How do you handle losses?

[stadus]

We don’t really like talking about things like this, but I think this kind of topic is important and should be discussed among gamblers. Most of the time, we only want to talk about winning, and because of that, we sometimes forget that losing is not just possible, but something we’ll experience more often than winning. So let’s take some time to talk about it -- how do you handle losses?

This topic is really for gamblers who are consistent with gambling. Those who say they only do it occasionally or just for entertainment won’t really feel this the same way, and probably won’t feel the pain of losing either. So to my fellow gamblers, feel free to share your experience, and I hope we all still stay responsible even after going through tough losses.

[sunsilk]

We don’t really like talking about things like this, but I think this kind of topic is important and should be discussed among gamblers. Most of the time, we only want to talk about winning, and because of that, we sometimes forget that losing is not just possible, but something we’ll experience more often than winning. So let’s take some time to talk about it -- how do you handle losses?

We typically talk at most times the wins that we're getting, but if it's about our losses, we don't want to talk about it. And that's a 100% accurate thing about gambling and everyone.

We forget to share and we intend not to share how much we've been in losses because we feel bad and ashamed of telling it to others.

This topic is really for gamblers who are consistent with gambling. Those who say they only do it occasionally or just for entertainment won’t really feel this the same way, and probably won’t feel the pain of losing either. So to my fellow gamblers, feel free to share your experience, and I hope we all still stay responsible even after going through tough losses.

Haha, I thought that this topic is only for consistent winners. Well, it's still for everyone who gambles, as long as we gamble, we're part of it and I think everyone feels the same about it.

If losing streak comes, I just get out of the chair and do something to stop the emotion that I'll feel about it. Not easy to do that but before emotional breakdown, do something.

[Agbamoni]

I dont know how others do it but mine is simple. I am not addicted to gambling so I follow every rules diligently. Although sometimes we tend to be ignorance of some rules because of greed. Whenever I lose, am not happy I lost, but it does not get to me. Ill just forget about it because the money I lost was already forgotten the moment I decided to gamble. This is how every gambler should react towards losses.

[Oshosondy]

I was an addict before and I suffered many losses. It was depressing but the depression was not lasting more than few hours and I will forget about it, but it was not just a good thing at all to be losing.

I now prefer to gamble not often and using small amount of money for it which is better. I noticed that I significantly not gambling like before.

[stadus]

I now prefer to gamble not often and using small amount of money for it which is better. I noticed that I significantly not gambling like before.

But how about the kind of entertainment or fun, are we still getting the same feeling either way?
I mean, when the bets are bigger, the thrill is way higher. We're definitely happier if we win that way, it feels more exciting compared to betting a small amount where, honestly, we’re not that happy when we win and not that affected when we lose.

It’s like the higher the risk, the more intense the emotion  and that’s what makes it more interesting for a lot of us.

[len01]

I believe that both regular and casual gamblers can experience disappointment when they lose more than they initially intended. In my own experience, I sometimes feel frustrated when I lose control and end up spending more than 70% of my gambling budget. When this happens, I try to shift my focus by spending time with friends and avoiding any conversations related to gambling. Sometimes, I’ll take my wife out for a meal and engage in light conversation, anything that helps me take my mind off the loss and regain emotional balance.

[Hispo]

We don’t really like talking about things like this, but I think this kind of topic is important and should be discussed among gamblers. Most of the time, we only want to talk about winning, and because of that, we sometimes forget that losing is not just possible, but something we’ll experience more often than winning. So let’s take some time to talk about it -- how do you handle losses?

If the loss during my session is big enough to make me feel bad or affect my mood in some way, the first step I take is to log out the casino (so I wont fall for the temptation to chase those losses). After logging out I try to distract myself and forget about the money I just lost and not to think about what I could have bought or gotten with that money. I go for a walk, I play some video game, I try to focus on being productive in other things which are completely unrelated to gambling and keep my mind busy.
It could take me up to a week before I get over the loss and can continue as of nothing happened.
Usually, such experience would lead me to adjust my wager in order to reduce my risk and not to feel the same way if I happen to lose again to the casino in a bad luck streak.

If things got really bad, I would talk about what I feel and the cause of it to someone I trust, like my family or a close friend of mine.

[Davidvictorson]

My process for handling losses is in three simple steps.

• Pain and Regret: I am human so I feel these emotions after every loss. Nobody feels great after a lose. It is part of the way I handle it rather than ignoring it.
• Reflect and take a break: I take a short break from gambling and reflect on the loss. On what I could have done better. Even though the outcome is out of my hands, I think there are still some small things I could have done. Like playing when I am well rested and think clear and not when I am exhausted
• Try again: After the second step, I try again.

It may be more robust than these but they are basically what I do.

[tabas]

I now prefer to gamble not often and using small amount of money for it which is better. I noticed that I significantly not gambling like before.

But how about the kind of entertainment or fun, are we still getting the same feeling either way?
I mean, when the bets are bigger, the thrill is way higher. We're definitely happier if we win that way, it feels more exciting compared to betting a small amount where, honestly, we’re not that happy when we win and not that affected when we lose.

It’s like the higher the risk, the more intense the emotion  and that’s what makes it more interesting for a lot of us.

That's the same for me, with big or small funds, the fun isn't changing and it's still the same. So, even if I change the amount of my bankroll, it doesn't compromise the fun that I am getting if I do it for entertainment. I think this is on the mind of the gambler and maybe there's a dopamine effect in it that if we don't gamble with smaller amounts, we'll not be satisfied. So, having a conclusion like that is really in our minds and on how we're going to change that perspective when we're mostly losing more money when we're already out of control.

[Strongkored]

I handle it normally, of course at the beginning I will be very annoyed and sometimes I will feel regret because I had previously thought about stopping in that game session but ignored that and continued playing until I finally lost everything, because I only use money that I can afford to lose, so I will deal with losses normally, and in my opinion as long as players only use money they can afford to lose then the handling will be normal or it will be considered normal there will be no excessive response.

[mirakal]

The good thing about me is that I already accepted the reality that with gambling, there’ll be more losses than wins. So I don’t really see it as a serious problem, but more on a normal scenario that will surely appear despite how good you are as a gambler.

The only key here is that, learn to gamble what you can afford to lose. That way, your losses will not be that painful, as long as you stick to your betting budget, regardless if you hit your winning streak.

[Patikno]

We don’t really like talking about things like this, but I think this kind of topic is important and should be discussed among gamblers. Most of the time, we only want to talk about winning, and because of that, we sometimes forget that losing is not just possible, but something we’ll experience more often than winning. So let’s take some time to talk about it -- how do you handle losses?

This topic is really for gamblers who are consistent with gambling. Those who say they only do it occasionally or just for entertainment won’t really feel this the same way, and probably won’t feel the pain of losing either. So to my fellow gamblers, feel free to share your experience, and I hope we all still stay responsible even after going through tough losses.

In the past, my way of dealing with losses was by gambling again, putting some money into the bankroll, and hoping that it would turn things around, and it would repeat itself like a cycle, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't, fortunately now I am not like that anymore because I have a family to support, so I think that's the best way I can feel. Maybe for now I am not one of those you mentioned, but I used to be a very consistent and very intense gambler, so I think I can share my experience here.

[BitMaxz]

There are many things that can affect your emotions. If you can't handle your losses, I've been there before with huge losses in casinos.
The bad thing is revenge bet, where you want to recover your losses in a single night, but the result is against your expectations, which makes you eager to bet more and lose more. If we do not manage our emotions for each loss we make and do not limit ourselves, we will lose a large amount with disappointment and regret.

In my case, I learned about gambling. If I lose, I stop. I limit myself because I understand that casinos were made for entertainment purposes, so we must gamble only what we can afford to lose. There are still many people who think about the opportunity to win big from the casino and treat gambling as a source of income, but the fact is everything in the casino is always based on luck. You should treat it just for fun, not as an opportunity or a source of income; that's a bad mindset in a casino.

[criptoevangelista]

It's always bad to lose, but when we're involved in gambling and betting, that's a risk we choose to take. I always try to bet only what I can afford to lose, and if I lose too much in a day, I stop and come back another time. I believe everything comes down to emotional management, not acting irrationally when winning or losing money. It's important to understand that losing is part of the game, and that's okay, as long as you play responsibly. Money always deserves respect.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Sometimes it is a little difficult to talk about the defeats we experience because there is a sense of prestige and not wanting people to know about the defeats we feel in gambling even though we all as gamblers realize that defeat is a natural trait that definitely occurs in the gambling we do even though there are wins that we get but it is clear that the probability is more losses than wins.

I personally deal with my defeats with several things especially with the attitude I show, annoyance will clearly occur when we lose because we all don't like defeat even though it is a certainty but when in this case we use too much of our emotions then it will end more tragically, so as much as possible I personally try to force myself to stop when I lose with the nominal that I have set as a limit and find other activities to forget the gambling that we have done and the defeats we get.

Indeed this is a little difficult but when I force it I get used to it now and this method is still quite effective for me to do until now.

[Amphenomenon]

It’s like the higher the risk, the more intense the emotion  and that’s what makes it more interesting for a lot of us.

The higher the risk the more tense one may be, I don't like being tense and I often rather not do this. I think what matters here is if such a gambler notice that he/she has now been swayed by much negative emotions then they should take a break or quit or might opt for a new strategy which maybe reducing the stake amount.

Gambling is involve winning or losing and if the stake is really much just opt for something better. This intensity can even be fun for some.

[Darker45]

No, occasional or not, gamblers feel their loss. As a matter of fact, on the contrary, what I noticed is that occasional gamblers are even more affected when it comes to losing than consistent gamblers. Those who are gambling day and night have already come to terms with the possibility of losing. That's a constant they won't be surprised about when taking place.

Those who seldom lose money in gambling because they seldom gamble are even emotional when losing. They're the ones who will likely lose a good night's sleep. Those who are into gambling all the time will just brush it off as a normal thing in gambling.

Anyway, as for me, I'd just move on. Even before I decide to bet a significant amount of money, I have already let go of it. Although there's still that pain before you sleep, it's not so much with losing money as with the fact that the team you though would win lost.

[Yaunfitda]

We don’t really like talking about things like this, but I think this kind of topic is important and should be discussed among gamblers. Most of the time, we only want to talk about winning, and because of that, we sometimes forget that losing is not just possible, but something we’ll experience more often than winning. So let’s take some time to talk about it -- how do you handle losses?

Yeah, that's true and I guess it's also part of human nature as well. We don't want to tell anyone on how we losses. Only winners are being seen as successful in life that's most of us hide our losses or even deny to ourselves that we did lost a lot of money from last night or two days ago. As for me, I also play with my wife so she knows that I lost anyway. But if I'm not playing with her and with online games only, then if I lost, I simply had to man up and tell her later. Or just try to sleep it over and not overthink it about it because I know that it might cause me some mental trauma later. So probably the best method is to just simply accept it, no matter how big or small your losses and not don't complicate things and forget everything.

[Samlucky O]

This topic is really for gamblers who are consistent with gambling. Those who say they only do it occasionally or just for entertainment won’t really feel this the same way, and probably won’t feel the pain of losing either. So to my fellow gamblers, feel free to share your experience, and I hope we all still stay responsible even after going through tough losses.

So now do you think that only consistent Gambler will reply to your thread? The Truth is that Both consistent gamblers and occasional gamblers feel thesame thing that regular gamblers feel too loss is loss and nothing like higher or lower loss. It could even be possible that the occasional gamblers loses more fund than regular guys because they might be betting huge during the weekends compeard to a regular gambler who gamble with what he can afford to lose everyday.

Surely there is no big deal in handling loses, loses are inevitable which must surely come on a regular basis, and every gambler must be compatible with it. It's just like the slogan that say "suffering and smiling" which means you gamble and lose and yet pretend as if everything is ok but yet it is not. The only motivation Gambler uses to keep their emotion balance is that the mist win huge someday. If a gambler does not have that type of encouragement mindset then they can be able to handle loss issues.

[Franctoshi]

We don’t really like talking about things like this, but I think this kind of topic is important and should be discussed among gamblers. Most of the time, we only want to talk about winning, and because of that, we sometimes forget that losing is not just possible, but something we’ll experience more often than winning. So let’s take some time to talk about it -- how do you handle losses?

This topic is really for gamblers who are consistent with gambling. Those who say they only do it occasionally or just for entertainment won’t really feel this the same way, and probably won’t feel the pain of losing either. So to my fellow gamblers, feel free to share your experience, and I hope we all still stay responsible even after going through tough losses.

I'm fully aware that gambling involves some risks and I play it with caution, I don't bet something I'm unable to lose, therefore every time I hit a lose, I don't bother because I have known the implications of doing that from the very beginning. I have had enough experience when it comes to losing money in gambling, I have learned from it and put measures to protect myself with a set of rules which keep me in check. Furthermore, I usually call it a day once I have exhausted my budget and I avoid trying gaining back that money that same day, knowing I have exceeded my limit.