Temporal Myopia The Hidden Trap Every Gambler Misses.

[Junii]

Did u ever notice Temporal Myopia in betting. Let me tell u.
You start with a clear plan or control and even discipline. Then you place one bet and suddenly nothing else matters. If it wins  you feel progress.
If it loses you feel behind. And just like that your focus shifts from long term outcome to immediate correction.

As we all know Gambling is one of few environments where results are instant and Feedback is constant and also emotions are tied to every outcome. Thats why ur brain adapts to this speed. It stops caring about where you will be after 50 bets and starts reacting to the last 1.
Loss? → Recover now.
Win? → Build on it now.
Break even? → Push for profit now.
Due to which everything becomes urgent. And u know urgency kills patience. And patience is the only thing that makes long term thinking possible.

So Moral of the Story. It is not the plan that fails . It is the pressure of the moment that breaks it.

Stay aware of that  and you will already be ahead of most.

Take care of Yourself and Good Luck.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

This is why it is important to stick with a definite bet size for your stakes and discipline yourself not to increase it for any reason so you can go for longer, if you can maintain low stakes and not bow to the emotions of increasing it to catch bigger profits, you can go on for longer and your gambling would be more entertaining.

The myopia comes when you've already shifted your mindset from your normal pattern to chasing profits, then you would alter your stakes, even going to the extent of irrationally using martingale strategy and by then what matters to you the more is to recover your loss or hit it big in the next bet and no longer the long-term entertainment and this becomes a big problem.

[ZeroVinsonN]

This is exactly why gamblers are advised the exercise discipline, if you can't control yourself while gambling then you simply shouldn't be gambling at all in the first place, a lot of people who are addicted to gambling right now are looking for ways to get themselves out of the habit but they are unable to do so because it's beed integrated into their psychic making it near impossible for them to stop, we should always try to employ discipline when ever we are gambling.

[Yaunfitda]

This is exactly why gamblers are advised the exercise discipline, if you can't control yourself while gambling then you simply shouldn't be gambling at all in the first place, a lot of people who are addicted to gambling right now are looking for ways to get themselves out of the habit but they are unable to do so because it's beed integrated into their psychic making it near impossible for them to stop, we should always try to employ discipline when ever we are gambling.

Yes, but the thing is that it's hard to exercise restrain as gambling is very different, it set the tone for a disaster long term. That's why even if we have been preached before about self-discipline and how to exercise it, sooner or later we will have a slip. And if that happens then there is no control at all unless you really fight the urge to deposit and chased loses. And then the mindset though, there is the feeling that we are in control when we gamble, especially when we are winning. We feel invincible, that the next game will be a win for us. That's why gambling is very dangerous because of the risk, but as humans we love that kind of adrenaline rush and so this hidden trap will always be there for us, no matter what.

[Charles-Tim]

Stay aware of that  and you will already be ahead of most.

Are you sure about this? What you posted is true but people that stayed aware of it and not follow it is possible. What that is most important in gambling is to be discipline and gamble responsibly and it all starts from the amount of money that you are using to gamble weekly. Having a small budget for gambling is good. Example is me that has a budget of 1 to 5% on gambling and I am not spending even up to 5%.

[Dunamisx]

Did u ever notice Temporal Myopia in betting.

Yes, and this occurs to me severally, once I'm taking a bet, my mind tells me that I may likely lose the best and I also consider the amount I'm using to take such a bet as at risk of either winning or losing, which is common to have second thoughts about the chances each time I gamble, especially the moment am about to hit the button to confirm for submission of the bet.

[Questat]

That’s really how lack of control works. I think almost all of us have experienced that at some point, because I’ve gone through it many times myself.

I don’t even think about breaking even anymore, that’s not even part of my vocabulary when it comes to gambling. Every time I decide to gamble, I put a certain amount in my wallet that is meant only for gambling, and in my mind that money is already for either winning or losing. So in short, I stop whether I win or lose.

But sometimes things still get messed up because that urge in the back of my mind keeps ruining the plan, and that’s when it happens.

[Hewlet]

So Moral of the Story. It is not the plan that fails . It is the pressure of the moment that breaks it.

Stay aware of that  and you will already be ahead of most.

Take care of Yourself and Good Luck.

Having a betting plan is just so you're to an extent in charge of what you're doing. It's not a guarantee that you're going to win but what it does is that you're to an extent guided by a set of principles that you set out by yourself.

If you win, you're certain to react to your win a particular win and if the reverse is the case, you're bent on doing same a certain way only that it's going to be in a negative direction. Regardless of what your mind tells you, what matters most is that you've implemented your strategy and that you're willing and able to watch it bring about a positive result.

[SmartGold01]

I think, to summarize this what you have just written here is for people to know their purpose of gambling and their aim. Gambling is not as difficult as we may see it but how you handle it at your ends matters a lot because when gambling you would think that your dream has suddenly comes true, with how you have accumulated lot of odds and where the amount gives you something mind-blowing.
The fact is, take gambling as a place to spare time and have fun and, also with an amount you should be able to let go without it directly affecting you.