I'm so fed up with Gambling

I slept through the 1987 storm. I lived on the 14 floor of a tower block at the time. When I got downstairs to go to work the council workers corrugated tin hut was gone   and there were two large trees blocking the road.

Have you tried tennis trading ?

I'd die of malnutrition if gambling was my income

you don't have to be, it's very easy lock in profit on tennis quickly

The main liquidity is created by bots Ken it can be very misleading

I'm not quite sure what you mean paddletoe , i admit the lifestyle isn't great but wasn't that i was moaning about (but maybe it has an impact - i get very bored and lonely - which may lead to pressure & mistakes )

I have made good money but i was well aware that the poker was a very good time so i worked the hours & took full advantage of it while it lasted , poker's very tough just the same nowadays to a point i wish i could just quit it all

losing*

but i do need to pay bills etc erse ?

and when you have money in the bank nobody at all will help you

what else can i do , go to friggin uni , may as well just die

Moonbeam, I know it's easy to give advice and harder to take it, but I;ve read a lot of your post about your circumstances and it's quite obvious you need to do something bold and drastic because you;re obviously not happy and Ii get the feeling a lot of it is down where you live, you don't seem happy there, is there no chance you can move whatsoever ?

If your continually losing its not much of a line of work where you "work" 40-50 hours a week and end up with less money at the end of the week than you had at the beginning of the week.

Not the end of the world. As you said you have money in the bank. Just find another way of making money. Even if it means getting a proper job.

Playing poker is as boring as stacking shelves when you've done it for so many years

Ayers i've not long moved & bought a flat , but no i'm not happy here either , i will try & sell it next year but then where do i go , life is just a cruel trap !

Hope you have not come on here for sympathy Moonbeam because your story is not very sympathetic. Anyway you don't need sympathy. You need a good kick up the backside. Other players are allowed to get better. You have a good few quid in the bank by your own admission and your bought a house with cash.

If gambling ( well not winning to be exact ) is making you unhappy that's understandable. You should stop gambling for a while at least and focus your mind on other things without your personality and mood being defined by how good a day you had gambling.

When gamblers hit a losing streak they enter the threshold of misery where losing does not hurt so much. Not much difference losing £5000 than it is losing £4000. But if you stopped gambling for a while you would appreciate that extra £1000 a lot more. Anyway its not just about the money.

I don't want sympathy but i'm completely fed up with life & just can't see a way out paddletoe

I struggled for years even when i was making the money (like you say it's not all about money)

and i didn't buy a house (i should of) but i bought a cheap flat so i didn't have to rent (i can't do anything right even with the money)

> but i do need to pay bills etc erse ?

well yeah, usually.

all i'm saying is your position isn't unique, yet plenty other people don't find themselves in a quandary 'cos they can't make money sitting at home on a PC.

you need help, I would start with something like this

http://www.opt2b.co.uk/

I'm glad you posted that actually Ayers , as yes i'd like to think i'm smart enough

Rick's a smart guy too , but i read that book before & didn't seem to help me at all , i can't see the big thing about NLP really , if it can't help me by reading then how will it help me in person ..

I've read lots of other stuff too , it's true that thoughts manifest into things for better or worse & i'm not thinking well lately , but too many problems can really keep you down

I need to change my entire life & i can't just do that quickly

Judorick, what he really needs is a good women, or any women

Good night

Moonbeam

What is the saddest thing that has ever happened to you?

being brutally honest, it just sounds like self-pity and staying in your comfort zone.

you make $ online cos it's easiest for you and preferable to the alternatives, but you don't feel rewarded for it and the returns are getting smaller.

the logic on these threads always seems circular and drawn to the idea "need money, need to gamble, hate gambling". you're just being your own worst enemy and occassionally come on here to get someone to convince you otherwise.

so it's really

- i'm digging a hole
- asking why you're in the hole
- saying you don't like being in the hole
- continuing to dig the hole

anyways, best of luck finding something you find more fulfilling.

btw I left school and became self-employed, learnt pretty much everything off my own bat.