You might think I'm mad but it's had a massive impact on me this. Say the odds of a match was 3/4, I would have to put £400 on it. If the balance of my betting account was £352.96. My next bet would be £52.96 to make it an even number. Anyone else have issues with this.
Another thing I would do is if I had £80 in my wallet I would have to make it £100. And then end up losing it all because I wanted it to be £100 exactly
Yes I can say that it sums me up too! Although my OCD with regards to gambling is slightly different albeit the same principle.
For example, when compiling an accumulator or a treble etc, I would target a specific number in mind to potentially win, £100 for example, and I would base inputting my odds around hitting that target. If it fell short of that target, even by a couple of pound, I would tweak the bet and put in a team/player with higher price to get it to the £100 target.
It’s so strange. I guess it’s similar OCD to putting exactly £40.00 of petrol in your car etc.
But yes, I’ve been there before....
I am exactly the same! Always making it £100! I am desperate...I fell in to inplay football betting 3.5 years ago and am now 7k down - approx! I have even blow 1k on single bets before (stupid, I know) luckily I have a good amount of savings and a good job but I can not stop! Heeeelp!! My wife knows nothing about this and I feel ashamed. I have 2 lovely kids and a good life but this demon will not go away, I think about gambling 24/7 and it needs to stop
Yes its not that we are stupid but just wired in a certain way. An element of OCD is in the mix and we can overthink things. Compulsive gamblers develop an abstract relationship with money. There is actually an element of being careful with money but it all gets overridden by the urge to gamble and the urge for the feeling of playing.
I used to have thoughts of I will just win a tenner or will just make that up to a certain figure which could have been to the 50 pence because I had say £62.50 in my bank account and wanted to make it up to £100..totally irrational thoughts but its the mind fighting itself to justify the gambling...part of us knows its wrong but is fighting a losing battle.
Never worked as I would play until extinction. a gambling addiction is simply taking over every bit of sense we had. We get snippets of sense but they are futile once the addiction has a firm hold
The only way is abstention and cold turkey with serious blocks until the mind heals enough to gain strength.
Best wishes to everyone on the forum
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