Ways to Calm Yourself After a Loss (So You Don’t Feel Too Sad)

[Slow death]

We all know how it feels when you lose a bet that you really believed in. Sometimes it hits harder when you think the amount is too big to accept, like losing $100 and it already ruins your mood. But here’s one thing that helps me calm down: I remind myself that others lose way more and still move on. Some lose $1,000 or even millions, yet they’re still out there gambling.

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

In my case, when I lose a bet, I remain in the same good mood I had before placing the bet. Perhaps this happens because I don't set high expectations for my bets, also because I only wager amounts of money that I can afford to lose, and also because I view gambling only as entertainment. I always advise people not to take gambling too seriously, just to see it as entertainment, and to only wager amounts of money that they can afford to lose. If people do this, they will see that they won't need to worry every time they lose at gambling.

[hedgeh0g]

Personally, apart from just accepting that losing is part of gambling, I've read before that one of the best things you can do to calm yourself is to do something that you like that would distract you from the loss, and once you cool off, you'll be able to tackle whatever feelings you are feeling more clearly. I'm not sure if it would work for everyone since different people would probably have different reactions to it, but scientifically, it can be a great way to regulate your emotions.

This isn't for gamblers and, as you rightly pointed out, for those who can control their emotions. There aren't many such players, because gambling is often driven by a desire to win, and they lack self-control. Those who can do this likely limit their losses per session or play time because they understand that if they exceed these limits, even those with complete self-control can be driven out of their rut. Gambling has driven me crazy several times, and I don't want to repeat that, because it was too costly for me.

[348Judah]

No one to calm yourself down in gambling than what you can offer yourself, try as much as you can to be a responsible gambler that will need more one to advise on calmness, if we don't go beyond our abilities, then things wouldn't ha e gone wrong for us in gambling that we needed someone to pity on us, the calmness needed starts from what we have given our own self than what others may try to give us when it's already too late.

[Ever-young]

In my case, when I lose a bet, I remain in the same good mood I had before placing the bet. Perhaps this happens because I don't set high expectations for my bets, also because I only wager amounts of money that I can afford to lose, and also because I view gambling only as entertainment. I always advise people not to take gambling too seriously, just to see it as entertainment, and to only wager amounts of money that they can afford to lose. If people do this, they will see that they won't need to worry every time they lose at gambling.

The only reason why people get too disappointed, upset and sometimes frustrated is because they often set way too much expectations for themselves when they gamble as if gambling have some surety or guarantee for profitability. This makes them to often sideline the possibilities of potential losses, and when their mind is focused and completely fixed on winning and they get the opposite result, they become very disappointed and overreact.

[Fiasem20]

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

Exactly losing is also part of the game,it is more important for a gambler to accept he's losses and move on.Though we are humans and we have feelings,so most times it hurts when we loss a bet no matter how small it may be,but on the other hand our losses shouldn't affect our mental health because it may lead to chasing losses and other negative impact.Whenever I want to stake a bet,I don't act overconfident because I don't know if the outcome may work out as I've planned,so the best thing I do is to always tell myself that even if it doesn't workout as planned I can't reverse what has already happened,so this mindset has been helpful all the way.

[Asiska02]

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

Before you’ll want to accept that losing is part of the game, you also need to accept that you should only gamble with the amount you can afford to lose and not just any amount you’ll wager into the game. Losing is part of the game and that’s undeniably the true of the matter, but if there was a way to limit the losses, it is better to embrace that technique and make the best out of the game you’re betting on. If you keep thinking about the losses of others only, it’ll only make you to feel encouraged to bet more but not encouraged to minimize your losses on what you wager in a game.

[Nwada001]

That should work, as I already know that losing is part of the game. I try as much as I can not to stake an amount that will ruin my whole day if it's lost, and if I eventually lose that little staked amount on a nearly won game (near misses), it might add to how I react to the loss, but I will definitely get over it easily based on what I have seen: people who don't earn like me yet lose more than I could only imagine and yet pull out strong.

[Franctoshi]

We all know how it feels when you lose a bet that you really believed in. Sometimes it hits harder when you think the amount is too big to accept, like losing $100 and it already ruins your mood. But here’s one thing that helps me calm down: I remind myself that others lose way more and still move on. Some lose $1,000 or even millions, yet they’re still out there gambling.

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

One thing that can just help solve this problem is for you to take preventive measures have a gambling budget and use the amount of money that you're capable of losing, because when you fail to do this, then the rest becomes the case, that's when you start to talk about finding a way to calm yourself down. The best thing to do as a gambler or while you indulge in gambling activities is try to have a source or sources of income because it's difficult to forget such big money when you lose it ,because that's when you will remember exactly what problem you would have used that money to solve; that's when you would start remembering things that the money would have done for you.

[@nn@_pen9]

When we gamble, we must be prepared to bear all the risks involved and the potential loss. I can feel the profound sadness you feel when losing money in gambling it's truly an uncomfortable feeling. You're not alone in this experience almost all gamblers feel the same way the problem lies solely in the amount of money involved. That's why when we gamble with high hopes of winning the money we desire, gambling should be purely for entertainment.

[Findingnemo]

We all know how it feels when you lose a bet that you really believed in. Sometimes it hits harder when you think the amount is too big to accept, like losing $100 and it already ruins your mood. But here’s one thing that helps me calm down: I remind myself that others lose way more and still move on. Some lose $1,000 or even millions, yet they’re still out there gambling.

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

It is true that knowing others are losing too will help to deal with the loss especially by accepting it but that shouldn't be like that. Someone might lose the same money which is $100 but it doesn't make a big difference for them because it is an amount that is negligible for them like just spending it on coffee, and for others it might be a whole week's salary. Know your limits and avoid betting an amount that you didn't want to lose no matter how sure that you are going to win that bet.

[ashmodeus]

Losing is an inevitable part of gambling and we have even realized that most of the results of gambling are losses, therefore to reduce accepting large losses that cannot be accepted is by gambling according to ability, a simple and very common way, but most gamblers still cannot apply this limit and still cannot accept defeat due to greed.

[reefsea]

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

It's a great way to get the most out of your time and effort, and it's a great way to get the most out of your time and effort, and it's a great way to get the most out of your time and effort.

If we are mentally prepared enough with this and accept even if we lose with a large nominal maybe it is not a problem even though there is a little tightness that will be felt but when something like this actually makes us someone who is different from the treatment we should get around so that this condition does not occur.
The choice is to set a losing limit according to the tolerance we have or not to do this but will not be too disappointed with the final result of gambling (including the possibility of losing a large amount). That's the choice to make and we as gamblers who consider ourselves adults should be able to choose both options carefully.

[boyptc]

Personally, apart from just accepting that losing is part of gambling, I've read before that one of the best things you can do to calm yourself is to do something that you like that would distract you from the loss, and once you cool off, you'll be able to tackle whatever feelings you are feeling more clearly. I'm not sure if it would work for everyone since different people would probably have different reactions to it, but scientifically, it can be a great way to regulate your emotions.

This works for me, I do things to distract that very moment of losing streak. And I do the same thing when the market is so bad upon looking at it.

So, I don't do a lot of things just for me to get distracted but it's more with gaming. It's a good way to distract ourselves from these bad moments.

Bad market, bad gambling, losing streak, disappointing charts and other frustrating things that are happening. It's a good outlet to release the cortisol and lower its level.

[Youngrebel]

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

You have said it all. The mindset of the individual gambler  matters allot.
What was really in the mind of the gambler from the beginning of the gamble?
Was it a win or win ?
Or it was A win or loss mindset?

Those who have a win or win mindset might find it  hard to recover if they loose because all their minds have been fixed on a must win.
Yhe win or loss mindset set will come out easily because he has made up his mind to accept any outcome of the game

[len01]

But here’s one thing that helps me calm down: I remind myself that others lose way more and still move on. Some lose $1,000 or even millions, yet they’re still out there gambling.

I think with that kind of mindset, you’re basically pushing yourself to keep gambling no matter how much you lose. Honestly, that’s not great in the long run, cause it might make you gamble even more and keep thinking other people have lost more than you anyway.

For me, the easiest way to get over losing or feeling down after a bad run is simple, just bet small and set a limit on how much you’re okay with losing. That way, every loss won’t hit you too hard. Remember, sometimes you don’t need to deal with disappointment after it happens, it’s better to stop it before it even does.

[Sonia_123]

We all know how it feels when you lose a bet that you really believed in. Sometimes it hits harder when you think the amount is too big to accept, like losing $100 and it already ruins your mood. But here’s one thing that helps me calm down: I remind myself that others lose way more and still move on. Some lose $1,000 or even millions, yet they’re still out there gambling.

It’s all about mindset. Once you realize that losing is part of the game, it gets easier to accept it.
You don’t have to like it, but you can at least make peace with it.

You try to forget about the game that you have losti by engaging yourself into other activities, be with your families and friends that will cheer you up, most times when I have lost a game that is so painful to me I engage myself with my kids in other for me to be able to overcome that thinking, their disturbance make you forget and list focus when thinking about a particular things .

We all know that losing money in gambling is normal but at times when we feel and tend to win a particular game and did not come, we feel so bad and disappointed that our emotions takes a greater part of us that is always noticeable by everyone.

[Yamifoud]

To feel disappointed is quite normal, but to feel regret seems not to be a good sign anymore.
Our actions and mindset affect our behavior. In order not to feel too bad, we need to set our minds to thinking that we just gamble for fun. Avoid expecting too much and only spend a small amount.

Don't pressure ourselves to think about winning because it is not given to all. To accept losses doesn't mean we are too unlucky. Maybe our time hasn't just come yet. So we have to take it easy in gambling and not take it seriously.

[AYOBA]

Losing in gambling is inevitable, we can never do away from it because that's also part of the whole gambling experience, however it's advisable not to be disturb or worried about our losing time because no matter how worried you are it can't bring back those lost games rather will make you to be more emotional and as a result you start going aggressively which could be very dangerous to you.

Normal, that's all about gambling; it's either winning or losing, so this should be the part of things that they should also put in their mind that will happen. Because at times whenever we come to do it, if we don't lose, we won't get the experience about it, so this loss also makes them get more experience about the gambling; even those that are disturbed much whenever they lose mostly are those that are still new to the gambling.

Furthermore, it's best allowing our loss game memories slide because the next take can be your pay day.
For me even if I lost I don't get worked up because I know that's how the game is, time to lose and time to win.

Yeah, that is how the gambling goes, but the only thing is that sometimes the money they lose is bigger than what they win every week. Because at times some will lose a big amount of money, and it will take a very long time before they can recover it back.

[Agbamoni]

It depends, if the amount of money you lost is that which you can afford to lose, that's not a problem because you wouldn't feel it. If it's money meant for something important, you need to rethink if those losing thousands of dollars to gambling is doing the proper thing or not. Don't say because people are losing big, therefore, you should console yourself with that because you don't know if that amount is what they can afford to lose.

You are absolutely right. Everyone is on a different financial level. Thereby using someone else loss to categorize yourself in a certain class is wrong. The amount he loss might just be someone's income in a month, if not a yearly income. Yet, people will be willing to take the same risk such person take and still find a way to justify it.

[Proty]

In my case, when I lose a bet, I remain in the same good mood I had before placing the bet. Perhaps this happens because I don't set high expectations for my bets, also because I only wager amounts of money that I can afford to lose, and also because I view gambling only as entertainment. I always advise people not to take gambling too seriously, just to see it as entertainment, and to only wager amounts of money that they can afford to lose. If people do this, they will see that they won't need to worry every time they lose at gambling.

The only reason why people get too disappointed, upset and sometimes frustrated is because they often set way too much expectations for themselves when they gamble as if gambling have some surety or guarantee for profitability. This makes them to often sideline the possibilities of potential losses, and when their mind is focused and completely fixed on winning and they get the opposite result, they become very disappointed and overreact.

having high hopes or too much expectations while gambling can leads to depression.it is not a good idea for a gambler to be expecting a huge win. Anyone that understands the nature of gambling , will know that gambling is a game of chance. Which there is chances of winning and also of losing.in other for gamblers not to feel disappointed as they gamble two things should always come to mind which is the possibility of winning and also that of losing. This will eventually makes then not to feel disappointed incase of potential loss.