Topic: How Problem Gambler Feels After Losing - page 9. (Read 1625 times)
Of course depression when lose, but it depends on the level of depression, I personally if lose always depressed, especially when placing bets on multi. Losing 1 game that makes me depressed but can always be cured when switching it to other entertainment to fun, my experience chasing win by betting again is always uncontrolled on slot games but not with sportsbook betting, therefore I believe it depends on the game too. My feeling when I win at the slot is weird "not awesome" but winning in a sportsbook bet is a great.
My experience is really worse, because I made something around $10k when the price of bitcoin was $55k. It was really happiest moment, but the same didn't last long. With that I was able to recover all that I've lost in gambling, more $500-$1000 in loss according to statistics. In the event of recovering the last $500-$1000 I lost the recovered $10k. That was really bad of my gambling act. After that incident few weeks I wasn't able to think of anything.
Anyone experiencing/experienced a gambling disorder pls. feel free to share your feelings after losing/winning.
Losing is one thing that can not be avoided by gamblers, gambling only offers 30% Win and 70% Lose (in my view during gambling). The chance of losing is greater than winning, for that reason I have never regretted how much money I spent gambling because the potential for winning is smaller than losing.
Feelings of joy will never be shown by a gambler when he is losing, but satisfaction is certainly obtained after leaving the gambling place because he already knows that gambling offers more defeat than victory.
Post-Loss Speeding
I do not know if this counts as "Post-Loss Speeding" but one time play slot and had 100 spins. After I have finished the spins, the money I won was below the withdrawal limit. I got a pop up to place more bet and I immediately used the money won to bet again hoping to win enough money to be able to withdraw it. I ended up not even winning up to the previous amount. Does this count as post-loss speeding?Quote
Gamblers often engage in “post-loss speeding” by placing another bet quicker following a loss because frustration from the defeat prompts them to try and win back their money. As a result, gamblers become more impulsive - instead of becoming more cautious about spending money, they become more reckless.
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Solution:
Self-talk or as I call it self-therapy is the first step to overcoming any addiction especially gambling. No one knows you better than you. And even if you end up lying to others about your gambling problem, you cannot lie to yourself. An honest conversation with yourself about the triggers, and how strategies to overcome gambling always works. - Be honest with yourself
Here, as it seems to me, everything is very individual, for example, I understand perfectly well that I am not a successful gambler and nevertheless I play from time to time, I don't know why, apparently still because of the desire to try my luck, but having lost once again I only prove to myself that karma is not so easy to change. 
After losing a gambling game, our minds disappear and we will never gamble again.Gambling is a very bad thing and we will never do it.But after some time our mind gets attracted to gambling again.And the temptation to gamble more and to gamble again.It is an addiction that once you are addicted it is very difficult to get out.But I will say only one thing that when people lose in gambling, for a short time, bad concentration works in them that they will never gamble again.
Actually it will never be easy for someone who play a bet or gambling and the bed disappointed the person by losing the game, any gamber who loses again from bet or from gambling never have peace of mind because of the money he lost from me and my experience of losing money in gambling I don't feel comfortable whenever I lose money but I hope that one day I will win then I will continue to predict another game after such moment so I noticed that not every gambler have the same feeling or have the same comfort whenever they lose again from a particular website.
Gambling is a game of chance, most people think. Hockey betting.
if I fail to win on the first try, maybe I will succeed next time, if still lose, play again.
Then, I was very angry. I was ambitious to be able to win and giving up after losing was a coward.
This is what I like to experience, when you lose there is bound to be feelings of frustration, curiosity, emotion and ambition and I'm sure everyone has experienced it without realizing it. And I think gambling is designed that way and we should really try and learn to control ourselves.
but gradually all of that can be overcome by learning from mistakes and becoming a responsible and disciplined gambler.
if I fail to win on the first try, maybe I will succeed next time, if still lose, play again.
Then, I was very angry. I was ambitious to be able to win and giving up after losing was a coward.
This is what I like to experience, when you lose there is bound to be feelings of frustration, curiosity, emotion and ambition and I'm sure everyone has experienced it without realizing it. And I think gambling is designed that way and we should really try and learn to control ourselves.
but gradually all of that can be overcome by learning from mistakes and becoming a responsible and disciplined gambler.
I have definitely experienced the bad sides of losing from gambling. Especially when it comes to, as OP mentioned, to chasing the money that you lost. You keep trying to win it back and you make more losses. They next knee-jerk reaction to losing even more gambling funds is to involve yourself in riskier bets because you feel like if you get lucky enough, you can win back all your losses in a single bet. I ashamingly admit I have done this before.
The best thing to do in this situation is to admit you won't win any losses back and get away from gambling while your head needs to cool down.
The best thing to do in this situation is to admit you won't win any losses back and get away from gambling while your head needs to cool down.
Chasing losses
I recently lost on slots and couldn't meet up the minimum amount to make a withdrawal, I was disappointed and after a while went back to "chase my losses", guess what, I lost some more. I think that is regular for people to chase after a loss to try to win back all or even some as consolation. It can be a problem but cannot turn you into a problem gambler if you do it rarely because just like me you gamble occasionally. Chasing after losses becomes problematic however, when you gamble regularly say almost everyday, and you keep making losses and chasing after them. This is the quickest way to make huge financial losses and subscribe yourself for depression.
I often experience most of these before when I got addicted to gambling especially chasing losses. I tried to set limits on how much I gamble and I often stop when I lose instantly. However, whenever I got on a winning streak and then end up losing everything, I mostly end up gambling more than what I've set. Most of the time, I've felt depressed when these situation happens as I try to overthink things that instead of winning I end up losing a lot of my money.
Those suggestions always helps especially being in a group or community as you will notice things when you have someone to talk to. Also, setting plans with them and saving funds stop me from spending more on my gambling activities as I don't want to miss out some of our outings.
Those suggestions always helps especially being in a group or community as you will notice things when you have someone to talk to. Also, setting plans with them and saving funds stop me from spending more on my gambling activities as I don't want to miss out some of our outings.
There were already plenty of times when I had breakdowns after losing to gambling. I experienced my weakest point when I gambled my Christmas bonus years ago and lost all of it. I haven't had anything for me to spend with my family that Christmas season. I was depressed and disappointed with myself though that wasn't a very big amount but that's a big loss for me. I learned that it's important that we should only gamble using the funds that we can afford to lose and not the funds that are allocated to important staff. That served as a lesson for me. Controlling our emotions really matters.
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In the early days of my gambling time, I experienced gambling disorders such as feelings of disappointment and wondering why I could lose so much. But over time and learning about controlling myself when playing gambling, I realized that it was my own fault for not controlling myself and preventing a big loss. I started studying hard to prevent another big loss and always learned to control the use of money to gamble. And now I do not experience that feeling of disappointment because I know and realize that gambling games will only have two outcomes: winning or losing. And most of us will lose.
Anyone experiencing/experienced a gambling disorder pls. feel free to share your feelings after losing/winning.
I thought I will not overcome it this was the time when I lost half of the BFG token I've accumulated from 3 months of the bounty campaign, it was disheartening to see all your effort to accumulate these tokens gone in just an hour of playing, it was because of chasing my losses it started in 100 token losses then it goes to 500 then 2000 until it reaches 25000 tokens, I though I'm going to lose everything if I did not come to my senses at the right time.
It's really risky to chase your losses, you will feel depressed and have sleepless nights, it took me to recover from this depression.
Chasing losses is really on point.
It is what makes us feel comfortable if we're losing and that is to think that we can still chase those losses. In reality, not all, actually, the majority isn't getting a good ending.
And after that, we don't know what may a gambler do to himself when he's always losing. Things like committing uncertain things that will harm themselves can happen.
Being addicted is hard to deal with when you're on your own and that's why the suggestion of joining communities like the forum is really helpful.
It is what makes us feel comfortable if we're losing and that is to think that we can still chase those losses. In reality, not all, actually, the majority isn't getting a good ending.
And after that, we don't know what may a gambler do to himself when he's always losing. Things like committing uncertain things that will harm themselves can happen.
Being addicted is hard to deal with when you're on your own and that's why the suggestion of joining communities like the forum is really helpful.
We're always tempted to bet more after losing because we often believe that we could recover our losses or even gain the profit that we want which is actually unrealistic sometimes. Chasing losses could lead to gambling addiction especially if we can't handle or control our emotions. We really have to set a target goal and limits so we'll always know when to stop and when to continue betting. We can't always recover our losses and we have to accept the fact that we can't always be lucky in gambling.
Chasing losses is really on point.
It is what makes us feel comfortable if we're losing and that is to think that we can still chase those losses. In reality, not all, actually the majority isn't getting a good ending.
And after that, we don't know what may a gambler do to himself when he's always losing. Things like committing uncertain things that will harm themselves can happen.
Being addicted is hard to deal with when you're on your own and that's why the suggestion of joining communities like the forum is really helpful.
It is what makes us feel comfortable if we're losing and that is to think that we can still chase those losses. In reality, not all, actually the majority isn't getting a good ending.
And after that, we don't know what may a gambler do to himself when he's always losing. Things like committing uncertain things that will harm themselves can happen.
Being addicted is hard to deal with when you're on your own and that's why the suggestion of joining communities like the forum is really helpful.
Join Community, are most people addicted to gambling because they are anti-social people? It's not easy to change the habits of a person who doesn't have a social life and then join a community for any reason, especially if that person is already addicted.
Feelings will be even more depressed when the money used is completely exhausted because don't have the money to go back to chasing what have lost.
Feelings will be even more depressed when the money used is completely exhausted because don't have the money to go back to chasing what have lost.
Do we have counseling sessions for gamblers where they are taught how to control their risk, and how to control their emotions after a loss or a win? No, we don't have.
How can we expect the majority of gamblers to behave like a professional and not regret or chase losses when there is no governing body to teach them? We don't provide any sort of tutorials to gamblers and accept them to be clever and intelligent enough to solve all their problems on their own.
Actually, while this may be true, having a support system here in the forum gives gamblers the extra sense of security that an entity or a project is actually caring for them.
Most gamblers are addicted due to the nature of their addiction, stemming from a need that they have to do. For example, gamblers typically gamble in order to pay for their expenses, bills, etc. while only a fraction of gamblers do such act purely out of entertainment. The former is most likely to suffer from addiction and bankruptcy.
This kind of initiative is what we need in this forum- something free and open that anyone could speak. Given that there are gambling advertisements all throughout, this kind of movement is highly appreciated.
Anyone experiencing/experienced a gambling disorder pls. feel free to share your feelings after losing/winning.
For obvious reasons, when we gamble and win big, we want more of the action, piece of the pie and then come and play again. But what if we losses again? then regrets will set in, or worst, majority will want to recoup and come back and play with their capital now in hope that they can duplicate and win again.
And it will be another regrets, and if that is the case with me, I will completely stop for a while. For others though, it might be a different story, the addiction will be so tempting that they will have to find a way to make money and then gambling again.
Feelings will be even more depressed when the money used is completely exhausted because don't have the money to go back to chasing what have lost.
That's the reason why gambling addicts should be able to control themselves as well as possible, there are cases where people go bankrupt from the world of gambling and return to zero, but they can still control themselves and move on to other activities until success without having to return to the world of gambling, but there are also those who lose control when their money runs out at stake, the end of the story is suicide and committing criminal acts, killing, robbing and so on, the goal is to be able to achieve success and magic again, on the contrary the 2x2 space they get.Anyone experiencing/experienced a gambling disorder pls. feel free to share your feelings after losing/winning.
Actually many people think, including myself, even though gambling addicts say gambling for pleasure, it may be true, but what needs to be underlined, everyone loses they will be upset win feel very happy, even if it's just gambling for fun. 
I think the saying for gambling is not to rest until your money is exhausted and I think it is worst if you have gone out of your way to borrow money because you keep playing and chasing your losses to pay back but the harder you try to regain, the more difficult it is to get your money back. An addict never sees anything wrong when he losses , he feels the next game is his turn to win but never get to win and will not quit playing. In the past I have also experienced this kind of behaviour but was able to reduce the level of participation because I was not deeply involved into it.
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