Derek27 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 5:49 am
why are you so concerned about it to ask for help?
Because of what has happened in the past, wrote a bitof my gambling history earlier in the thread, basically it followed-
-12-14 years
Lost thousands betting everything, including poker, casinos, racing. Had debt and all the associated problem gambler issues
-2015-2016
Stopped being an idiot and started winning, totally changed every habit I previously had, which wasnt hard when I realised that predicting the future was not the right approach but predicting prices instead.
-2017
Banned from everywhere except Betfair, start gambling like a fool and losing, had no taste for it at all so started looking into trading. Didnt gamble or trade for a full year until
-2018
Came back to trading but found I was getting too invested in what I was doing, so started looking at automation to get me away from the computer. Trialled an idea I tested in 2017 for a few months over the summer, late August decided to let it go in the wild with some money, with the goal being to get away from the computer screen totally so I didnt get sucked back in.
-Last couple of months
It didnt work, I was just earning more money to bet with, didnt care about depositing more in as I felt confident the automation would get it back for me, started viewing the money as being 'free'
-Started This thread
One particularly frustrating day I spent a few hundred betting on all sorts of rubbish, decided to come and ask for help on how to stop seeing trading/automated profits as being 'free' money.
The reason I was concerned about it is its obviously a very dangerous mindset given my past, it was viewing money as being 'free' that was the problem, I had already stopped the full on degenerate and life ruining gambling in 2015.
The topic does say Overcoming Gambling Addiction but the first line in the opening post is
"Gambling with money made trading, tell me how to stop this please, I need help!", the replies since have either been to the thread title or the opening line of the post, both with obviously different responses. It is an addiction but isnt what people think it is, I think I shouldve just written less overall
"I'll either be- cool, I've made £40 in the past hours racing, I might aswell have a "free" go on some other sport or oh crap, I keep getting stopped and Ive lost some money, I'll just check again in an hour..... so I am betting winnings but accepting trading loses without feeling like I need to chase them"
Besides for now its a bit mute, the advice Ive had in this thread and elsewhere has helped, particularly the advice they give to poker players, theres mountains of material to help those guys out on youtube or forums. A big problem for otherwise profitable poker players is getting too loose when theyve had a good win and thinking theyre invincible, the advice they get on changing their mindset can be applied elsewhere and touch wood, its worked so far.