Self-pity is the worst thing you can do to yourself. Don’t blame others for the situation you’re in. It has been your mistake. Sure there are things in life that didn’t go as you planned, but that doesn’t mean you can act like a victim of it.
There are situations in life that aren’t the way they supposed to be, things turn out differently, the bad times in life; like break ups or getting fired. You don’t choose it to happen, you wanted to see it differently. That’s when self-pity comes in action. Yeah, but blahblahblah….
Life is a mysterious given and some things you just don’t have control of. Like a slotmachine 🙂
When we made the mistake to gamble and got addicted, we didn’t choose to. But if we just have self-pity all the time, we’re never getting out of it. We can’t control the past, but we can get control of the future. I feel stupid now that it has had a hold on me for so many years. How could I’ve let that happen. It was all self-pity.
Gambling steals years of your life. There was a day I felt good and was planning to do some homework (I’m still a student). I found it hard to realize what a mess I left behind since the last time I studied. I’ve neglected it so badly that it was so hard to start again. No wonder why I kept escaping. Every time I did escape things just got worse, never better. Why run away from things. If you just take actions immediately, it will safe you a lot of stress.
Many people have been before me. They lived the gambling life and now they try to warn the people who are now in the gambling trap and they advice you to stop it.
Ignorant and addicted as we are, we just can’t listen to it. The addiction goes with a feeling of superiority (It wont happen to me) and superstition (tactics).
I’ve been gambling for nine years now. Why didn’t it work for me till now. Why would it be different this time.
The addiction wins from wisdom and gives an idea that your moment still has to come. Someday I will win X amount, maybe today?
And every time it becomes clear that it doesn’t work like that.
If you win, you want to win more and if you lose, you want to win it back. Remember that. This has been the reason why I’ve been struggling gambling for nine years. There have been moments (very few) that I did accidentally win, but looking at the frequency of it, it’s nothing compared to what I’ve been gambling.
Sometimes the self-pity comes in play again and you gamble like it owes you something. It owes you nothing! The slot didn’t remember your face and you don’t have an advantage this time.
Reasons to keep gambling during a session;
– Rush
– Short moments to decide
– Not the ability to think straight
– Wanting to win more
– Spend some more time. An addict cares more about keeping the slots spinning, then paying out, these are moments when the nerves come in play, and if you do win after the excitement, the human body rewards you with dopamine. Isn’t that fantastic !?