How to practice emotional control in gambling?

[shasan]

it's easier said than down because emotions are one thing that takes years of practice to control this is the more reason why more people fall victim to gamble related addiction which helps them to become broke

I do not disagree with you and it is my mind saying thing that controlling emotion is too hard and almost impossible to a lot of people (majority people can't control emotion and it is not possible for them) and that is why people become loser and loser dayyy by day and if win then still they can't utilize the fund in a proper way and that can be in lost today or tomorrow.

[laijsica]

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?

Yes, almost all of us who are participating in this discussion are mature gamblers, but we have a lack of emotional control that takes us out of control. The first step to controlling our emotions is to be responsible for ourselves. The second step is to be prudent in gambling and allocating money from discretionary income so that you do not go beyond your budget.

The most negative effect of going beyond our tolerance is an increase in the number of losses. You cannot control your emotions no matter how hard you try unless you limit your budget.

Being responsible to your family is the highest priority. In addition, you must allocate your gambling budget within the limits set by your budget. My experience and lesson is that you cannot control your emotions unless you limit your gambling budget.

[Hanadawa]

The first step is to avoid any thing that would make you emotional as a gambler. One thing most gamblers do that makes them end up being controlled by emotions us that they risk just too much. Remember that you should only risk that which you can afford to loss. And if you cannot afford to loss such funds, then risk very little portion so that the loss doesn't make you sober and end up emotional. We try our best to hold ourselves as gamblers because the moment you get emotional, you will end up losing too much.

Being a wise gambler can make you able to control your emotions. Most people say that emotions are difficult to control because it is not easy to do it. I agree but most of the causes are because you bet beyond what you can afford and you have the wrong motivation in gambling. For example when you have an income of $ 200 and you allocate a budget for fun around $ 20, I think you will not be greedy and emotional when you lose. But if you try to take risks, such as throwing away your $ 100 then you will not be able to control your emotions when you lose your money. And the second is your motivation. If your motivation for gambling is as an additional income, I am sure 99% of people like that will not be able to control their emotions.

[Altryist]

I do not disagree with you and it is my mind saying thing that controlling emotion is too hard and almost impossible to a lot of people (majority people can't control emotion and it is not possible for them) and that is why people become loser and loser dayyy by day and if win then still they can't utilize the fund in a proper way and that can be in lost today or tomorrow.

Those who have problems with self-control will always face this, no matter whether it is a win or a loss, these are all emotions. Sometimes a win can bring a good win and these are also strong emotions that need to be controlled, so that in this euphoria you do not immediately put all your money on the next bet. You can decide that you are lucky now and you should continue playing, or just want to continue playing on positive emotions, in which case you also need to be able to control yourself.

[masulum]

I’m guilty, especially of that first statement. It’s not that we don’t realize it; of course we do. But we keep hoping for that big win. That never ending hope is what keeps us coming back. Still, I’ve been trying very hard to stick to my daily limits, and I’ve been managing it better now compared to before. I’ve also lowered my daily bankroll, and my urge to play again after losing is more under control now. The urge is still there, but it’s manageable. I just shift my focus to other things, and that urge fades, much dimmer than it used to be.

I really respect that you have started setting daily limits and reducing your bankroll. That is a big step that you have taken to solved the problems faced by many gamblers for yourself. However, you also have to be careful, sometimes, when we feel like we can control it, we are forget about it, and starting do another mistake. But, the important is that now you can recognize the pattern and start fighting back. Many don't get to that stage. Hopefully you can get through all of this well, until you are truly able to manage your emotions and eliminate those false hopes.

[xenomorfo]

it's easier said than down because emotions are one thing that takes years of practice to control this is the more reason why more people fall victim to gamble related addiction which helps them to become broke

I do not disagree with you and it is my mind saying thing that controlling emotion is too hard and almost impossible to a lot of people (majority people can't control emotion and it is not possible for them) and that is why people become loser and loser dayyy by day and if win then still they can't utilize the fund in a proper way and that can be in lost today or tomorrow.

I don't agree with you, but why do you have to make all this effort to control your emotions when you can play without worries if you only play small amounts?
You can't get rich by gambling or playing poker unless you're a champion and is rare condition for me

[LUCKMCFLY]

Well, to be honest, it's easy to say this.

You are absolutely right, it wasn’t easy for me to gain discipline, whenever I applied this when playing, emotions would get the better of me, or maybe impulses, that’s what cost me the most, but what was happening? I lost and lost money, until I reached a point where I said: “No more,” I’m not going to lose money foolishly, either I gain discipline or I’m no good at doing this, and little by little I started, but the truth is it’s not easy at all, I told myself, it’s easy to say but hard to do.

[hedgeh0g]

Well, to be honest, it's easy to say this.

You are absolutely right, it wasn’t easy for me to gain discipline, whenever I applied this when playing, emotions would get the better of me, or maybe impulses, that’s what cost me the most, but what was happening? I lost and lost money, until I reached a point where I said: “No more,” I’m not going to lose money foolishly, either I gain discipline or I’m no good at doing this, and little by little I started, but the truth is it’s not easy at all, I told myself, it’s easy to say but hard to do.

I often had emotions that were higher than me and I lost the same way. But I often remember that other players have the same problems and why other players can be better than me in this. Then my competitive spirit awakens and I understand that I will not be worse than other players in this, at least I try to make myself better in this. We should always strive for this, to be better than other players, otherwise why enter the game at all if we are weak in many things, including emotional ones. In general, I think it is impossible to improve your emotionality in any way, except by playing for big money yourself, so that in the future the pressure is not put on us by money, but not everyone can withstand this.

[Lanatsa]

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?

Yes, almost all of us who are participating in this discussion are mature gamblers, but we have a lack of emotional control that takes us out of control. The first step to controlling our emotions is to be responsible for ourselves. The second step is to be prudent in gambling and allocating money from discretionary income so that you do not go beyond your budget.

The most negative effect of going beyond our tolerance is an increase in the number of losses. You cannot control your emotions no matter how hard you try unless you limit your budget.

Being responsible to your family is the highest priority. In addition, you must allocate your gambling budget within the limits set by your budget. My experience and lesson is that you cannot control your emotions unless you limit your gambling budget.

Be mindful and be responsible into the actions that you are taking and not really just that trying out to deal up with gambling without having that control specially into emotion on which we do know that this could bring out that huge impact specially on how you do spend up your money into gambling. We do know that on the moment that you have that lost up your cool or right thinking on the moment that you do gamble then it will be affecting out totally with your behavior and if it turned out that you've lost your control then this will be resulting into that impulsive spending or deposits on which do make out the situation that more worst or becomes a disaster when it left uncontrolled. Practicing out emotional control will be definitely be depending on someones mental fortitude whether he can control himself or will be letting up that urge to control over him. Experience will be the best teacher but not all gamblers will be able to realize it out along the way and most of them do end up on disaster first before they do make out such learning.

When we are on the situation on which we do know that on the moment that we've been that spending up that much already on gambling or losing up that significant amount, then its wise that you should be stopping right away instead on continuing because it will be that causing up that much problem at the moment that you cant control yourself on making further deposits.There are those individuals who do become that wary about into their actions when they dont have anymore money into their pockets on which they should have that stopped earlier to avoid further damage or losing too much money. So it will be that up to you on how you do handle up things accordingly.

[rachael9385]

If you must gamble, remove emotions and how can you remove emotions is by making sure you don't place bets with huge amounts and you don't need to allow gambling to be part of your life such that you can't do without it which is the addiction we talk about, treat gambling as just a game where you can either win or lose and if you lose you just accept it in good faith regardless that money is at stake. Gamble with the amount you can lose without it having a negative impact in your life, with this approach you won't find gambling uneasy and it will help you not to become emotional.

Emotional feelings only makes gambling more frustrating, people who gamble with such might end losing more. Emotional gamblers can't keep their feeling intact that's why they chase their losses and this continuous for a while till they are willing to stop. Gamblers responsibly can not lead to the point where you start losing emotional control because you are risking what they cannot afford to lose. Gambling becomes when you learn to put your feelings aside.

[jossiel]

Well, to be honest, it's easy to say this.

You are absolutely right, it wasn’t easy for me to gain discipline, whenever I applied this when playing, emotions would get the better of me, or maybe impulses, that’s what cost me the most, but what was happening? I lost and lost money, until I reached a point where I said: “No more,” I’m not going to lose money foolishly, either I gain discipline or I’m no good at doing this, and little by little I started, but the truth is it’s not easy at all, I told myself, it’s easy to say but hard to do.

Yes, it's not easy at all.

We can play with words and make it quite easy for us to say that. But the reality will show us that it's not.

Even for those people that we will tell this, they will have their own fair share on this like you did and have experienced that it's hard.

[Mate2237]

If you must gamble, remove emotions and how can you remove emotions is by making sure you don't place bets with huge amounts and you don't need to allow gambling to be part of your life such that you can't do without it which is the addiction we talk about, treat gambling as just a game where you can either win or lose and if you lose you just accept it in good faith regardless that money is at stake. Gamble with the amount you can lose without it having a negative impact in your life, with this approach you won't find gambling uneasy and it will help you not to become emotional.

Emotional feelings only makes gambling more frustrating, people who gamble with such might end losing more. Emotional gamblers can't keep their feeling intact that's why they chase their losses and this continuous for a while till they are willing to stop. Gamblers responsibly can not lead to the point where you start losing emotional control because you are risking what they cannot afford to lose. Gambling becomes when you learn to put your feelings aside.

That's true gambling has nothing to do with your emotions so removing your emotions when it comes to gambling will be a good thing to you as an individual because gambling with your emotions are not even healthy as it can leads to emotional breakdown and mental instability so anyone who wants to get the best out of gambling should free himself of emotional strength which is not too good.



We should not joke with our emotions as they plays a very key role in our happiness so if anything happens to our emotions we in problem so removing emotions and gambling is what brings out the best in you as an individual who is into gambling

[LUCKMCFLY]

If you still think it's hard to control emotions in another sectors of your life, maybe it's a good idea to analyze what you are doing to manage your money efficiently, so you can apply the same principles to your emotional life in general aiming functional results.

Well my secret is simple, I leave everything in the hands of what I am willing to lose , just by controlling that I can play with all my emotions without stopping , that's the way I do it, when I Reach my limit then I don't play anymore even if I feel that in the next move I am going to lose, it is not easy to contain yourself, but it can be achieved.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

it's easier said than down because emotions are one thing that takes years of practice to control this is the more reason why more people fall victim to gamble related addiction which helps them to become broke

I do not disagree with you and it is my mind saying thing that controlling emotion is too hard and almost impossible to a lot of people (majority people can't control emotion and it is not possible for them) and that is why people become loser and loser dayyy by day and if win then still they can't utilize the fund in a proper way and that can be in lost today or tomorrow.

If people want, any impossible thing can be made possible and if people do not want, then no impossible thing can be made possible. What you said here is right because there are many people in gambling who cannot control their emotions. Those who cannot control their emotions in gambling quickly become addicted to gambling. I have seen many gamblers around me who physically gambled on the side of the road and ended their lives because they could not control their emotions. If they could control their emotions, then they would definitely get rid of gambling and gambling addiction.

[Nwada001]

It is quite possible to earn money on gambling, but this chance is very small and I mean that after many gaming sessions the gambler will have profit on the deposit. But this is not an exception that after several gaming sessions. He will lose. Still, I think that only 1% of gamblers and betting fans remain in the black on the deposit after months or years.And this is definitely due to luck and their own skills.

Indeed, it's easy to gamble and double a gambler's deposit after a few bets, but keeping that going for long is what's not easy to deal with. Even with skill and luck combined together, it's hard to keep winning in the long run, which is why some consider only recording the wins they experience from recent games and don't count their losses because, put together in general, they will be on the losing side.

[LUCKMCFLY]

And you are right, do it if things working well to avoid hurting too much with your deposit balance..

And I know that things in each one of us have a way of solving things, I would say that I can apply emotional control but not in the middle of a game in a casino , for me what works is being able to control my money, if I control my money and I have the Discipline to be able to do it, it prevents me from spending more money, in the end I think that is the idea, not to spend unnecessarily.

[rachael9385]

The way I control my emotions when gambling and experiencing a losing streak that I have to do is to immediately realize it, because I know if I don't control it then I will lose more money and usually I will replace the habit with healthier and more productive activities that can also help and usually I play with my child, joke or do something useful and healthy for me and my child or daughter-in-law by doing housework and that's the same as me helping to lighten my wife's work.

And in that way I will quickly forget it and will return to being good overall and do it again to gamble after resting and in a calm state and also a sense of joy when starting it and sometimes lucky.

In order not to fall into the temptation of chasing losses always opt out after the first loss, this is what I practice constantly and it has been a way that I avoid losing a lot of money.  Keeping your mind distracted is a way to control your emotions when you are probably going through a losing streak but to avoid all of that just stop before it progresses. The problem with a lot of gamblers is that they lack the self control and discipline to stop themselves.

[dunfida]

The way I control my emotions when gambling and experiencing a losing streak that I have to do is to immediately realize it, because I know if I don't control it then I will lose more money and usually I will replace the habit with healthier and more productive activities that can also help and usually I play with my child, joke or do something useful and healthy for me and my child or daughter-in-law by doing housework and that's the same as me helping to lighten my wife's work.

And in that way I will quickly forget it and will return to being good overall and do it again to gamble after resting and in a calm state and also a sense of joy when starting it and sometimes lucky.

In order not to fall into the temptation of chasing losses always opt out after the first loss, this is what I practice constantly and it has been a way that I avoid losing a lot of money.  Keeping your mind distracted is a way to control your emotions when you are probably going through a losing streak but to avoid all of that just stop before it progresses. The problem with a lot of gamblers is that they lack the self control and discipline to stop themselves.

When emotion spikes in then it will be that hard to control specially if you are on the situation on which you've been almost blowing up your entire bankroll. The primary thing that comes up into your mind is on how you would be able to break even with those loses that you have obtained or on how to make up such recovery on which this will be your main priority. Practicing emotion control comes from real experience, the main issue on here is that not all who do able to gain up experience do end up on having that positive outcome into their finances on which usually the case on here is that people do make out some learnings at the time that they have lost up too much money and wont be able to recover it out easily. Learnings do comes in the end and this is the result when you are making yourself that being delusional as a winner. Its normal that we do hate up on losing money because its never been that a good thing and we do value money no matter what.

Practicing yourself is important because once you do failed on doing so, then expect that you will be that continuing on playing gambling and spending and losing all the way that you do have.
There's no way that you cant be able to determine about those situations on losing up that much. Its just common sense that if you do find yourself being that losing then its just that right that you should stop and dont aim for more. You will be just that worsening up the situation if you are just that trying out to chase those loses because you cant just accept on what you are currently experiencing into.
When the time that you are already that numb into loses then this is where you can say that you have handled your emotions through it.

[Hispo]

And you are right, do it if things working well to avoid hurting too much with your deposit balance..

..., in the end I think that is the idea, not to spend unnecessarily.

It depends on the point of view you decide to see your  gambling experience or the gambling experience of others, actually. For me, it is not always about spending only what I can afford to lose on casinos or when I decide I feel like betting on football matches, there is also a component of getting as much thrill as possible for the least money possible one can deposit for a single session.  there is a ratio of thrill per dollar wagered or dollar lost to the casino.
Of course, there will be always people who will say all of these ideas are non-sense and the ultimate objective and what we should look for is being able to defeat the casino and the edge of the house on the shortest period of time possible and withdraw money, but those people generally do not understand it is not as easy as it sounds.

[Y3shot]

it's easier said than down because emotions are one thing that takes years of practice to control this is the more reason why more people fall victim to gamble related addiction which helps them to become broke

I do not disagree with you and it is my mind saying thing that controlling emotion is too hard and almost impossible to a lot of people (majority people can't control emotion and it is not possible for them) and that is why people become loser and loser dayyy by day and if win then still they can't utilize the fund in a proper way and that can be in lost today or tomorrow.

Another thing that makes it too difficult is when gamblers fail to see and understand how gambling works. When money is lost in gambling and it is an amount that you can afford to lose, you may feel bad about it, but after some time, you will get over it. However, if it is something that you can't afford, you will definitely get emotional about it. Most of the time, the reason why some gamblers feel so emotional is the mindset they have regarding gambling, which makes them expect so much from it.