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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

We all know how it feels to lose money in gambling. It is one of the worst feelings we encounter, which makes us stressed and can lead to feelings of self-guilt. But sometimes we overstretch ourselves and gamble beyond our means. I have seen people even take loans to gamble and get sucked into an endless loop of stress, anxiety, and isolation.
If you have just encountered a big loss which is making you sick to the stomach, do not worry. Here are five things you can do to find peace and divert your energy to some inspiring things:

And lastly is to take a break from gambling if possible, because literally it's not idea that you lose a huge sum of money today, and the next morning you are back gambling as usual, as in such scenario, you are most likely to make the same mistake, if not greater. Hence it's advisable that if possible, it's ideal you take a break, and that doesn't mean you are stopping gambling for good, but taking a break helps you have a rethink, re-strategize and reflect on what may have gone wrong, and likewise possible ways to now gamble responsibly with what you can always afford to lose. Since gambling is not a do or die affair.

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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

We all know how it feels to lose money in gambling. It is one of the worst feelings we encounter, which makes us stressed and can lead to feelings of self-guilt. But sometimes we overstretch ourselves and gamble beyond our means. I have seen people even take loans to gamble and get sucked into an endless loop of stress, anxiety, and isolation.

Perfect, I would also like to address some points, in some of which I share the same view as you, but with a slight difference that I believe is more relevant for those who need to quit the addiction rather than continue gambling.

Step 1: recognize the problem
Before solving any problem, it is necessary to recognize that it exists, otherwise everything else will be unfeasible.

Step 2: seek help
If you have already involved your family or someone you trust in the previous step, it will be easier to seek help, psychological care is essential but it is also necessary to hand over your bank accounts to someone who will monitor your expenses and keep track of your income and expenses to understand how much you tend to spend on gambling.

Step 3: tell someone you trust
Considering that you have not yet spoken to someone you trust about the problem, now is the time.... to get out of a vicious cycle, it is essential to have the support of family or friends.

Step 4: Stop gambling
Now that you have accepted that gambling addiction is a serious problem, with a wide variety of mental triggers, and that you cannot rely on self-control, stop gambling!

Step 5: Reorganize your financial life and make plans
If you have lost years of savings or have fallen into debt, take a practical approach. This is the time to evaluate what lifestyle changes you can make to get out of trouble and pay your bills.

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Whenever I face a loss I retire immediately, and start gambling with the amount of money I can lose if I enter gambling. Although I have poor luck and I lose bets and lose my gambling money I stop gambling as soon as my balance is exhausted.
It helps to avoid the symptoms of gambling addiction, reduces the risk of gambling losses even though gambling is not always winning and sometimes losing. So I take this kind of preparation and I have more share of profit than loss from gambling at present.

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Best thing to do for me would be to speak to your support network, but clarify it's not about financial support but rather help to sober up and go clean. It's something we have to be clear on. Show decisiveness on being willing to get the proper help and have the decency to not ask for money. Otherwise people might take your request for help with suspicion.

So really take it seriously and help may come anyway. People are showing willingness to help when serious efforts are put forth to kick addiction away.

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Quote from: Sandra_hakeem on November 21, 2024, 05:44:29 PM

Sometimes, our suggestions ain't even the best possible ways to go about certain things; especially, since it's about losing way too much by any means - gambling, scams whatsoever. I know how I felt two weeks ago when I lost a huge amount to a vendor.. placed an appeal and it was declined after 48hrs.

Gambling is a one-way-in sort of activity.. there's no safe side of you ain't winning so it's better to prepare your mind with an understanding that if you lose, that's game!

Accept the reality that gambling is not the solution to your financial problem. Simple and straightforward and yet many players are hoping that one day, it will give them the riches to get out of their financial burden.

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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

5. This last advice is a bit philosophical. Your existence in itself is a miracle, and on top of it, you as a living, conscious human being have survived against odds much higher than any lottery. Therefore, you are a winner already in life, no matter what these are—petty things (money lost in some game)—and you surely have the capacity to overcome this. Even if you do not believe in yourself right now, your existence is the undeniable proof of your potential.

This sounds like some kind of encouragement to keep gambling even when you’re always losing and not making a good result back home whenever one gambles. They may be limitations to this and when at beginning you don’t set those limitations, words like this will only make you to keep going back to it and see some sense of hope in them in making much more money after trying again. There is no crime in not giving up, but even when you want to do so, you should be able to know why you want to and the reason is solid enough to back up your decision. Setting limitations and boundaries is much better for you, if you know.

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Sometimes, our suggestions ain't even the best possible ways to go about certain things; especially, since it's about losing way too much by any means - gambling, scams whatsoever. I know how I felt two weeks ago when I lost a huge amount to a vendor.. placed an appeal and it was declined after 48hrs.

Gambling is a one-way-in sort of activity.. there's no safe side of you ain't winning so it's better to prepare your mind with an understanding that if you lose, that's game!
I don't know about the rest but I won't dare to share my experience to anyone in this case... I don't wanna be savaged or blamed for getting fucked up already -- if I'm facing the reality of my stupidity, let that be for Christ sake! That's the best way to either ABSTAIN totally, or control my habit ( but I ain't got any, meh)

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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

2. Tell someone: You have to have at least one person in your life (the more the better) to whom you can share your feelings and let them know about your situation. It will help a lot because if you continue to live in isolation with that feeling, trust me, you will not be capable of taking care of yourself. There is no shame in taking help in these matters; instead, it is a sign of great courage to honestly tell someone how you are feeling.

I assume you're a man, right?

People will laugh at you after you tell your story, they will say you're very stupid and make fun of you, not to mention some people are encouraging men to shut up because men are strong.

Every mental health professional out there would say it's healthy to talk about your feelings. Not talking about them on the other hand is one way to get addicted for example. Bottling up your feelings in the other hand is a sure way to unhealthy life.

Being a strong doesn't mean being too afraid to talk with your friends because they would laugh at you, that's an opposite of strong. And i feel sad for you if your friends do that, because it's not your fault and you should really consider surrounding yourself with better friends.

You should always be able to confide on your friends, that's what they are for. And this is definitely a healthy advice. Losing can be stressful enough, you don't have to be alone on top of that.

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I don't know if it is just me or it happens to anyone else, at the initial state of losing i would prefer just taking a quick rest. I understand the loss but with my understanding of gambling as a profit or loss scheme i rather just control my emotions by going to bed then waking up with a sharp meal or taking a walk out, this will enable me socialize a bit, taking my mind off the incident.

There is no need seeking any professional help or telling someone about the loses, i was conscious enough to go into gambling using my money and if i should lose all it has nothing to do with anyone else, i have to bare the loss as even telling them won't do justice of returning the money or even making you feel any better. Always be sensitive of what we issue as funds to gamble, don't take much out of the bag just to risk for profits that we may not even be lucky to have, losing is nearer than winning during gambling.

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Quote from: robelneo on November 21, 2024, 05:03:15 PM

It all comes down to our personality. What you posted is all good, but personality plays a major part. If we have a strong personality, we can easily cope with the pain of losing a lot in a short period of time, but if we have a weak character, it lingers on and is sometimes embedded in our mind, and we become traumatic with it.
Its our reaction that will define how we can cope with our losses, so if we have a weak character, don't go over your limit

Though, regardless of the character of a person, there are thumb rules about gambling, losing money and casinos in general which one needs to keep in mind at all times after logging out one's account. For example, If I knew some friend of mine suffered a very heavy loss of money to a casino I would not care whether his character is strong or weak, I would advice him anyways to stay away from alcohol or other depressants of the central nerve system and I would also suggest him to spend time with his family and not to allow loneliness and the memory of that lost money to take over his mind for as long as it takes for him to recover.
If you have a strong personality, then good for you, but if there are so many people who are addicted to gambling and cannot control themselves, it must be because those strong willed are not the majority. Sad

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It’s quite too much just for gambling loss, well I understand when people try to commit suicide due to huge lose obviously they should avoid taking high risk they can’t handle instead of advising what to do next. I barely see gamblers complain about huge lose so in such situation how can we be of help, all what they need at this state is staying focus nothing much although op listed brilliant ideas after encountering a huge loss. Firstly the gambler in question must be willing to take a break as mentioned maybe vacation or getting extra busy with work, ask if they’re willing to wait alittle longer like take a break with most motivation words I hear at the casino center concerning trying another day still gambling loss is not a joke

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It all comes down to our personality. What you posted is all good, but personality plays a major part. If we have a strong personality, we can easily cope with the pain of losing a lot in a short period of time, but if we have a weak character, it lingers on and is sometimes embedded in our mind, and we become traumatic with it.
Its our reaction that will define how we can cope with our losses, so if we have a weak character, don't go over your limit

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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

1. Accept the loss:

After losing a huge amount of money from gambling, the best thing to do is just to accept your loss. I know it’s always difficult, but you just have to do it. When most people do get things wrong is when they try to recover their money after losing so much money in gambling. When doing that, you will have to deposit more money and gamble with it, and at the end, you might just end up losing more money. So it’s just better to accept your loss and move forward.

Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

2. Tell someone:

Is that really necessary? Even if you tell someone it’s not really going to solve any problem, it won’t recover your money for you, and don’t be surprised that the person might end up telling people about it, and they might be thinking something different, the best thing is just to keep it to yourself, and maybe just stay away from gambling for some time.

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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

We all know how it feels to lose money in gambling. It is one of the worst feelings we encounter, which makes us stressed and can lead to feelings of self-guilt. But sometimes we overstretch ourselves and gamble beyond our means. I have seen people even take loans to gamble and get sucked into an endless loop of stress, anxiety, and isolation.

I believe this are recommendations and not a precise rules to follow. Like me for instance, I will never tell anyone that I lost money to gambling, it's not like if I tell them it will give me back what I have lost because getting back that money is what I really think can make me remove my mind quickly from that thinking. It also makes me feel not man enough because tell me why should I share loss with anyone just because I lost, I might do it later but not instantly because I want to forget about it.

As gambler, your first priority is fun then whatever motives you have later can comes next. If you can be able to do that, you will be fine and you wouldn't feel anything about what you have loss. You should also learn to gamble with the money you can afford to lose so you don't have to think of all this. If you gamble with amount you can afford to lose, trust me you wouldn't even have time to tell your friend that you lost $30 to a bet ttat to made.

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Quote from: pawanjain on November 21, 2024, 11:37:08 AM

I liked the part where OP mentioned that we should tell someone about our losses.
I can relate it. People are usually jealous if we win something or we are happy but when we lose something it's good to share it with others.
The reason is because we tend to feel lighter when we share our sorrow and people don't get jealous over it or judge us.

I might not share your ideas on this one or just can’t relate because, it really doesn’t matter much to me how or what other might feel about the outcome of my bet. I’m not getting any form of compensation from it at least, in fact, I feel they would find it humorous and so, I just don’t share. I rather stay private and come to think of it, should you have someone that would be jealous over your wins, what makes you think those set of persons would offer some genuine sympathy when you lose?
It doesn’t sound like a good idea but, whatever works right…!

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A lot of people don't know how important the last point you made is... losing a lot of money constantly is bad and it means you are addicted but this doesn't make you a loser, it's just a phase and you are learning from it.. it's possible that things would have been better if you made a different decision but you can't keep beating yourself up..you must accept the losses and try to make a change.. don't reflect on the money you threw away otherwise you might be tempted to gamble more to try and get it back, this might not end well..learn from your experiences.

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Why should we gamble with the amount of money that we can't afford to loss. The best way to go about it is to gamble with the amount we can afford losing that we not affect our personal living if we run at Lost because gambling to win is never certain until you finally won.
Most people believe they can be rich through gambling by making gambling their source of income because you can only loss huge amount of money in gambling when you take gambling as a means of making money.

Telling people after huge lose in gambling is not really a good idea it is good you accept the lose and move on there are two things in gambling is either you win or you lose, so losing is part of it so it's best we gamble with amount we can afford to lose.

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Quote from: alastantiger on November 21, 2024, 04:01:20 PM

Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

We all know how it feels to lose money in gambling. It is one of the worst feelings we encounter, which makes us stressed and can lead to feelings of self-guilt. But sometimes we overstretch ourselves and gamble beyond our means. I have seen people even take loans to gamble and get sucked into an endless loop of stress, anxiety, and isolation.
If you have just encountered a big loss which is making you sick to the stomach, do not worry. Here are five things you can do to find peace and divert your energy to some inspiring things:

Accepting the reality that you have lost and you can't get your money back is going to help you to overcome the temptation of trying to revenge the losses or try to stake more in an attempt to not end the day in lose. Losing is something no gamblers can run away from hence it shouldn't be seen as a problem but a necessity as it has to happen to you because it helps you too to understand gambling better. When you lose, I don't think it'll be a wise decision to go about telling other people unless it puts you into a state of depression that you have to go see a professional help to guide you through recovery. But before it gets to the level of you needing a professional help, you can control the effects of losing by being ready for the lose before it happens. Don't go into any bet with all your hope so high that you get devastated when it doesn't go according to plan but go in with open mind.

Acceptance is something which is really that the most important thing when dealing up with gambling or anything that pertains into those situations that you might be losing up some money. We do know that human beings does really hate up on losing money and thats why on the time or moment that they will really be able to encounter such thing as this then they will really be having those kind of impulsive reactions due to disappointment and anger on what they are currently feeling on. WHen losing up money then its normal that we will really be having that rage feeling and if you arent that good on handling out your emotions then most likely you will really be doing some actions on which it would really be that out of your plans or initial strategies that you had set out earlier. This is why its really that very important that you should really be having that good self control and discipline once you have lost money in gambling. Come to think that gambling is really just that for the sake of making fun or really that for entertainment and if you arent that good when handling out
these kind of situation then most likely you will really be making deposits even more on which it will really be that leading out to more loses and could devastate your living or financial condition.
Set some balances or budget for you to just simply play and if it depletes or blown out then stop immediate or call it a day, never ever chase up loses because this could really bring up tons of problems.

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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

We all know how it feels to lose money in gambling. It is one of the worst feelings we encounter, which makes us stressed and can lead to feelings of self-guilt. But sometimes we overstretch ourselves and gamble beyond our means. I have seen people even take loans to gamble and get sucked into an endless loop of stress, anxiety, and isolation.
If you have just encountered a big loss which is making you sick to the stomach, do not worry. Here are five things you can do to find peace and divert your energy to some inspiring things:

Accepting the reality that you have lost and you can't get your money back is going to help you to overcome the temptation of trying to revenge the losses or try to stake more in an attempt to not end the day in lose. Losing is something no gamblers can run away from hence it shouldn't be seen as a problem but a necessity as it has to happen to you because it helps you too to understand gambling better. When you lose, I don't think it'll be a wise decision to go about telling other people unless it puts you into a state of depression that you have to go see a professional help to guide you through recovery. But before it gets to the level of you needing a professional help, you can control the effects of losing by being ready for the lose before it happens. Don't go into any bet with all your hope so high that you get devastated when it doesn't go according to plan but go in with open mind.

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Quote from: memehunter on November 21, 2024, 07:51:50 AM

We all know how it feels to lose money in gambling. It is one of the worst feelings we encounter, which makes us stressed and can lead to feelings of self-guilt. But sometimes we overstretch ourselves and gamble beyond our means. I have seen people even take loans to gamble and get sucked into an endless loop of stress, anxiety, and isolation.
If you have just encountered a big loss which is making you sick to the stomach, do not worry. Here are five things you can do to find peace and divert your energy to some inspiring things:

1. Accept the loss: Do not try to suppress the feelings; do not lie to yourself. You have made a mistake by gambling beyond your means, now accept it. We all make mistakes in our life. Most importantly, express the feelings: Weep if you want to weep, shout in a closed room if you want to shout, just do not harm yourself or others in the process, as it will only make things worse. Expressing your emotions is the first step towards getting out of this situation, and believe me, things are only going to get better from here. If you have expressed yourself, you have already made great progress.
Suppressing emotions will cause serious trouble to your psyche, which can lead to depression and delusions. If you do not accept your loss and mistake, you will only strengthen your unconscious to again take higher risks. In case you are wondering why your mind is still thinking of arranging more money somehow (taking loans/selling stuff, stealing, etc.), it is because of an innate human tendency of loss aversion.

2. Tell someone: You have to have at least one person in your life (the more the better) to whom you can share your feelings and let them know about your situation. It will help a lot because if you continue to live in isolation with that feeling, trust me, you will not be capable of taking care of yourself. There is no shame in taking help in these matters; instead, it is a sign of great courage to honestly tell someone how you are feeling.

3. Socialize more, go out, play outdoor games, go on a hike with friends for a few days: You need an immediate shift of your focus from gambling, and going out, playing games, etc., are good options to do that. It will also shorten your screen time, which must be zero for at least 2-3 days.

4. Take professional help: There are many government as well as non-government organizations who can help you a lot if you are still panicking and nothing is working for you. Especially if, even after a few days, your sleeping and eating patterns are not normalizing. They will help you cope with anxiety and pursue some positive change in your life.

5. This last advice is a bit philosophical. Your existence in itself is a miracle, and on top of it, you as a living, conscious human being have survived against odds much higher than any lottery. Therefore, you are a winner already in life, no matter what these are—petty things (money lost in some game)—and you surely have the capacity to overcome this. Even if you do not believe in yourself right now, your existence is the undeniable proof of your potential.

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As someone who has felt that pain I can tell you that after you experience a big loss or any loss above any financial amount you can afford to lose is simply destructible to your body. Nothing, no one of such advises although they are good ones is good enough to make someone feel better. I would from my personal experience that the best thing to do in such cases is to stop and let time heal you without getting back to gambling as that can be devastating to the person, so staying away and not gambling for some days is the best solution to achieve removing the pain that you feel after such lost amounts of money. Trust me there is no other way except this and many other persons who I have talked in forums, chats and many other places who happened to suffer the same thing as me, all of them agree to this as the best solution. The 5 points here help but if you don't get yourself away from gambling for sometime is simply not possible to solve such dramatic happening.

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