Simply things i do to suppress worries when in lost.

[Tetu100]

I wouldn't know if something similar to this has already been created on this board since I'm trying to make use of the search button but it's not showing me any, but you can feel free to notify me if there is any on ground so I can quickly lock it up to avoid spamming. I just want to share some of the simple things I normally do when in losing streak or probably after going through a terrible gambling experience.

Although what I am about to share will sound funny and very unusual but it has helps me a lot in control my emotions even when I wouldn't have been able to do so.

 What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

[cryptoaddictchie]

What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

Apparently this method only works for married people. But if you are single and has yet to have a family this option is out of the picture. Im pretty sure there are more suggestions to ease the mind of our gamblers for the loss on gambling suggested early on some threads:

1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5470235.msg62990925#msg62990925
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5096609.msg49204661#msg49204661

A good therapy or massage might do the trick I guess.

[Dunamisx]

This is what works for me, whenever I made a huge lost like this in gambling, I tried to go home and take a sleep, then wake up and I request to eat food and move on with life, there is nothing to worry about what has been done already, this cannot be prevented any longer but the future occurrence.

We don't have to waste time thinking over it when we have limited time to move on and avoid what has happened already. Some may be going to a cinema, while I have seen some who do drug themselves as a result, but they are all unwise decisions to make; losing does not warrant a miserable life.

[Die_empty]

What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

The pain of losing funds, especially an amount you cannot afford to lose, could be difficult to overcome. You are lucky to identify an activity that could help you forget some painful gambling experience. One of my friends told me that taking a shower helps him to relax and forget about the bad day. I like reading, so having access to an interesting book could make me forget how bad my betting turned out.

[Female King]

For you to still take your children out means that you only gamble with what you can afford to lose in that you can easily move on and never act as if you gamble and lost. It's important for one to gamble responsibly only betting with money may not worry of if it eventually didn't go as they wish.

The moment you start gambling big and you loss you will always want to continually using big money to get back your lost amount and this destroy your if cautious are not taken .

[alani123]

Why would you suppress th only logical feelings after a loss? Just take it from what it is and if you gambled for more than you could afford to lose consider what steps to take for quitting.

The most important issue most people are unable to solve when gambling is putting limits. Reaching a point where the losses are going to affect you negatively even in terms of feelings is a mistake in and of its own. So I'll say first of all figure out how to enforce limits, if you keep facing this problem it's maybe a good idea to just quit.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

I wouldn't know if something similar to this has already been created on this board since I'm trying to make use of the search button but it's not showing me any, but you can feel free to notify me if there is any on ground so I can quickly lock it up to avoid spamming. I just want to share some of the simple things I normally do when in losing streak or probably after going through a terrible gambling experience.

Although what I am about to share will sound funny and very unusual but it has helps me a lot in control my emotions even when I wouldn't have been able to do so.

 What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

I'll come in from a different angle, the truth is that if your loss get you very emotional to the extent that you worry about it, maybe you are loosing too much and need to cut down on your gambling budget. The only times I was very sad was when I loose a big sum and when I failed to withdraw my winning and lost them back to the casino, either ways you know where to adjust your attitude.

The best remedy is watching your gambling habits, don't loose more than you can bear and deposit only what you can afford to loose, it helps when you see the amount lost is negligible. I cannot deny that I feel bad sometimes when I loose my whole deposit without winning anything, but I remind myself that the amount lost means nothing to me and I don't think it much.

[POPOLUV]

I wouldn't know if something similar to this has already been created on this board since I'm trying to make use of the search button but it's not showing me any, but you can feel free to notify me if there is any on ground so I can quickly lock it up to avoid spamming. I just want to share some of the simple things I normally do when in losing streak or probably after going through a terrible gambling experience.

Although what I am about to share will sound funny and very unusual but it has helps me a lot in control my emotions even when I wouldn't have been able to do so.

 What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

Hahaha you are very funny about this method of yours, so doesn't it mean that when ever you experience losses and the only way to calm your self down, is by taking your kids and wife around, although your wife was not mentioned but i believe that when it comes to hanging out, you will always go with your family as whole as a married man and i know that everyone has it own ways of letting go what turely bothered them and specifically when they lost something so huge or precious to them, and talking about if such thread has be created here before, i think i have come across a similar thread like this before here in this forum but i can really remember, so i will suggest you should try to search very well and if case you don't see any, people around the community will surely help in sorting out the thread for you.

[Free Market Capitalist]

Yeah. Okay. This is going to be a multi-page thread where the answers will stay within the OP's frame of instead of focusing on what's important.

I just want to share some of the simple things I normally do when in losing streak or probably after going through a terrible gambling experience.

If gambling is giving you a terrible experience, you need to stop. Not even during my worst poker losing streaks would I have described the experience as terrible. The way you’re describing it suggests that you’re either betting too much money or playing for too long—or, as is often the case, a combination of both.

Stop gambling.

And you'd better lock the thread otherwise you'll get hundred of replies on how to cope with those terrible experiences instead of avoiding them.

[TheUltraElite]

Basically finding a purpose in life is enough to have a good control in gambling. Because gambling will become addictive even if the person understands that it is harmful because they dont have anything else to cut boredom with, hence the person needs to find what other things they love to do, things that zone them out.

If they like to walk to dog, or play with the kids, they should make sure to include that in their daily routine and consider how much time in every 24hours they would spend doing that instead of gambling it away.

This is also the reason why unemployed, lonely people are usually the ones more prone to gambling addiction.

[Yamifoud]

We always think that this works, but we can't hide the fact that after having good times with our family, we still remember it again (losses). Bad memories won't go easily. They stick in our minds for quite some time until another loss happens again.

We just find an excuse for not remembering it and even make promises of not doing it again. Unfortunately, most of us are doing it again and again. Simple things won't last longer. What we need is a total change and to keep those losses/failures as a lesson to learn and move on from them.

[ZeroVinsonN]

I wouldn't know if something similar to this has already been created on this board since I'm trying to make use of the search button but it's not showing me any, but you can feel free to notify me if there is any on ground so I can quickly lock it up to avoid spamming. I just want to share some of the simple things I normally do when in losing streak or probably after going through a terrible gambling experience.

Although what I am about to share will sound funny and very unusual but it has helps me a lot in control my emotions even when I wouldn't have been able to do so.

 What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

If I was married and with kids I would probably do this but I tend to just listen to good music to keep my mind away, I don't only do this when I lose beu more or less whenever I'm feeling down, I could go for  a stroll while also listening to the music and let me imagination run wild s little, it helps me a lot and I don't have to think about what's bothering me too much, with gambling the feeling of lose passes very quickly when I do this.

[Ruttoshi]

You are doing that to console yourself let it look as of you could throw big money on gambling and cannot spend little on your kids. When you take them out, you feel better because you think that you're doing the right thing. Some people can lose big on gambling but cannot take their kids out to have fun with a little amount of money.

Whatever, anyone can do to forget about his losses should be done but also learn a lesson from gambling and don't continue to lose big all in the name of making profit.

[demonica]

This is great for you OP. At least you're spending your time with your family, especially when you want to forget about your losses even for a short period of time. And at the same time, instead of feeling bad and greedy trying to get back what you've lost, spending time with them makes you happy.

It's a distraction we usually do when we want to forget something or when we don't want that negativity fill up our day. I also do the same thing as you, I try to do something else to distract me and distant myself from gambling for hours or even a day. My kind of distraction is more on doing other hobbies like playing sports or playing games with friends. It makes me happy, it makes me forget about my bad luck in gambling

[MArsland]

Let me share about how to avoid losing after gambling, one of which is busy watching a series of movies with seasons and episodes that are quite long Like on netflix. Honestly, this is quite working for me personally, while for other activities we usually have a schedule of 1x a week for recreation.

[Agbe]

That is for you and everyone has way of doing it to overcome loss. And hanging out with friends and love ones is one of the best method to overcome those memories. But if you were hit hard, the matter what when you return home the memory will come back again and you will be sober again. Those memories can't be erase therefore you have to move on and don't play gamble aggressively and be a moderate gambler instead.

[Maslate]

That is good. The faster you move on, the better, so you can be ready for your next gambling session.

I think its really a matter of convincing yourself that losing is part of the game. If you are a positive person, you probably will not blame yourself too much. Of course sometimes we make stupid mistakes, but forgiving ourselves is also important, then just try to learn from it next time.

It also depends from person to person because not everyone can easily accept a loss. But I think its necessary, otherwise we might end up making the problem even worse.

[Crakryptvest]

What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

I'm happy for you for finding therapy to get rid of the emotional worries that comes with losing much funds to gambling but if fail to tell you the truth, it will not make me feel better, going by what you said, you do not gamble with what you can let go easily that's one, and two, I can see that it is difficult for you to stop when you see that you aren't winning, if only you can gamble with the amount that will not put you into thinking, it will be needless for you to think of something to get your minds back, why not gamble in the right way so that you won't put yourself in such condition, I can only advice because I have not been in this condition before.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

Yes, that's part of it, anything that will take away your thoughts from that big losses you suffer. I will just go out with my family and I don't think about the bills. My reasoning is that if I can afford to lose big money, then I should also afford going out and spending it with my wife and my kids.

Or even buying something for you and for you love ones. Instead of just thinking of going back and chase that lost. It's better to just go out. Maybe if you are single they hang out with your friends. Or maybe a few drinks and have a good laugh.

[Hewlet]

 What I do most to get rid of my lost memories is taking my kids out, spending quality time with them. Maybe we can go out to see some movies, probably visit any available mall that my kids can play around and all of that. Just any way to hangout with them I'm  fine. I am not sure if anyone here share the same experience with me when in lost, maybe you can also share yours for others to learn from.

How much do you need to loose at a go before you do all this things? Thought we agreed that it's better to gamble with what you can afford to loose so in the event of a loss which is certain to happen you're sure that you can bare the loss. No matter how you're getting familiar with gambling, it's best that you only gamble what you can do without. You don't need to spend more just because you're trying to distract yourself from reality. So what happens if the money you've lost is an amount you've budgeted for something important? After taking your kids out and spending additional money on that, won't reality still dawn on you?