Have you ever feels you are missing out something for not betting that day?

[o48o]

Have you ever on your own feels that today or tomorrow that is a better day for you that you feels like you could be missing out something important for not placing bet that particular day?
Okay, a frown of mine who is a gambling addiction keeps saying that if he didn’t place a bet for any particular he feels like he is losing so he must find a way out to make sure he places a bet just to make sure he didn’t missed out that particular day not to gamble. But then, something very important and interesting struck into my mind that could it be the reason why most people especially those who are addicted keeps getting addicted or what?

However, can this thought be controlled by them, and don’t you think if they can control this urge then it is also very possible to control addiction.
What are the best ways to make sure they didn’t have this feeling keeps ringing into their hearts; for me I feels they should also be that concerned and connects themselves with something more better so that they wouldn’t be that having that feelings and mindset to keep gambling at all time. Do you think this approach could help out to those who are already suffering addiction?

Share your thoughts and opinions.

It's not why they get addicted, as they probably already are addicted already.

And that sounds like specific part of an addiction, where people are blaming the circumstances where they "can't stop". That can also show up as in buying a lottery ticket with same numbers every day, so these people are "afraid" to stop as they could miss the day they are supposed to win.

Yeah, it can be controlled, but it's a part of something bigger. Trying logic to convince an addict rarely is productive, because they are constantly fighting against any logic on why they shouldn't gamble.

You are better off using feelings like pride of self control against them. Because feelings and values are less easier to brush off when they justify their actions. But as i said, it's part of a longer process and there are no easy solutions. You can only try to be around and offer different kind of activities for their lives.

[Chinesebaby]

I believe this is the feeling that every genuine gambler will always have at some point, especially when following the result of a tournament we didn't bet on and seeing an easy to predict and win match which could land us effortless cash. The feeling of missing out always kicks in, but in some situations, the feeling of missing out can also be the starting point of gambling addiction if the situation is different from what I explained above.

A match is only perceived to be easy after it might have played and ended in victory of a team we could have predict to win. And it's also possible that if we had placed bet on that same game, it's obvious we shouldn't have also won too, which is one thing most people fail to understand about gambling. And for this reason is why I never always get upset if there was a match I was supposed to bet on and I missed, because inasmuch as the Football league still continues, either World Cup, Premier League or Championship, there will always be an opportunity for people to place a bet. And that's my mentality, rather than worrying over bets that I wasn't able to make.

[fredericktaylor]

There are people that put themselves under unnecessary pressure, they overthink about the bets that they should have placed and worry if they missed out on an opportunity but there's no way you can know when you are going to win or the perfect time interval to place your bets. Feeling unrest like the moon will to earth is something that a compulsive gambler feels and sometimes it is not even about feeling like they are missing out on an opportunity to win they are just addicted to it and they find it difficult to stay without gambling.

People who worry excessively about gambling all the time are the ones who quickly face addiction. Gambling is gambling for entertainment, it is not right to gamble with excessive stress oneself. If we keep thinking about gambling all the time and keep thinking about opportunities all the time, then a person will easily face losses and will gradually face the destruction of gambling. Always be aware, keep your mind steady and gamble for entertainment with what you can afford to lose. As a result the gambler can maintain self-control over himself and protect himself from big losses.

[Bluedrem]

Actually, I don't understand whether there is such a thing as a good day, but the day when a person receives something special is a happy day for him, that is, a good day. I think that people do not receive anything good for a good day, but rather, they receive something good and that day is considered a good day. In that case, if you want to compare gambling with a good day, then maybe you have a day in your life that brought good results in the past and you are tempted to bet on that day, but I would say that you should be careful in this case too because gambling depends entirely on luck. You can never know in advance which day is a good day for you.

[Showlove01]

Actually, I don't understand whether there is such a thing as a good day, but the day when a person receives something special is a happy day for him, that is, a good day. I think that people do not receive anything good for a good day, but rather, they receive something good and that day is considered a good day. In that case, if you want to compare gambling with a good day, then maybe you have a day in your life that brought good results in the past and you are tempted to bet on that day, but I would say that you should be careful in this case too because gambling depends entirely on luck. You can never know in advance which day is a good day for you.

Personally, I will consider everyday a good day in my life because I'm breathing in oxygen without paying for it, there are people who are breathing through mouth some are breathing with their novel and I'm sure we all know how discomforting and expensive it can be so everyday is a good day and there are many other reasons and for that reason whether I receive something good or not I will still consider it a good day regardless of anything.

[Queen uloma]

Share your thoughts and opinions.

I’ve regretted not placing a bet on a particular game for one reason. But i’ve never regretted not betting on a specific day. From what i’ve observed, this stems from a habit often practiced by your friend, leading he to view it as an activity or routine that must not be missed and if he do miss it, he feel uneasy or as though you’ve missed out on something, just as you described. In reality, though, there’s no such thing as a “perfect day" for gambling, every day is the same, because whenever you gamble, wins and losses depend on luck.

If your friend really want to get rid of this feeling, there’s no other way than to fight it. Don’t focus on the day, focus on when you have the budget available, that’s the right time to gamble. It may seem easy, but in reality, it’s very difficult to do.

I agree with you, it is habit and mindset that makes your friend feel like he must gamble every day. When someone has turn gambling into a daily routine, missing one day without gambling. Will make the person feel like they have miss a big opportunity, even when nothing really happened. The truth is that no day  has any special luck more than the other days. Whether it’s Monday, or Saturday no one can predict the outcome of gambling because gambling depends mainly on luck. If someone doesn’t have budget to gamble, it’s appropriate to skip that day instead of forcing yourself just because they have seen it as their daily routine.

Breaking that habit isn’t easy at all, but it’s very possible. The more your friends learn to gamble only when they have budgeted for it and not because of daily routine or emotion, it’s more easier to control that feelings. With time that fear of missing out will gradually reduce, and he will start making good decisions rather than gambling out of pressure.

[Jubilee58]

Anyway, I have felt this way in the past but today, I no longer feel that way. In the past when ever I missed to gamble on some games, I feel I have missed the opportunity of winning big amount of money, however i could be on long loosing streak or even on break as a result of long loosing streak.
If I begin to count the bets I have lost most, it was the games I trusted so much. Though losses doesn't occur all the time, but any bet can fail including the ones you trust.
I would say this kind of feeling is more of the addicted gamblers because the responsibility gamblers don't gamble everyday, even when they know their is a game they can gamble and win.

[Akbarkoe]

Things like this happen very common in my opinion where someone regrets not betting even though he previously had the desire to do it but did not do it, whether it was because he felt doubtful, forgot and or did not have the money to bet on that day that caused him to regret because what he thought before it turned out to result in victory if he bet so someone could think "I should have bet on yesterday" thoughts like this will always exist even I have experienced it, but as adults do not need to think too much about missed opportunities because it will be a burden on our minds, it is better to focus on the time and opportunities that will come because luck or opportunity can come back.

[Gentle_Soul]

Its very normal to feel like missing out on something especially for a game you were supposed to bet and you didn't and eventually the game played out, it's kind of really painful especially when you feel like you are supposed to get a big win and you didn't bet the game at all.  Have had myself be in such situation several times and honestly it wasn't funny because I kept thinking about the game and how I would have won it big if I had played it but unfortunately I didn't.

[Hispo]

Its very normal to feel like missing out on something especially for a game you were supposed to bet and you didn't and eventually the game played out, it's kind of really painful especially when you feel like you are supposed to get a big win and you didn't bet the game at all.  Have had myself be in such situation several times and honestly it wasn't funny because I kept thinking about the game and how I would have won it big if I had played it but unfortunately I didn't.

I would not go as far as saying it is something normal or something which is supposed to be expected within our gambling life, you know.
We need to have absolutely zero expectations when we have no stake on a match, because situations like those you describe actually push us to bet recklessly, without enough discipline to stay within our limits and away from gambling/betting addiction.

Also, how are we supposed to react when the opposite occurs? When we do not bet on a game and the game would have made us lose a lot of money? Bettors ignore those scenarios because they go against his own narrative...

[Myleschetty]

In my opinion, it is one of the indicators of early addiction because there is no reason for a gambler to feel as though they are missing out on something by not placing a wager on a day or more if there isn't a bet-to-win opportunity that the gambler missed. Gamblers who are experiencing them should think about examining their gambling behavior and psychology if these emotions are not brought on by early indicators of addiction.

[icebar]

Anyway, I have felt this way in the past but today, I no longer feel that way. In the past when ever I missed to gamble on some games, I feel I have missed the opportunity of winning big amount of money, however i could be on long loosing streak or even on break as a result of long loosing streak.
If I begin to count the bets I have lost most, it was the games I trusted so much. Though losses doesn't occur all the time, but any bet can fail including the ones you trust.
I would say this kind of feeling is more of the addicted gamblers because the responsibility gamblers don't gamble everyday, even when they know their is a game they can gamble and win.

It was nice to hear your story of progress. It is normal to get addicted to gambling without knowing anything about it at the beginning. But I think getting yourself out of that addiction is the biggest achievement. Because if you notice, new gamblers start getting a little addicted after a few days of starting gambling. Because of not knowing much in someone's new situation, every bet seems very easy and like a win. Getting a good amount of return by using a small amount of money is the most effective way to get new gamblers addicted. When a gambler misses an opportunity and starts to feel like he has lost a lot of money, then he has basically started getting addicted. At such a stage, gamblers should feel that their hard-earned money has not been wasted but has been saved.

[leonair]

I never felt like that because I believe that if I have good luck I can win something big but if I don't have good luck I can't achieve it. Today I was able to make only 0.54 to $127 because of my luck. And in sports I make a lot of predictions and they come true but I never think that I missed it and I should have bet at that time. That's why I never regret anything. The more you think about these things the more regret you will have and the more serious you will become about gambling. Because you will think that you can win

[skarais]

Actually, I don't understand whether there is such a thing as a good day, but the day when a person receives something special is a happy day for him, that is, a good day. I think that people do not receive anything good for a good day, but rather, they receive something good and that day is considered a good day. In that case, if you want to compare gambling with a good day, then maybe you have a day in your life that brought good results in the past and you are tempted to bet on that day, but I would say that you should be careful in this case too because gambling depends entirely on luck. You can never know in advance which day is a good day for you.

There are good days and bad days, but gambling is not about that. Gambling is a game that basically victory depends on two things, first is skill and second is luck. Both are closely related to each other, but the probability of winning on a skill-based game is certainly more reasonable for the gambler. That bad day is always associated with whatever you do does not give you benefits at all, even tends to harm, we never know it when it is.

If you are a responsible gambler, then you never care about bad days and good days. Victory and defeat are two things that will always be there, so accepting each result without making a big deal out of it is the most expected decision.

[WhoYouCantKill]

When you do have that overconfidence in gambling then it would really be a total mess on the moment that you would really be on such state because you cant just that stop on making up bets on which means that you would be betting or using up even more funds to make bets. Now on the time or days that you wouldnt be trying out to make up some bet and when that addiction or fond of gambling is high then you would definitely be having the feeling on being missed out on something important or simply you cant just that be able to fight the urge to make out some bets because you would be thinking that you might be able to miss some winnings if ever you would be skipping a day and thats a solid sign that you are addicted to gambling and thats bad. Whenever you do have already that kind of action and thinking then it’s better to have some break and to avoid that possible addiction along the way.

I think I’m trying to understand what you’re trying to say here, even if I had quite some hard time and literally had to read some lines twice lol.
The truth is that, a lot of gamblers even when they know that they are already drifting off into addiction, still find it difficult to turn back, and this is because they have already had this unrealistic expectations and a misconception about gambling, as well as that hope that if they just keep going, things might eventually fall into place. This could be true but the truth is that it is not always certain, it could happen, it could not.

[Orpichukwu]

I don’t feel this way, and I don’t think it’s right for any gambler to let themself get that deep into gambling to that point, as what’s described is not different from those who are addicted; it’s a result of lack of control and not a feeling that just popped up overnight; it was gradually growing in them, and they overlooked it.

If you skip a day without gambling i doesn't feel sad or bad because I know the implications that is involved in gambling and the I may likely gamble and lose at that moment so it is better for me to relax and keep my capitals, anytime I have chance or the opportunity to gamble then I will Gamble, I don't pressure myself to gamble, but I only involve myself in gambling at my convenient time, so therefore it's only addicted one in gambling that will feel missing out for not gambling...

There is importance in taking a break sometimes from gambling; we don’t need to gamble all the time. Even when it feels like if you don’t place a particular bet, you lose a chance of making money, such an idea and belief should not be allowed to come to us. If you are able to get yourself into other activities and don’t get affected by days you don’t play, it can be considered to be a sign that the person is still gambling responsibly and is in control.

[Joy- maker]

I don't think that I have ever feel as if I am missing something if I do not place a bet a day. I don't gamble the way others do, I gambling only at my convenience which is on weekends. And anyone who always feel this way is addicted to gambling which is very bad, bettors should learn to control themselves, because gambling is something that can control you if you don't have self control.

As for bettors who always feel as if they are missing something for not betting a day, they should meet a psychologist to help them with their condition, Because I can't think of anything right now.

[$weetne$$]

Just as OP did stated,  it is a clear case of addiction that led that friend to always gamble everyday to the point they feel something is not right if they do not gamble a day. For a gambling addict, this is very likely to happen and controlling it becomes a really serious problem but with one who is not an addict and may be developing the habit of gambling often at very close intervals,  they can be helped before it becomes an addiction.  Those who are not addicted does know they do not have to Gamble everyday for them to win but those who are addicted does, so it is just the difference of the habitual approach.

[bhadz]

I am not that addicted to gambling to feel that if ever I don't bet for a day, I feel that I am missing something. I know that feeling comes once in a while but not too often that I think that I should bet on one particular match if ever I have missed it. But then, I think someone who's in that state needs to recheck themselves if they're still fine and able to be at the right thought with their minds. Because if they're thinking that they have missed things due to not betting, there's something wrong on them already or they're too attached to gambling.

You are absolutely right. For someone to be constantly having such feelings when ever missing out a day in gambling seems something isn't right that really needs to be corrected. However, their should be a time for everything in life, time for business and a time to have fun, therefore missing out in a day or two as a gambler shouldn't be an issue unless their is something else that is pretty involved that needs urgent checkup.

It shouldn't be an issue to miss a couple of days or even weeks or months not to gamble. But when you feel that urge and you think that your day isn't complete then there has to be a problem within you that needs to be corrected. You're likely addicted into it and if you don't like the symptoms, you have to solve that before it even get worse. There's a lot of ways of doing that when you have the sense of that within yourself.

[Moreno233]

There was a time I was feeling this way, but not anymore because I intentionally stay away from gambling now when I incur too many losses or I have the feeling that luck is not on my side. This pattern have saved me from making serious mistakes that have huge consequences. If someone persistently feel like he is missing something when he stays away from gambling for just a day, then the person is few steps away from gambling addiction and if not checked, in matter of months he will get addicted to gambling and it will become a huge problem.