How to practice emotional control in gambling?

[GiftedMAN]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

Knowing how gambling works will help one in avoiding anything that will lead to them and cause them harm, just as you said that gambling is not harmful at first sight but its still necessary for one to know what its involved in gambling, because being aware of this will save them from stress and damages that it might cause them in the future, because gambling is sweet at first but bitter in the end. But this can be avoided if people already have the awareness of how it works and the right thing to do at the right time will really be of help.

[Wakate]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

if you play for fun and put limits on your session - you won't be going to bad places in the future to come.. Nothing wrong with spinning a bit when you have the budget for your sessions, and you see it as entertainment.

Tell me how you plan to gamble for fun when you are not making profits from gambling. It is those that are making profits from gambling that can say that they are gambling for fun. Majority of us that are gambling are looking for a better life through gambling and this may not be possible if gamblers are not getting the kinf of results they are looking to see from their betting endeavors.

[icebar]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

if you play for fun and put limits on your session - you won't be going to bad places in the future to come.. Nothing wrong with spinning a bit when you have the budget for your sessions, and you see it as entertainment.

Gambling should be played as entertainment, but if you do not control yourself when gambling is a serious matter, there is a possibility of major financial losses in the future. It is very important to set a limit for your fund, but many people cannot set that fund limit. A new gambler should not bet more than the amount of money that he can lose and remain mentally and financially stable. And to maintain the continuity of betting for entertainment purposes, he can give priority to sports betting. Most gamblers who bet only for entertainment bet more on sports betting and spend more time.

[rachael9385]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

if you play for fun and put limits on your session - you won't be going to bad places in the future to come.. Nothing wrong with spinning a bit when you have the budget for your sessions, and you see it as entertainment.

Gambling should be played as entertainment, but if you do not control yourself when gambling is a serious matter, there is a possibility of major financial losses in the future. It is very important to set a limit for your fund, but many people cannot set that fund limit. A new gambler should not bet more than the amount of money that he can lose and remain mentally and financially stable. And to maintain the continuity of betting for entertainment purposes, he can give priority to sports betting. Most gamblers who bet only for entertainment bet more on sports betting and spend more time.

We tell people not to bet more than they can afford to lose but they take it lightly most especially those that are new to it. it has become a regular statement that people ignore. Like you said, it is important to gamble for entertainment purposes only because when you take  your mind off making profit it becomes easier to process losses and also this helps gamblers to avoid getting addicted to it.

[Dunamisx]

In reasonable and responsible Gambler should be able to practice emotional control as a gambles because this is important for us to have better gambling experience, one of the ways to ensure that we have mastery over this is by being discipline from how we are gambling, because you can boldly boast on these which surely regulate how it does things to his own benefits each time is gambling.

[Marvelockg]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

if you play for fun and put limits on your session - you won't be going to bad places in the future to come.. Nothing wrong with spinning a bit when you have the budget for your sessions, and you see it as entertainment.

Gambling should be played as entertainment, but if you do not control yourself when gambling is a serious matter, there is a possibility of major financial losses in the future. It is very important to set a limit for your fund, but many people cannot set that fund limit. A new gambler should not bet more than the amount of money that he can lose and remain mentally and financially stable. And to maintain the continuity of betting for entertainment purposes, he can give priority to sports betting. Most gamblers who bet only for entertainment bet more on sports betting and spend more time.

There are still somany persons that only bet on sports games that are still getting it wrong because of a bad gambling approach. Regardless of the kind of gambling you're involved in, if you're not intentional about being responsible at it, you will eventually get to a point where your emotion gets the better of you and it's a very bad thing to gamble with your emotion being in control of your action.

Sports betting is very tricky because we seems to believe we know it all as far as a teams strength is concerned. It's easy to make conclusion about a team based on recent performance and then you stake something really big only for the team to mess up big time. That's the reason why it's best to not be too emotional centred while playing any bet be it sports betting or any kind of gambling.

[junder]

Gambling is an activity that has a clear risk, and with its attractiveness it is really strong, therefore by doing it alone it is included in how to train emotions, with results that tend to disappoint it will test or train emotions or ourselves, whether we will be able to accept it well or not. The statement is that if we cannot control ourselves, including our emotions, then bigger problems can occur.

[fredericktaylor]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

if you play for fun and put limits on your session - you won't be going to bad places in the future to come.. Nothing wrong with spinning a bit when you have the budget for your sessions, and you see it as entertainment.

Gambling should be played as entertainment, but if you do not control yourself when gambling is a serious matter, there is a possibility of major financial losses in the future. It is very important to set a limit for your fund, but many people cannot set that fund limit. A new gambler should not bet more than the amount of money that he can lose and remain mentally and financially stable. And to maintain the continuity of betting for entertainment purposes, he can give priority to sports betting. Most gamblers who bet only for entertainment bet more on sports betting and spend more time.

There are still somany persons that only bet on sports games that are still getting it wrong because of a bad gambling approach. Regardless of the kind of gambling you're involved in, if you're not intentional about being responsible at it, you will eventually get to a point where your emotion gets the better of you and it's a very bad thing to gamble with your emotion being in control of your action.

Sports betting is very tricky because we seems to believe we know it all as far as a teams strength is concerned. It's easy to make conclusion about a team based on recent performance and then you stake something really big only for the team to mess up big time. That's the reason why it's best to not be too emotional centred while playing any bet be it sports betting or any kind of gambling.

It is true that if we do not gamble responsibly, the consequences can be dire, no one else will be responsible for this, we ourselves are responsible. It is very important for every gambler to manage gambling responsibly. After winning or losing while gambling, every person's emotions or greed work, some can gamble by controlling their emotions, while others gamble by deciding on emotions. Those gamblers who can gamble by controlling their emotions can survive in the field for a long time and can protect themselves from excessive losses and can enjoy the real fun of gambling. And those gamblers who cannot gamble by controlling their emotions, put themselves in great danger and ultimately suffer financial losses.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

Gambling is an activity that has a clear risk, and with its attractiveness it is really strong, therefore by doing it alone it is included in how to train emotions, with results that tend to disappoint it will test or train emotions or ourselves, whether we will be able to accept it well or not. The statement is that if we cannot control ourselves, including our emotions, then bigger problems can occur.

Obviously, the chances of losing in gambling are always high, when a gambler loses, his frustration, anger and desire to recover loss affect him a lot, as a result, he keeps pushing him to play more, that gambler cannot control his emotions, that is why he is easily led to play more. But when a person controls his emotions as well as has the mentality to accept it even if he loses, then there will be not much risk in his case. The most important thing here is to know your limits and be mentally and financially prepared to accept the loss, then the decision will never be wrong.

[danadc]

Tell me how you plan to gamble for fun when you are not making profits from gambling. It is those that are making profits from gambling that can say that they are gambling for fun. Majority of us that are gambling are looking for a better life through gambling and this may not be possible if gamblers are not getting the kinf of results they are looking to see from their betting endeavors.

It's really difficult to do something like that. When we're playing and winning, it's hard not to stop winning or not try to keep winning, but that can be the downfall of any player the fact that they keep winning and winning, because that way they get more and more excited, and it's the easiest way to lose what they've won, because the bet keeps getting bigger to win more I've seen players on a winning streak end up borrowing money to keep playing.

[Zadicar]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

if you play for fun and put limits on your session - you won't be going to bad places in the future to come.. Nothing wrong with spinning a bit when you have the budget for your sessions, and you see it as entertainment.

Gambling should be played as entertainment, but if you do not control yourself when gambling is a serious matter, there is a possibility of major financial losses in the future. It is very important to set a limit for your fund, but many people cannot set that fund limit. A new gambler should not bet more than the amount of money that he can lose and remain mentally and financially stable. And to maintain the continuity of betting for entertainment purposes, he can give priority to sports betting. Most gamblers who bet only for entertainment bet more on sports betting and spend more time.

We tell people not to bet more than they can afford to lose but they take it lightly most especially those that are new to it. it has become a regular statement that people ignore. Like you said, it is important to gamble for entertainment purposes only because when you take  your mind off making profit it becomes easier to process losses and also this helps gamblers to avoid getting addicted to it.

Actually this should be a golden rule or something that should be in default at the moment that you do gamble. Use on the amount that you can afford to lose and never ever make yourself that adding up even more at the time that you had busted up your bankroll on that day then never ever make yourself that putting up even more because that would be making your losses even more deeper and this is something that you do need up to avoid because once you do see your loses becomes even more bigger or keeps on piling up, then your main target would be that you will be trying out to breakeven and with that then you would be having that aim that you should play even more. On the moment that you had exhausted up your life savings then you would be that trying out to take a loan and thats something which is a suicide. Sometimes real time experience is the best teacher on which this is something you would be able to madde out adjustments basing up on what are those loses you had encountered.

[Agbe]

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

When I participate in gambling, it becomes very challenging to control myself, especially when I lose multiple bets. However, I give myself a weekly or fortnightly budget and when that budget is over, I never find myself participating in gambling. And I also have another parameter where I do not participate more than two days a week or three times in 15 days. Keeping the budget and days fixed is one of the main tools for my emotion control.

For self control to be effective when it comes to gambling you must be able to set limits for yourself, in most cases people lose in gambling because they spend too much time gambling and in order to curb this addiction it's by reducing the number of time or hours you spend gambling, this is the best way to stop addiction as well, instead of thinking of stopping it all at once focus on cutting down your activities first.

[Rockstarguy]

In other to control your emotions, you have to plan, have a target, set a limit in time and bankroll, gamble with what you can afford to lose, don't chase your losses and wins., gambling has be there before we were born and it will continue after us , therefore give yourself a better life that will not put your in danger by gambling responsibly.

Gambling also have it's good side of improving ones healthy life, it just that we are not seeing that aspect but only the aspect of making money from it.

It is not just about planning,  you must first understand what gambling is all about and how to go about it and if you dont understand gambling their is nothing you can do about.

Many gamblers plans about how they go about gambling but the plan is based on how they understand gambling, and for one who is not having the real understanding of gambling,  planning may not be accurate because the plan is based on how they see gambling.

[Showlove01]

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

When I participate in gambling, it becomes very challenging to control myself, especially when I lose multiple bets. However, I give myself a weekly or fortnightly budget and when that budget is over, I never find myself participating in gambling. And I also have another parameter where I do not participate more than two days a week or three times in 15 days. Keeping the budget and days fixed is one of the main tools for my emotion control.

For self control to be effective when it comes to gambling you must be able to set limits for yourself, in most cases people lose in gambling because they spend too much time gambling and in order to curb this addiction it's by reducing the number of time or hours you spend gambling, this is the best way to stop addiction as well, instead of thinking of stopping it all at once focus on cutting down your activities first.

I agree with you because doing something often or regularly will make someone to be use to that particular thing and gambling often is a very bad thing to do because since it involves money, when you loss it you can not easily give up mostly if it is something you can not afford so easily and therefore you will be push to get it back and the more one is trying the longer they are spending time  and that is how they are been gotten addicted. Gambling responsibly is very vital because it will help guide one on the amount to use and how to stay off.

[Versatile_choice]

if you play for fun and put limits on your session - you won't be going to bad places in the future to come.. Nothing wrong with spinning a bit when you have the budget for your sessions, and you see it as entertainment.

Putting limits and budgets is actually the easy part, I mean anyone can do that, but not anyone can maintain those limits. the secret of responsible gambling starts with the gambler’s mindset, if the mindset is right, then obeying the rules and guidelines of responsible gambling will be very easy for the gambler. For instance, if the gambler in question is merely just gambling for the fun of the game, and have come to the realization that gambling losses are unavoidable, then he’ll be able to completely remove the possibility of loss or profit chasing, which is often the bedrock of irresponsible gambling and addiction.

[Emeraldo]

Gambling is not something that people accept at first, but gradually it becomes out of control, as easy and harmless as it seems at first, and it can gradually get out of control. It can be more harmful than we originally thought. Many people initially bet just for fun, but the lack of self-control and the expectation of quick profits push them towards risky decisions. Thus, their expectations start going in the wrong direction, their game also gets out of control, the amount of losses also increases, and along with it, stress, frustration and regret. Therefore, we have to decide to keep it under control from the beginning, in that way, we have to maintain our humanity, so that it is always under control.

Knowing how gambling works will help one in avoiding anything that will lead to them and cause them harm, just as you said that gambling is not harmful at first sight but its still necessary for one to know what its involved in gambling, because being aware of this will save them from stress and damages that it might cause them in the future, because gambling is sweet at first but bitter in the end. But this can be avoided if people already have the awareness of how it works and the right thing to do at the right time will really be of help.

Gambling can be sweet but it's not everybody it will benefit and for those that are not lucky betting, they have to give themselves a chance to try other things that can give them money so that they don't have to continue losing their hard earned money to gambling.
It is not easy to avoid loses in gambling and that alone at made some people to feel like they are being unlucky why all gamblers can not be profitable at once. I am taking my time to bet on games I like and I don't see it as a must for me to be profitable by all means.
When you are expecting too much from gambling, you might not get what you are looking to accomplish.

[shawonngp]

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

When I participate in gambling, it becomes very challenging to control myself, especially when I lose multiple bets. However, I give myself a weekly or fortnightly budget and when that budget is over, I never find myself participating in gambling. And I also have another parameter where I do not participate more than two days a week or three times in 15 days. Keeping the budget and days fixed is one of the main tools for my emotion control.

You are absolutely right, if a gambler can set a weekly or monthly budget then it will be very easy for him to control his emotions, I am follow these strategies, because without limit there are many chances of you getting addicted to gambling, especially those who consider gambling as a full time job and spend a lot of time and money daily, they have a lot of losses. Because they have no fixed budget, they gamble whenever they want. This is an absolute gambling addiction. So I think if every gambler can fix their budget, then there will be no more gambling addiction.

[Cgrexp]

In reasonable and responsible Gambler should be able to practice emotional control as a gambles because this is important for us to have better gambling experience, one of the ways to ensure that we have mastery over this is by being discipline from how we are gambling, because you can boldly boast on these which surely regulate how it does things to his own benefits each time is gambling.

Without mental control, the possibility of making emotional decisions increases due to the uncertainty of the outcome of gambling. When we win several times in a row in gambling, it is natural to develop self-confidence, but the level of confidence reaches an excessive level when someone cannot control themselves and assumes that just because they have won several times, they will always win. However, a controlled person never shows excessive confidence because he knows that it is not possible to keep the outcome in his favor all the time. You are disciplined, mentally controlled and have risk tolerance, and you have prepared well in all aspects, but just because you have prepared well in all aspects, there is no guarantee that the outcome will always be in your favor.

[Yeesha]

Discipline is one of the ways we can manage and control our emotions in gambling, it's not everything we feels like doing well have to take, instead, we need to work by our targets and what is best for us to do, because we can't gamble to place ourselves into serious predicament by the actions we take, but managing emotions could safe us the stress in all these, if we can be attentive to our own self.

Being discipline is one of the major things that makes a gambler to responsible, because they will have the confidence to make the decision of their choices, without being carried away by their emotions. Gamblers with weak mindset easily fall for the negative side of gambling, because of their willingness to win and gain more profit within a short period of time. Gambling doesn't require overconfidence because it motivate a gambler to take part in some many things that can or may result in severe conditions and serve as a destruction.

At gambler shouldn't take gambling as a regular exercise, even if he gamble for entertainment, because of it nature. Despite the fact that you are gambling for entertainment, losing continously will become unbearable to your mind and may affect your career as well as your mental health.

[junder]

Obviously, the chances of losing in gambling are always high, when a gambler loses, his frustration, anger and desire to recover loss affect him a lot, as a result, he keeps pushing him to play more, that gambler cannot control his emotions, that is why he is easily led to play more. But when a person controls his emotions as well as has the mentality to accept it even if he loses, then there will be not much risk in his case. The most important thing here is to know your limits and be mentally and financially prepared to accept the loss, then the decision will never be wrong.

With the frustration and others that you feel it is a common reaction and it is also natural that maybe everyone has felt it but this will be experienced by those who gamble with the aim of profit, meaning that from gambling that is done the priority is profit not entertainment.

But it is true what you say because the feelings you mentioned are what make them driven to continue gambling. People like this are the type of people who fail to train their emotions and self-control.