. This will really be that the main reason on why you would really be playing even more rather than on making yourself that completely stop.

Its really that important that you do really know on what you should gonna do and dont let yourself that being dragged with that greediness because once you do allow it, then it will really be that resulting into that very huge problem on which it will really be that in connected to financial and this should be stopped midway or else you would really be having that huge regret just because you havent been able to do so.
Its important on having that self awareness on whats happening.

[EarnOnVictor]

If you can't control your emotions then always think that the more emotional you are in trading the more losses you will have and if you gamble with emotions you can lose all your money on emotions. There are many gamblers who cannot control their emotions they take a gamble and after gambling when the result does not go in their favor they become agitated and many times they gamble more money out of anger and lose money. But a smart gambler wouldn't do that. A wise gambler is calm even when he loses money and calm even when he wins. Basically, the more he can keep a cool head in difficult situations, the more likely the decision will be in his favor. Even if you lose money gambling, you need to pause and think again about the root cause of your loss. If you can think in this way, you will definitely be able to control your emotions and take the right decisions.

I do not think that cold-bloodedness can affect the outcome of gambling because in fact the outcome of gambling on 80-90% depends on the algorithm of distribution of rewards (or on luck, depending on how it counts) and only 10-20% of the experience of the gambler and his actions.

My experience even hinted at more than the 80-90% stated by you, but we must consider the aspect of gambling we are talking about to ascertain the befitting percentage. It's certain that it's 50% in sports betting, so long as the gambler is skilful on such betting, he will do his part, while the actual outcome decides the rest. But for casino gambling, it's even more than the 90% limit, it's higher than 98% that the algorithm determines the winner and the loser. It would have had the whole 100% if not for poker games and others.

[Sticky Bomb]

I assume we’re all mature and responsible gamblers here, but from time to time, we still make mistakes. One of the most common mistakes is failing to control our emotions, we know where that leads.. losses, and the higher the stakes, the bigger the potential losses we have to endure.

That’s why it’s important that before placing big bets, we are already emotionally stable and disciplined enough to follow our strategy consistently.

So, guys, how do you control your emotions while gambling? And how has it benefited you?

Also add that there should be limits on the money we deposit into the casino, as long as we depend on the capacity of our budget, let's not deposit too much that even the budget for our family can be used to play gambling because it is not good.

Then overall what you said is correct in my opinion, self-discipline is a big contribution that can be given to a gambler who enters the casino. Because without self-discipline,
it will be difficult for the gambler to control their emotions when losing in the casino becomes frequent.

Correct, in accurate cashflow management, you should budget some specific funds for all your expenses and recreation alike and in the case of gambling, it's important you gamble with less than 5% of your earnings. To increase your efficiency,  You could also spread your gambling budget to across your gambling periods before the next income and discipline yourself not to fund the casino with more than apportioned to a particular session. That way you'll not meddle into finances meant for other necessities to service your gambling desires.

[Y3shot]

That's exactly how it is, you know majority of this gamblers always make decision even before they start playing gamble. But is quite unfortunate that only few gamblers that is able to Stick to those decisions they made earlier. why majority of them got carried away along the line, Though I don't know how long you have stayed in that system, but I hope you will continue being discipline just like as you used to.

That is why you can't do without discipline in in gambling,  if you are not discipline you will always break your own rules in gambling,  it will be so difficult for you to stick to your own decision. If you don't have discipline you will always struggle with gambling which the end result emotional struggle that is so difficult o control.  For a gambler to be able to control emotions it is important to place discipline as an habit which you need to practice,  if discipline is not there you will always have challenge.