Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

[Fiatless]

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

For me, people can gamble any way they want as long as it is not affecting their finances and other aspects of life negatively. Gambling sometimes is mainly determined by luck, so it's not wrong to apply different styles hoping that it will come out positive. The fun in gambling includes the uncertainties. You would enjoy these events when you are gambling within your limits. Healthy gambling is your ability to control your betting life so that it doesn't affect your life negatively in any way.

[purple_sparkles]

It happens differently every time, it’s a game, after all, and there’s hardly anyone with psychic abilities who can predict every result. The main thing is not to cross the line of reason and to play only with money that you specifically set aside for gaming. Sometimes you can stay in a good profit for a long time, and sometimes it’s the opposite, and that’s normal. I never expect huge wins or jackpots, but when they do happen, it’s always very good.

[Achalugo BTC]

For me, people can gamble any way they want as long as it is not affecting their finances and other aspects of life negatively. Gambling sometimes is mainly determined by luck, so it's not wrong to apply different styles hoping that it will come out positive. The fun in gambling includes the uncertainties. You would enjoy these events when you are gambling within your limits. Healthy gambling is your ability to control your betting life so that it doesn't affect your life negatively in any way.

The way the effect of gambling has on one is something else, as it will drain one to the point of even losing themselves and this will affect them to the extent of losing everything including their bankroll and that's why they have to accept that luck is the what make the game interesting and fun. Which is why they got to understand that they have to bet with the amount they can afford to lose for the sake of their wellbeing and also for others.

[Patikno]

Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

Like your first pick is one team, your gut says they will win, but your mind is like nah, this looks too easy, maybe it’s a trap again. Not really because you’re just overthinking, but because you already had that same experience before. The obvious side looks good, then suddenly it loses and you feel stupid for falling for it again.

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

Wouldn't placing a bet like that only make the situation worse? I think a bet like that; doesn't meet expectations is already frustrating, let alone a bet like the one the OP mentioned, and a loss occurs. So, I think it would be even more frustrating than a normal bet what we often do. Maybe, it can also cause us to fall into bad gambling habits.

Personally, I don't recall ever doing it, and so far I have been confident in every bet I have made. Well, I know sometimes our bets don't always turn out well, but isn't it better to bet according to our own analysis, and preferences ? (without betting against them)

[Tungbulu]

The moment we are being able to predict what may come out of gambling, then we are most likely not going to lose any longer because we can predict the right thing, gambling is not what we already know how the end is going to be, we are only making attempt to see whether if our guess is going to be in line with the actual fate that may lies behind every attempt made, so we are all clueless except we attempted to risk the chances of playing a particular game and later see whether we are right or wrong about our prediction made.

Gambling is made for one not to predict about it but to just try their luck and have fun with it, accepting that there is no trace of clue in gambling, they will know that there is no need in fighting themselves to something that they will still be at loss, when they would have walk away and  accept their fate and gamble with the idea not to expect anything from it, but to move on without dragging themselves into it.

[Alphakilo]

Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

Like your first pick is one team, your gut says they will win, but your mind is like nah, this looks too easy, maybe it’s a trap again. Not really because you’re just overthinking, but because you already had that same experience before. The obvious side looks good, then suddenly it loses and you feel stupid for falling for it again.

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

Wouldn't placing a bet like that only make the situation worse? I think a bet like that; doesn't meet expectations is already frustrating, let alone a bet like the one the OP mentioned, and a loss occurs. So, I think it would be even more frustrating than a normal bet what we often do. Maybe, it can also cause us to fall into bad gambling habits.

Personally, I don't recall ever doing it, and so far I have been confident in every bet I have made. Well, I know sometimes our bets don't always turn out well, but isn't it better to bet according to our own analysis, and preferences ? (without betting against them)

I never even knew a name existed for this kind of approach because I used to do this when I started gambling and it was only after getting to know a few strategies that I happen to believe more in my gut feelings than just try to always fade myself either because I listened to other people's opinions or because I just wanted to try something different.

I don't think fading oneself occasionally because of making bets is a good idea because it might just have a psychological toll that's more than just outright following your guts and still losing.
It could in reality make you more doubtful of certain genuine situations and can cause problems in relationships because of the way you have made it a part of your decision making ability.

I think it would be advised to anyone still doing this to keep track record of this habit mostly when it comes to your own picks but an exemption could be made when you get the betting codes from someone else and you just have to improvise.

[Nwada001]

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

Anything someone is doing that's given them that winning streak is automatically seen as healthy gambling as long as it's not making you lose more money.

I have not been in such situations, but I have made such picks that turn out the opposite, but in a situation like that, my mind will already register how to be making such a pick where, in such a situation, it will get to a stage where I no longer can differentiate between which option is supposed to be my first pick that I will abandon for the latter and which one I shouldn't pick.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Have actually had that experience a few times but this is just your mind gambling with your emotions so in such situation you just need to follow your gut feelings and forget about your previous experience. Gambling has a way of messing around with one's intelligence and when you give hand to such confusion it will definitely become a reoccurring experience. It is better to stake bet on games you feel satisfied by your prediction, even if it doesn't go the way you predicted it, you will feel a sign of relief and satisfaction instead of using a past experience to ruin your present bet. Gamble according to your guts and learn to remove emotions.

[yahoo62278]

Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

Like your first pick is one team, your gut says they will win, but your mind is like nah, this looks too easy, maybe it’s a trap again. Not really because you’re just overthinking, but because you already had that same experience before. The obvious side looks good, then suddenly it loses and you feel stupid for falling for it again.

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

Sounds like you are mind fucking yourself lol. I think it's smart to second guess yourself to rethink your decision and make sure it's the right way to go. You may still end up being wrong but just jumping in and betting without considering all the possibilities is just betting blind IMO.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

Like your first pick is one team, your gut says they will win, but your mind is like nah, this looks too easy, maybe it’s a trap again. Not really because you’re just overthinking, but because you already had that same experience before. The obvious side looks good, then suddenly it loses and you feel stupid for falling for it again

There's an old adage that says "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is". Most easy options, especially the obvious ones turns out to be a trap with a dead end. This is why I usually recommend what I call a follow-up bet-- having a different ticket with a direct opposite of what's on the first one, as long as your selection doesn't exceed 3 games. The more games you select, the riskier it gets.

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

That's why most gamblers would prefer to bet on the underdog, big odds every single time. It doesn't cut a win as often as the way smaller odds does, but if one ticket aligns perfectly, with a better stake, you're going home with millions.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

Like your first pick is one team, your gut says they will win, but your mind is like nah, this looks too easy, maybe it’s a trap again. Not really because you’re just overthinking, but because you already had that same experience before. The obvious side looks good, then suddenly it loses and you feel stupid for falling for it again.

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

Lol, it's actually very amazing how gamblers sometimes think alike, it's like you went straight into my head and got this particular thought out from there and turned it into a topic to be discussed here.. 😂😂

I honestly can not count the number of times I've done this to myself in betting, and I usually do this anytime I've experienced a serious of consecutive loses in a row, I simply begin to pay attention to my mind to see which team it thinks will win each time I open a match, and when my mind have made that choice, I will proceed to betting on the opposite team, and amazingly, this works until it stops working, I could win three, four or five bets in a row with this method before I start losing again.

I believe it's still a healthy way to gamble, especially if you are not taking things too serious but majorly having fun trying to win your bets.

[mcdouglasx]

I wouldn't change my choice if I had doubts about any of my selections, and if it's a parlay, for example, what I would do is play both combinations twice in the match I have doubts about, or I simply wouldn't include it, since this can generate an unpleasant feeling if you change and your first choice wins, or if you don't change and your second choice wins, and since doubt only generates frustration, it's always better to skip that match than to change.

[Mate2237]

This happens to gamblers because it is like a normal daily bases occurance. And it is when you lose the bet, the. You would realized that what your thought told you to do was the wrong one. This thing happened when a team that is not strong play with a team that is strong. All the support would go to the well performing team but suddenly things changed and you loss the bet. You would sorry yourself and blame it.

[bhadz]

Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

Like your first pick is one team, your gut says they will win, but your mind is like nah, this looks too easy, maybe it’s a trap again. Not really because you’re just overthinking, but because you already had that same experience before. The obvious side looks good, then suddenly it loses and you feel stupid for falling for it again.

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

I think it is healthy because you're thinking and you're using your mind. At some point, if you're going to support that with analysis then I will say that you are in a state of mind that you're making things not too complicated but all you want to do is to make sure that you're betting on the right one. This happens to all of us when we're fighting our own first choices and that's why the arguments that we create in our head makes it healthy because we're using it. Compared to blind and random betting, this is way better than of those.

[Versatile_choice]

I have experienced this several times while gambling, sometimes I would add a game in my bet list then when I'm making crosscheck I will be having a doubt in some of the games and then I will decide to remove them and funny enough that those ones I'm removing usually end well while the ones I'm confident that they will play are the ones that will mess up the game. But the problem is that whenever my mind tells me to remove a game and I insisted the game don't always end well I have tried this several times and it fails so ever since then i always stick to what my mind tells me to do .

[Agathamay]

Have you ever tried fading yourself in betting?

Like your first pick is one team, your gut says they will win, but your mind is like nah, this looks too easy, maybe it’s a trap again. Not really because you’re just overthinking, but because you already had that same experience before. The obvious side looks good, then suddenly it loses and you feel stupid for falling for it again.

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

funny enough,  there are several techniques that works or people that you might not just even imagine and even from your writing, these can also classified as a strategy and just as you said that, "what if it actually works?" and since we all know that, gambling is a game of probability and as such, anything, absolutely anything can happen which includes a continues winning because you kept betting against your first pick.

the primary goal of a gambling is supposed to be how to win and be profitable and how a player chooses to do so shouldn't and wasn't supposed to be our burden as long as there is a continues winning, then we good.

[Finestream]

I have been in that situation before. At first, it worked and made you believed that its a smart choice, but after consistent betting, that's when you realized you're up for a bigger loss, something that you didn't  expect because you once thought that following your instincts will only lead to losses and disappointments.

Now, I'm back with my old betting style. I realized I don't have to go against myself, my own predictions and instincts, because that's how I was able to sustain my gambling activities for the past years. What I need is just a little stretch of patience and mental analysis, and to be more flexible to accept whatever the results from betting.

There's no need to fade ourselves in betting, it does not make sense in the end because we are gambling with results uncertain.

[Agbamoni]

Thinking too much or second guessing is just mental stress to me because doing all that over a game of probability does not change the outcome. The best thing you can do is to  do proper analysis and bet based on this logic not just instincts. Fading yourself or not none of this exists, this is just a terrible mindset that gamblers have. Doing analysis is what increases your chances of winning your bets.

In sports betting, good analysis increases the chance of winning the bet. However, second-guessing is not the same thing as game analysis. But we are humans, and when we have doubt, we have to choose one part of what we have in mind at the end of the day. I do prefer logic and analysis. Those two may guarantee a win if they are lucky.

[Odusko]

So now you start doing the opposite of what you first wanted to bet. You fade yourself. But what if it actually works? Like you keep winning because you don’t trust your own first pick anymore.  So.. Would you still call that healthy gambling?

For me, people can gamble any way they want as long as it is not affecting their finances and other aspects of life negatively. Gambling sometimes is mainly determined by luck, so it's not wrong to apply different styles hoping that it will come out positive. The fun in gambling includes the uncertainties. You would enjoy these events when you are gambling within your limits. Healthy gambling is your ability to control your betting life so that it doesn't affect your life negatively in any way.

Avoidance of financial stress is the best approach to gambling, since that we can't win all the time and we dont know which game gives us the winning no matter the level of our analysis of the game, and the unpredictable nature of gambling games makes it impossible for any gambler to actually develop a winning formula in betting or other games, o even if you go against or along with your bet picks you can still lose or win regardless, so we have to accept the reality of the game outcome no matter what.

[mirakal]

In sports betting, good analysis increases the chance of winning the bet.

We can always say that we do good analysis, but that will not prove anything if it does not result in profit.

We are the only ones who can really evaluate that, as long as we are honest with ourselves. Because if our analysis is good and effective, then there should be no need to do the opposite and bet against it.

What we really need here is consistency, because without that we will be lost along the way. It is also important that we don’t lose discipline with bankroll management, because if we cannot control that, it can ruin everything even if we are good at analyzing the outcome.