Topic: Does the tension make you take risk that are sometimes worth it? - page 5. (Read 938 times)

Of course you gamble because you feel you can make profits off it, that’s where the fun is, the fact that you could actually profit or lose and not taking it for a profession or some sort of job or lifeline to run your life on. You don’t, it’s not a source of income and shouldn’t be viewed as such.

Well being pressured to gamble based on circumstances of the lose you’ve acquired or just don’t want to loose out on the opportunity to take part in a round is one means to lose in gambling. I say this out of personal experience because, it ignores reason and you just go in without making certain considerations to making a bet.

I see it to be a bad idea. Though gambling my be mainly pegged on luck, you’ve got to give it some look into the possibility and presiding outcomes/stats as well.

In my personal opinion one of the reasons or causes they dare to take high levels of risk is because it is all based on emotions, and maybe some people here already know about this, on the other hand I am sure that actually they are not ready to face the risk of losing if they put a larger amount, but as we know that emotions often make decisions that are not based on careful consideration so regret is no longer a strange thing that will happen at the end of the session.

On the other hand I'm pretty sure that people who are desperate to take high risks or even go all in like you did are those who are experiencing emotions because of something or those who are too tempted by the existence of a very large winning opportunity so that it is like a motivation for them to do something that actually if it doesn't suit them in the final session they can't afford it, you have said that defeat is the worst scenario when you go all in and I hope you don't do it again unless it's just for experimenting occasionally. Actually, it all comes back to each individual about whether they understand the concept of how gambling works or not, if indeed they understand the opportunities and risks then feel free to bet with large amounts on the condition that you can be responsible at the end of the session.

I gamble for fun and it's never under stress. When it becomes stressful for me I know it's time to stop. What I like in betting is the excitement when you watch a game and wait for the results, especially when it looks like you're going to win. I don't like sudden results but rather prefer when it slowly tips in my favor.

I feel this tension when I invest and I've learned that there are two things that mainly drive it.
1. Putting money on the line that you're afraid to lose.
2. Having high hopes, already planning what you'll do with the profit.

I'm sure it's very similar for those who gamble under pressure.

Depends on what is your play style. If you are playing for profit, well that is true that some times it is fun and sometimes not, because not all times we can make a good amounts of profit. But if we are only playing for fun, gambling is going to be fun at all times. If you won't still agree with that, maybe you are playing the same game for too long? So, you find it boring. But, there are now tons of games that are being offered by most casinos. So, why stick only with one game?

My play style in gambling is dual. Sometimes I play for fun and the other times I play for profit. I experience to be in a tension scenario and still decides to continue. Sometimes my result is positive and sometimes not. I still won't say it's worth it.

As an experienced gambler who has been gambling for many years, I can authoritatively tell anyone who wants to gamble not to do that when he's under any form of pressure or tension. When a gambler is under tension, he's very unlikely to make wise decision that'll see him win his stakes thereby makes him to lose more than he would when he's not under any tension.

So whenever a gambler is under any form of tension, the best thing to do at that moment is to quit gambling at that particular moment in other not to lose badly in his gambling engagement

It's part of being a gambler to take the risk even if it's an occasional thing.

Just recently I have been losing in Keno with a low amount of bet. So what I did was take it up one more notch by doubling the bet. I left it for an hour on an auto-bet feature while I was doing something else. (I actually forgot it was running.) Luckily, it went green and I was shocked I was winning and almost doubled my capital.
The sad part of the story is I got greedy. I thought I could repeat it so I increased my bet one more time. But it didn't end well for me as it took every profit that I made and worse, took a part of my capital because I was chasing my losses.
Sure, the tension can sometimes do us good as we decide to take the higher risk but it will not be every time that it will end well for us. Actually, it's the other way around, the end results could be worse most of the time because of the house edge.
I've been gambling for almost the whole day now but I could say that a winning streak is shorter than a losing streak. I had 40k bets in Plinko and I still haven't hit the x1000. That says it all.

We should avoid gambling when we are under pressure. This is something we have to maintain for sure. But yeah when a risk is taken in gambling, I believe most of the gambler's feelings are the same. And it's always challenging when we gamble under pressure. But we can manage the risk if we set a limit, a clear budget, and a clear understanding of the odds.

Thanks for being honest and sharing your story. Its a reflection of my gambling journey. Gambling should be fun, not stressful. When it becomes a burden, walk back.

Gambling affects our mental health, so we must acknowledge it. Not only the money, but how we feel when playing. A disturbed mentality may make even the most harmless gamble unpleasant, as I've discovered the hard way. Better to stop and wait than drive in a storm.

Your suggestion to seek alternate entertainment changes everything. With so many risk-free methods to enjoy fun, why limit ourselves to gambling? I look for activities that make me happy without remorse. Having a good balance is key, whether its a night out with friends or a new pastime.

I would agree with you that if a person gambles under pressure then he is more likely to lose. He cannot know at that time exactly which he will accept and which he will let go. Gamblers tend to overthink and over analyze when they are under financial pressure, but they are at a loss when it comes to decision-making, and I have found this to be in my own case. When I really need to win there is a lot of pressure on my bets, I play to win rather than lose. A gambler cannot win if he is not gambling from a healthy and normal level. A healthy person can make relatively good decisions in any situation, which is much harder to do under pressure.

Exactly, if you are under pressure, your decision-making and choices are most likely based on your emotions, not already into logical thinking that can cause unwise calls. This kind of scenario of feeling pressured could even get worse which leads to addiction as well, cause if you can't even control your emotions and feelings, you would just keep playing with pressure. You are much more focused on the feeling of pressure, and your mind doesn't think straight, of course, there is a possibility that you can still win with the help of tension feeling, but that ain't always right, it is still better to have judgment with proper thinking as well calm. The fun and thrilling effects would be always there but I think that also counts cause sometimes people might get too excited and would bet huge amounts.

Though I agree with this one because this is the right thing to do when being under pressure to continue gambling even with the successive loses. However, it ain't actually easy to do or to control. Not being addicted, but most of the time you get pissed when you start losing. It's my own experience, I knew I had control over my emotion, but most of the time I really lost my composure, so I made an adjustments to prevent from further loses, I brought money enough to bet for the night, online casino were not popular during those days actually.
As I've grown matured, it is today when I am a family man that I fully have control over my gambling finances and how to deal with frustrations in gambling. Therefore, I can only say, having full control over your emotions would take time as you grow older.

Gambling under pressure is dangerous and shouldn't be considered a habit. We are talking about money here.

The moment you start a gambling session, you should have a calm mind and relax. Thinking too much will distract you and the focus will also be wrecked. If a gambler has that kind of thinking, staying away from gambling should be considered now. Don't stress yourself on something very risky if you feel pressured while gambling.

It's common to feel intense and excited once we take risks but to feel pressure after doing that, it's a different story.

There is no need playing gamble under pressure. Pressure cam be a way of quick loose. because Whatever is don under pressure is always at stake. Or have higher risk attached to it. If you want to play gaime and you feel you are under pressure its better you leave it and play next time than continue. The spirit works with the mind and doubting your mind some times can be disastrous.

There was a day I was trying to play game but I was not in a good state of mind, I decided to play the game, I played what I didn't expect. after I played the game was when i saw that I have made mistake by adding a club I did wanted to include.

as I said, it is not recommended and avoided for anyone if you feel stressed and we must remember that gambling must be done comfortably so that we can feel the pleasure we want, whereas in fact gambling was built to provide a place for customers to look for pleasure and it seems like there is no point if gamble under any pressure because all you have to feel is pleasure but it turns into regret after forcing yourself to gamble under that pressure.

whatever you have done, I appreciate you because it was very valuable experience so that you dont do it again and my advice is that if you feel your mind is uncomfortable, avoid gambling and go looking for entertainment with your friends or look for other entertainment places that dont have risk of losing money is too great.

I'm saying this honestly, I've also experienced the same thing as you, but I did this repeatedly when I was still bad gambler, forcing myself to bet even though I was doubtful and forcing myself when my mind was disturbed, in the end I couldn't stop chasing losses because the pressure makes my mind emotional and difficult to control.
however, from this experience I became better currently I have bad experience but in the future it will be a very valuable experience and indeed gambling must be done in healthy state of mind without any distractions and without any pressure.
once again I will just say that anyone should always avoid gambling if they feel uncomfortable when gambling.

But this kind of pressure is too much, and the weight of the situation is too heavy. Imagine you have a problem like that and you choose to gamble. I don't think it is a good idea to risk that. In short, there are risks that should not be taken. Like you've said, I don't think that taking that risk is worth it because there is only a 50/50 chance that you will win or lose.
Personally, a little pressure could affect me. For example, if I don't have enough money or the money I allocate for capital is nearing its end, I will be pressured because it is possible that the last gamble could result badly, and when I can say that pressure will affect my decision-making or my mind will not be in the right mindset and a calm mind could decide the winning option, anyway, it depends on the gamblers on how much pressure they could tolerate.

Yes "common sense" I mean those who come with a rational mindset, but most of those who come are like you said, many new players who come with the aim of looking for big profits, I don't know what reasons they bring but what is certain is that in my opinion they come because they have seen some information from other people who have managed to get a big win, whether it's one of their friends or maybe a show on one of the social media so that their main focus is only on winning by ignoring the risk of losing which is clear in fact the percentage is much greater.

Exactly, gambling is a gamble which is nothing more than a game of probability about winning and losing, but unfortunately as the topic at the beginning that people, especially beginners, are more focused on winning because that is more prominent in gambling when people show off their winnings which can indirectly motivate others, instead of getting income for living needs but what happens instead is 180 degrees as you said, suffering the number of defeats is a sure thing.

I think lately online gambling has become more and more widespread and like it has become common, or maybe some people who are usually involved in physical casinos switch to online casinos because of the ease of access anywhere and anytime, in my own neighborhood it's the same as yours where almost all gamblers are more often involved in online casinos via cellphones, And even though they for example do not admit that they lost a lot of money but honestly from a distance we can already see the suffering, there is one of my neighbors who even ran out of all his assets, from selling vehicles to selling land just to pay debts, even though he never published it but most of the neighbors already know because they see his life now and as you said that they are one of the gamblers who do not have any management.

You are correct that many people gamble to earn some money to meet our needs. Having such an expectation is not bad because we are all in for profit making. It is not also strange or out of place to experience some level of tension after placing a bet. But it becomes a problem when you begin to have excessive tension or anxiety due to bets. And I have observed that this happens when you stake more than you can afford to lose or above your gambling budget. I have seen people become so anxious that you begin to wonder if they have staked their lives.

I undergo some level of pressure each time I place a bet but it is always moderate because what I gamble with is a very small portion of my earning. The money I use for gambling is what I can easily spend on pastries or other unnecessary things.

Surely like the kind of scenario you raised about the wife going under the knife, it is such a precarious situation that I wonder who will be able to think properly in gambling that way.

Whatever we do in the midst of pressure, mistake is likely to occur and gambling is not excluded. If you gamble in such way like in football game you can leave out the game you intend to include and also taking higher risk you can not afford to lose because of the target you are aiming at to be able to take care of the financial challenges. But as we know, to already have the amount of money we are in need of to gamble for it is such a misleading way to gamble because most times it doesn't work that way.

It always depends on what kind of situation is a gambler in. Let's say his wife needs surgery and he needs to pay the hospital a huge amount of money and so he gambles in hopes he could win that amount. Without surgery, his wife dies. This kind of pressure is just not gonna make your head clearer for the whole month.

OP could just be that lucky but more than often a gambler who takes risks playing while under pressure will not be able to think wisely in decision making.

It does but I don't think that it is ever going to make me productive at all. I avoid being pressured and emotional when I bet because I know that it is not going to do good on me. While on your end OP, it might be as good as how it resulted but for me, I just don't think that it's going to be the same.

This is correct and that's why I don't do that and I feel like being pressured is just going to lead you to more losses and you'll be more emotional that you should do your best when you're at that state. And that's the reason why it's best not to gamble when feeling is on that rate.