Why is it so hard to stop?

[rachael9385]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

This is the normal instinct that comes to a gambler after losing, after exhausting your bankroll if there's any money left in your bank account you'd want to chase your losses y gambling more, but this isn't going to solve the problem it's only going to make things much worse. Most gamblers get frustrated and think gambling is a scam or the market is out to get them, we all have been there before. One way that I currently deal with this and put myself under control is, after I losing order to make sure I don't do anything stupid I send whatever Is in my bank account into a wallet that I can just lock for a specific period of time. Another thing I do is to avoid playing a second after losing cause that's where the problem might start from.

[Frankolala]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

Accepting your losses when gambling is very hard for many gamblers especially, when they still have funds on them be it extra cash or money for important needs. This is the reason why one need to have self control over his gambling activities, so that you can resist the temptation of chasing your losses. Put gambling as the last thing in your mind.

[harapan]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

It's hard to stop because your mind is made up to achieve a win and when the feeling comes its definitely hard to stop and resist the gambling urge, at some point you'll tend to place bigger bets to get higher returns and at the end you end up in losses and chase over it,this has been the continuous order of a gambler who tends to get profits by all means instead of sticking to gambling without interest of such. I know it's hard but then one need to apply the rule of control at this point.

[WeedGoW]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

I don't have a problem with this scenario... I know I will play until I hit zero balance. Depending on the mood and balance left I will probably buy a bonus with the last money or I will place some sports bet with more games & higher odds. After all, when I make a deposit I know it's money for gambling and I am ready to spend it...

But I hate myself when I don't stop when I am winning & more than multiply my deposit. I feel like an idiot after that, but what's the point in crying over spoiled milk?

You’re right because you’re ready to spend this money on gambling. If you lose all these money, you will have no problem or regrets. Because this money is allocated to gambling. But there are many people who come here to seriously hope for some profits of gambling. And he continues to play gambling to win. But he’s losing money a lot. They win again a lot. When he wins a lot of money, he still does not control himself, then he has the possibility of losing himself so he has to control himself and work with cooling heads. Whenever you control yourself by keeping your head cool, your chances of winning increase largely.

[Koadharber]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

Accepting your losses when gambling is very hard for many gamblers especially, when they still have funds on them be it extra cash or money for important needs. This is the reason why one need to have self control over his gambling activities, so that you can resist the temptation of chasing your losses. Put gambling as the last thing in your mind.

Acceptance will be the key. You wont really be that having any problems if you do really spend up on the money on which you cant afford to lose on which this is really that on the moment that you are that having the control then there would really be now issues. Why would stop? if you are having some fun on playing gambling.. Usually people will really be having that gambling problem at the time that you will really be having that impulsive spending of money when doing up betting. You should really be stopping when you do saw that you are already compromising your money on which arent supposed to be spend on betting.

One of the main things that you do need up to avoid is on the moment that you do become that addicted with it, because even if you do say into yourself that you are already that having the control but it doesnt really get in line into the actions that you are making then thats really that totally opposite and shows up that addiction on which you should stop right away.

[Accardo]

The gambler is no longer in control, that's why it's hard to stop, a little more encouragement like not giving up stirs up the desire to try harder. These experience isn't simple to overcome for non experienced gamblers, even the Pros find it tough to quit a frustrating session. So, it should be called chasing for dopamine, not for losses anymore.

Many punters know they would lose, yet wager high amount, in look for bigger excitements. For this reason, the weary jouney to addiction begins, at the early stage the player won't notice, until he's gone too far to be called back. In a nutshell, it requires more years to set back up the emotions of a long time problem gambler.

You hit the nail on the head when you wrote about dopamine. Yes, players want to enjoy the game process, as well as the win itself. This is a completely normal desire for every person. There is nothing unnatural here. Everything is natural. This race can drag on so long that a person will not even notice how he fell into the trap of addiction. This happened to me many years ago. I found myself an occupation to my own detriment... I got into so many problems that I still can’t fully recover from what I did.

The experience is always crazy for anyone that went through compulsive gambling. Or any form of addiction at large. Although only few came out of it to testify, consider the high number of players who are still struggling with problem gambling, the pains and agony they cause to their loved ones. You'd see how bad it is for them right now, because as a survivor the memory of it, up to this time threatens you. What more those who are in it till date?

[lovesmayfamilis]

If you feel the need to play regularly even after a good and big win, you can assume that you are on the border of what is called gambling addiction. This is not typical for me. I am happy with the little things that I sometimes manage to win, and after that, the stop signal is triggered. It isn't easy to imagine that after a win, there will be another one. Therefore, if I start to feel the need to play without paying attention to the fact that I have already won, I think it is necessary to take some action, something that distracts me from gambling.

In addition, if you think about the fact that regular losses will take away even more money, then, having calculated all the losses, you should definitely think about the fact that it will be quite difficult to compensate for the entire amount with winnings. Therefore, it is also necessary to stop.

[eisen33]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

It's hard to stop because your mind is made up to achieve a win and when the feeling comes its definitely hard to stop and resist the gambling urge, at some point you'll tend to place bigger bets to get higher returns and at the end you end up in losses and chase over it,this has been the continuous order of a gambler who tends to get profits by all means instead of sticking to gambling without interest of such. I know it's hard but then one need to apply the rule of control at this point.

Maybe the brain is set up to win, or to make a profit, it may be possible at first, but then when losses follow and over time you see that you are losing more than you can win, then you can forget about the winning attitude. In fact, it seems to me that it is not so difficult to stop, or maybe there is a certain type of players who find it difficult to stop, everyone sees the same situation differently, so you can not evaluate everyone from your position.

[Akbarkoe]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

You have to understand why you stand in gambling friends, is it to throw away money or what? if to throw away money without happiness then you do it wholeheartedly and let your money disappear all in gambling.

If you come to the casino to have fun then don't do things that make you stressed like spending too much money for fun in the casino that in the end you want your money back that's a sign that you don't accept the happiness that is in the casino, it is indeed very difficult to stop when in a situation like that but that is not the end of all forms of action that you take to stop gambling, you just need to stop even though you have lost everything, the key word is you have to accept that you lose, you lose and you lose, you have to accept that, if you don't accept that you will only have the ambition to return the money that has been lost because you don't like the defeat you get.

[bakasabo]

I am a kind of person that keeps emotions inside, but then explode. So whenever I have balance and gamble for a period, when I start losing and had lost a large amount of money with one bet, to prevent chasing loss, making illogical bets, going all-in without thinking much, the method of simply closing browser and chilling out for 5-10 minutes always help to return to cold head.

Maybe someone should try that also. Close browser, close app, logout, put away mobile, anything that will make you switch your mind will do. Nothing will happen with your money while you chill, funds are safe. Return after after a pause, continue gambling. Even if after return you lose rest of the balance, you will be less irrorated and angry.

In my opinion it is not hard to stop, its hard to catch moment when it is time to have a pause.

[Ararbermas]

Well the reason why some players keep playing coz they're chasing their losses and it's a common reason why it turn into a big problem always afterwards , what i mean here is most of gamblers always forget how to control their emotions when they are on the game ,wherein they're good in making decisions/rules but once they're on the game they forget everything they set on their mind . Lol

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

What you have said is exactly the truth bud, absolutely true, I can't count the number of times I've experienced this, it's likes someone who had a big fight with someone else and the other person inflicted an injury on him, he almost will not want the fight to end except until he inflicts a bigger injury on the other person as a way of retaliation.

After gambling and losing a good part of my money to the casino, it's a very common thing for me to feel really desperate to chase and recover that money, it's almost like not doing so will cost you your peace of mind, but still, all this is an emotional trap, only allow yourself to fall for it if you are sure losing the rest of the money you have left won't be a big problem.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Well the reason why some players keep playing coz they're chasing their losses and it's a common reason why it turn into a big problem always afterwards , what i mean here is most of gamblers always forget how to control their emotions when they are on the game ,wherein they're good in making decisions/rules but once they're on the game they forget everything they set on their mind . Lol

It's not very easy but not also too difficult for one to control their urges for something. If a gambler doesn't stake with the amount they don't intentionally want to lose, then they wouldn't feel that overzealous urge to chase their losses, and secondly when some players have that mentality of gaining a huge win from gambling, they want to lose all their self discipline simply because they want to win. It's not very difficult for one to understand how gambling works and playing accordingly.

[Yaunfitda]

Well the reason why some players keep playing coz they're chasing their losses and it's a common reason why it turn into a big problem always afterwards , what i mean here is most of gamblers always forget how to control their emotions when they are on the game ,wherein they're good in making decisions/rules but once they're on the game they forget everything they set on their mind . Lol

It's not very easy but not also too difficult for one to control their urges for something. If a gambler doesn't stake with the amount they don't intentionally want to lose, then they wouldn't feel that overzealous urge to chase their losses, and secondly when some players have that mentality of gaining a huge win from gambling, they want to lose all their self discipline simply because they want to win. It's not very difficult for one to understand how gambling works and playing accordingly.

If you don't what to lose money then simply stop gambling, that could be enough motivation for others. But the thing with us, is that we don't want to intentionally want to lose and so we chase our losses and then we can't control after that as we want to win more. And even if we are winning, we wanted to get that feeling again and again. And then the our mind keeps telling us to come back and play for more. So we are somewhat trap already and it's going to be repeated again and again. And it might take a life changing event in our lives to wake up and finally say that it's enough, and that event could be the worst scenario though, like losing everything, including our love ones because of our gambling habits.

[aylabadia05]

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

I have and you are right that we ourselves are the biggest disease that is very difficult to treat.
Once I went to the point of uninstalling the installed application (apk) because I had the desire not to play anymore.
Actually, the control is in ourselves. If we continue to experience defeat, it means that we are required to take a short break and must be forced even though our minds think that there is still something left.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Well the reason why some players keep playing coz they're chasing their losses and it's a common reason why it turn into a big problem always afterwards , what i mean here is most of gamblers always forget how to control their emotions when they are on the game ,wherein they're good in making decisions/rules but once they're on the game they forget everything they set on their mind . Lol

It's not very easy but not also too difficult for one to control their urges for something. If a gambler doesn't stake with the amount they don't intentionally want to lose, then they wouldn't feel that overzealous urge to chase their losses, and secondly when some players have that mentality of gaining a huge win from gambling, they want to lose all their self discipline simply because they want to win. It's not very difficult for one to understand how gambling works and playing accordingly.

Totally agree wit all that you have said, alot of factors (well, maybe not alot but two I am very sure of) goes into why a person may decide to chase after his or her loses in gambling when ordinarily they shouldn't, you have mentioned one of such factors which is over staking and losing much more than the person can be able to bear.

When one loses money he or she won't be able to bear or stop thinking about, it's easy for such one to chase after it to see if he could recover..
Another factor is addiction to gambling, those who are addicted to gambling are always looking for new challenge, it's one of their ways of enjoying gambling, and chasing after their loss is one of the norms for them.

[mirakal]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

This is the biggest challenge when gambling, fighting the urge to gamble more because you know already what will be the future outcome, that you’ll lose more than the amount you expected to win.

Now in order to control this, set your betting limit and stick to it. Do not leave huge amount of funds in your bankroll but just enough for your bets. When you lose it all, then that’s the end of your gambling that day. I’m sure you’ll have no choice then but to stop since you don’t have money anymore to gamble.

[criptoevangelista]

I always read that when we’re losing big, we should stop to avoid losing even more. But deep inside, if you still have money left, it’s like you want to chase your losses as it feels like you can’t sleep unless you gamble again and try to recover.

Does anyone here experience this from time to time? Because in the end, the real enemy is ourselves.
How do you control yourself and do the right thing?

This is the biggest challenge when gambling, fighting the urge to gamble more because you know already what will be the future outcome, that you’ll lose more than the amount you expected to win.

Now in order to control this, set your betting limit and stick to it. Do not leave huge amount of funds in your bankroll but just enough for your bets. When you lose it all, then that’s the end of your gambling that day. I’m sure you’ll have no choice then but to stop since you don’t have money anymore to gamble.

Sometimes for people who suffer from anxiety or some other mental health illness, the urge to gamble and try to recover the loss becomes practically uncontrollable. I think that just "Stopping" will not help much when the real problem is much bigger, that is, possibly a behavior of some mental health disorder, such as depression, anxiety or something like that... after the pandemic, the number of people who are still, let's say, "normal" has decreased a lot, the vast majority have developed some mental sick.

[stadus]

When one loses money he or she won't be able to bear or stop thinking about, it's easy for such one to chase after it to see if he could recover..
Another factor is addiction to gambling, those who are addicted to gambling are always looking for new challenge, it's one of their ways of enjoying gambling, and chasing after their loss is one of the norms for them.

That’s just human nature, we crave revenge, and that’s why we gamble. But the problem is, we’re fighting a losing battle since the edge isn’t in our favor. The more aggressive we get, the faster our money disappears.

The real issue is that we don’t always stick to gambling only what we can afford to lose. That’s when it starts feeling like gambling is ruining our lives, when in reality, it’s our own lack of control that puts us in that situation.

[jcojci]

Maybe the brain is set up to win, or to make a profit, it may be possible at first, but then when losses follow and over time you see that you are losing more than you can win, then you can forget about the winning attitude. In fact, it seems to me that it is not so difficult to stop, or maybe there is a certain type of players who find it difficult to stop, everyone sees the same situation differently, so you can not evaluate everyone from your position.

They can change their attitude because they want to recover their losses. That make them difficult to stop gambling because their will still want to playing gambling without think that they already lost their money.

If they can realize the fact that they are loss and there is nothing they can do, they better to stop their gambling time and leave the casino. Losing too much money will make you sad and that is the sign for you to reduce your gambling activity.
You need to practice stopping yourself from gambling so you will not feel difficult to stop gambling in other days.