How to practice emotional control in gambling?

[Slow death]

In my case, when I place sports bets, I keep in mind that the money I put into the game is a lost amount. For example, if I put $1 on the Real Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid game, I keep in mind that I have already lost that $1 before the game even starts. So when I am watching the game

I just focus on having fun with the game. If Real Madrid loses and I lose the money, it won't make me sad. Because even if I won the bet, the $1 wouldn't change my life. It's not even enough to withdraw to my bank in my country. It's a lot of money to have fun with.

[Smartprofit]

In my opinion, it is very important to have an interesting and vibrant lifestyle. There should be a lot of interesting things in your life, besides gambling. These can be travel, sports, sex, various hobbies, work, business, trading, investments, communication with various interesting people.

If you have nothing in your life except gambling, how can you control your emotions? It becomes an almost impossible task.

If you have an excellent and diverse lifestyle, then you can concentrate on the process and be indifferent to the end result (to winning or losing). In general, concentrating on the process, and not on the result, is very important. You can consider each of your games as a kind of training that helps you become better and stronger.

In the end, when gambling, you directly encounter the chaos in yourself. Overcoming this chaos, you become better.

[jstyler]

totally agree with you on that, having multiple interests outside of gambling really helps me stay level headed, for me it's rock climbing and playing chess, they're not directly related to betting but they help me clear my mind and focus on the process, it's a great way to stay in the zone and not get too attached to the outcome, also, setting a budget and sticking to it is another crucial thing for me, it helps me avoid those impulsive bets that can quickly blow up a session, and yeah, treating each game as a learning experience, whether i win or lose, is a great approach, it's all about progress, not the end result.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I can start playing without emotions only when I have free money, a mood that no one can spoil. I agree that we can all give in to emotions in one way or another; for me, it is typical to spend money if I am not in the mood, and everything that happens seems unimportant. With such emotions, a lot of unnecessary purchases are made, and if God forbid, I am invited to play in a casino, I can regret it later. Therefore, having gained some experience, I try not to repeat mistakes, and I play only when everything around me contributes to this: good weather, good health, mood, and money that is ready to play with luck.

[EluguHcman]

The easiest way to manage pressure in betting is to spread your bets across multiple games... this helps reduce the stress of losing big on just one or two bets. For example, if you have a $100 budget for the day and you place it all on just two games, the pressure will be high, but if you divide it across 10 games it becomes more manageable. Even if you lose two bets early, you still have eight more chances to turn a profit.

If you win 6 out of 10, you’re already in profit, and even if you only win 4 out of 10, the losses won’t hurt as much compared to losing 2 out of 2 with bigger stakes.

I guess I get you point rightly and of course our level of emotions to panicking or relaxing state of time is usually pegged on how many times we still have left to play. And this is usually when we must have lost a lot and we have limited time to wrap up and then cross-check out casino accounts if we were able to win or profited.

Having some other times can be unrealistic promising that we could be lucky to make some good outcomes before the end of the game and by doing, our emotions could be relaxed (under control) because more opportunities to continues playing is a consolidation to the game of lucks in gambling.

But one of weird question is that... What after several attempts and unable to win? I am sure the moment will glance hopelessness that if not being in control of your yourself, perhaps your state of emotions will trigger a disappointment which could lastly make you feel a weakly.

So with all being under strategies,  we can not be in stable control of our emotions if we stake with values that seems a treasure for us and get it lost at the course of chasing for more.

[rachael9385]

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?

Emotional control is important in everything we do not just only In gambling but also in other areas of life. Emotional instability is a sign that you shouldn't be anywhere near gambling, if you can't control your actions you will end up having a lot of regrets. There are people who started out with gambling for fun but as time went on they got greedy and started gambling for profit, this lead to chasing their losses and also increasing their stake. The best way to control your emotions is to accept whatever outcomes you have, if you lose take a break and if you win also take a break, giving yourself a limit can help you keep yourself in control.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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?

For me, I do not think there are any special ways to control our emotion in gambling other than actively practicing all the rules in responsible gambling, I mean, what are ways can be more important and effective than gambling responsibly?

And let's not forget that responsible gambling tells us or advices us to not gamble with funds we cannot afford to comfortably lose, so for me, this has been one of my best practices in gambling, ensuring that at all times, I am not risking more than I can comfortably afford to lose, this is not a gambling strategy of whatsoever, but something I think all gamblers should really learn to stick with.

It is True that the higher our stake, the higher our potential winnings, but if one must stake high, he or she should ensure that he or she won't go crazy when and or if the money is lost in the process.

[Akbarkoe]

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?

Stop when you start playing impulsively I quite believe that before making a decision people will feel doubtful about what they will do in gambling especially if using a large amount of money, stop and control your emotions from the beginning or stay for a moment to brew coffee or whatever it is that can make your emotions and greed subside from your gambling expectations, this is very useful, of course for me personally, but it needs to be remembered that this is not easy, only people who are used to controlling themselves can do it.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Emotional control is important in everything we do not just only In gambling but also in other areas of life. Emotional instability is a sign that you shouldn't be anywhere near gambling, if you can't control your actions you will end up having a lot of regrets. There are people who started out with gambling for fun but as time went on they got greedy and started gambling for profit, this lead to chasing their losses and also increasing their stake. The best way to control your emotions is to accept whatever outcomes you have, if you lose take a break and if you win also take a break, giving yourself a limit can help you keep yourself in control.

You are right, people should always learn to control their emotions because it's not just in gambling that they will have to control their emotions, their are other things things that they must not allow their emotions to take the deepest part of them. In gambling, lack of emotional control can only lead to more losses, at least I have experienced it and I know how it can be.

[Hatchy]

The best way to control your emotions is to accept whatever outcomes you have, if you lose take a break and if you win also take a break, giving yourself a limit can help you keep yourself in control.

There are so many factors that plays a role when it comes to emotional control in gambling. Though it's not too difficult if I'm to say, because soong one is able to understand himself, then he should know when he is going out of his limits just to gamble. Loss is always a part of it, how you decide to treat your loss will determine how long you are going to last when it comes to gambling. If you take every loss to heart and get angry all the time, you will eventually end up in more losses. Don't make decisions when you are in such states.

[Yucky]

I don't anticipate gambling win and I always talk to myself mostly when I'm about to use a higher amount. I tell myself, 'You know you are going to gamble, and it's a a game of luck.' Since you are using a higher amount, you are probably expecting a win, but there is no guarantee. It might end up in a loss, so, when it happens, you already know, you saw it coming. Don't transfer your aggression to yourself or to people around you. Just take a break".

Preparing my mind ahead against loss helps me, so when it actually happens, I just take a deep breath since i don't over anticipate my win. I want win to come, but I don't over anticipate it, so it doesn't get to my head. Because if you over anticipate win and it doesn't come, you start reacting, which is not good, or trying to chase your loss.

[GxSTxV]

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?

That's absolutely true, I can't lie to myself or others about how hard it's been for me to take control over my emotions while gambling all this long. While mkst people think that knowledge is so important, like knowing the risks about this activity, you cannot learn or know for sure the limits of yourself until you experience losing control once or more times.
There are tips and methodes to follow before jumping into gambling with a blind plan, going through pain of losing important funds, and then entering the play to recover circle, doubling your deposits, taking loans and thinking that you are boosting your chances of winning big once you lose a lot of times.

I had to give up on gambling and restrict myself due a very bad loss of control experience, I must say it wasn't easy for me to stop while I lost that much, but it's also better than continuing with risking more and not being able to pay my previous debts and lying to myself.

[dunfida]

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?

That's absolutely true, I can't lie to myself or others about how hard it's been for me to take control over my emotions while gambling all this long. While mkst people think that knowledge is so important, like knowing the risks about this activity, you cannot learn or know for sure the limits of yourself until you experience losing control once or more times.
There are tips and methodes to follow before jumping into gambling with a blind plan, going through pain of losing important funds, and then entering the play to recover circle, doubling your deposits, taking loans and thinking that you are boosting your chances of winning big once you lose a lot of times.

I had to give up on gambling and restrict myself due a very bad loss of control experience, I must say it wasn't easy for me to stop while I lost that much, but it's also better than continuing with risking more and not being able to pay my previous debts and lying to myself.

One of the hardest to control is on your emotion on which it will really be that even more harder at the time that your mindset will really be that getting in line with your emotions on which its really that hard to control and you would definitely be facing up such bad situations or conditions on which you will really be having those bad decisions or mistakes on trying out to make some choices because most likely you would really be that getting in line on what you have felt as of this moment. Practicing emotional control in gambling is really that relevant on which at the time or moment that you do become that being too impulsive in terms of emotions then you cant be able to think up well. It will really be that relevant or important that you should be trying out to control your emotions because if you wont then that would really be a problematic situation for you.

As you do gain up experience then you would really be that gradually be able to have that kind of adjustments at the time that  you do able to control your emotion because you've been already aware your mistakes in the past on which on next time then you would definitely be trying out to adjust accordingly. So this will really be that a case to case basis when it comes to this manner because if you are really that too emotional when losing up money with gambling then gambling isnt really that for you. Dont force yourself on dealing into something that you do find yourself that committing the same mistakes all over again and again.

[GigaBit]

For controlling emotion in gambling, I think the most important thing we should pay attention to is that we should avoid the tendency to win big or get more money from gambling. If a gambler sets a limit when placing bets, it will be easier to control emotions in gambling. When a gambler is greedy or tries to win big, the chances of making mistakes in his bets also increase. He moves towards more losses inspired by emotions. Again, when the amount of loss increases, he tries to recover those losses inspired by emotions and later loses more. One has to control his emotions. If he invests money that he cannot lose in gambling, he will fail to control his emotions at some point. If a gambler bets money that he is always capable of losing, a gambler will not suffer much. But if he loses too much, it will be difficult for him to control his emotions in gambling.

[Kelward]

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?

How to have control over your emotion in gambling is to basically tackle the root cause that agitates the emotion while gambling and that is 'MONEY'. If you have control over your gambling budget and be disciplined to never exceed the amount you'd be very fine. It's important to note that the budgeted bankroll for gambling should be amount that you can afford to loose. Gambling with amounts that are quite insignificant to you won't make you to be too emotional if you're losing and you can get over it very fast and move on. Gamblers who are mostly affected by loses are those that uses huge amounts that they cannot afford to loose to gambling.

[Dewi Aries]

Emotional control is important in everything we do not just only In gambling but also in other areas of life. Emotional instability is a sign that you shouldn't be anywhere near gambling, if you can't control your actions you will end up having a lot of regrets. There are people who started out with gambling for fun but as time went on they got greedy and started gambling for profit, this lead to chasing their losses and also increasing their stake. The best way to control your emotions is to accept whatever outcomes you have, if you lose take a break and if you win also take a break, giving yourself a limit can help you keep yourself in control.

You are right, people should always learn to control their emotions because it's not just in gambling that they will have to control their emotions, their are other things things that they must not allow their emotions to take the deepest part of them. In gambling, lack of emotional control can only lead to more losses, at least I have experienced it and I know how it can be.

Yes of course, basically everything that is done based on emotion will never be right, meaning usually the results will always be much worse because actions and decisions made based on emotion tend to be aggressive and far from your limits and that is the reason why the situation is usually much worse which in addition to losing more of your money will also increase the mental and psychological pressure of a gambler which is also what sometimes makes gamblers make crazy decisions like ending their lives or other decisions.
The point is, the ability to control oneself is indeed something very important that a gambler must have, as you said which does not only apply to gambling but also to various other things that happen in life.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

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?

We are to do this right before the start of gambling, we must have worked out some discipline for our own self and for the benefits of gambling, because it has a long way to help improve on our gambling performance if we consider emotional discipline a priority right before we start to gamble, we have to know the kind of personality we have, our temperament, desirability when it comes to gambling how to build up our emotions in whatever thing we do, this will help us not to engage being emotional with the way we are playing bets.

[Wonder Work]

Yes of course, basically everything that is done based on emotion will never be right, meaning usually the results will always be much worse because actions and decisions made based on emotion tend to be aggressive and far from your limits and that is the reason why the situation is usually much worse which in addition to losing more of your money will also increase the mental and psychological pressure of a gambler which is also what sometimes makes gamblers make crazy decisions like ending their lives or other decisions.
The point is, the ability to control oneself is indeed something very important that a gambler must have, as you said which does not only apply to gambling but also to various other things that happen in life.

Yes, you are absolutely right, I have seen many such cases. Unable to control emotions, people have lost their money by betting too much in gambling and finally they have broken down mentally. Those who gamble emotionally become so bad that they cannot come back from this state of excitement. I have seen many of us here who have destroyed the balance of their normal life by going on this gambling line.

It is really difficult to control our emotions, but emotions must be controlled all the time. If we cannot control emotions, it often becomes a bad aspect in our normal life. We should stay within the normal range, emotions should be controlled, then nothing bad will happen to us.

[tvplus006]

I don't think so, it will just be the same. Let's say a gambler deposits $100 and plays normally at $0.2 on each roll in slots, lowering it to $0.1 per roll will not change the fact that he/she will still deplete the $100 deposit until he/she wins or loses it all...

I think you understand the difference emotionally when a player bets on $100 or 0.1 bucks. The emotions will be completely different, because if luck is not on your side, this $100 bet will be the last one. And those who bet on $0.1 experience completely different emotions, since it is quite obvious that if they lose, they will be able to place at least 999 bets.

[Hazink]

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

How do I actually control my emotions? Well, firstly, I start with going in with little money, which I lose without it causing any panic in my head, even as losing is painful, and each time I notice that I lose on 2-3 games on a streak, I quietly just exit the casino that moment, which is what I usually consider to be the best; it's better to leave before getting too emotional due to losing and starting to find means to control it.