Have you ever had suicidal thoughts because of your poker losses?

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I would like to ask you if you have ever had suicidal thoughts after losing a streak of bad luck in poker and how you have dealt with them

Dear ChristmasScorpion <3

If loosing a game makes you feel horrible enough to contemplate taking your life <3 please take a break <3
Bring your focus to what is beautiful <3 and do not let a moment in time bring you to this.

Just one moment that will probably not even mean anything later on is not worth dictating your self worth. You are worth more than a deck of cards, a few chips and some felt.

<3 so much love being sent to you Be well, and there is nothing wrong with asking for help. We all need help from time to time. Head up.
 
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Good lord, what a scary scary thought, feeling suicidal over a GAME?

Please stop playing for money, and please start playing for fun.

I NEVER EVER play poker for money, even tho I'm playing real money games.

I play poker because I love to play poker, I will NEVER play poker because I love money.

I highly suggest all poker players adopt my attitude. Smell the roses in life, don't let it get you down!!
 
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I would like to ask you if you have ever had suicidal thoughts after losing a streak of bad luck in poker and how you have dealt with them
It is good to see that you are still with us, regardless of your reason for asking the question.

If you feel like you may want to take your own life I would suggest seeing a professional. There are counselors and therapists online at very reasonable prices. He or she will be able to help you identify the reason for those thoughts, which might be only loosely connected to poker. Then the therapist will help you find a way to avoid acting upon those thoughts.

I am in a category of people who have a very high rate of suicide, which studies show is caused in great part by external factors. For the most part those external factors don't apply to me in amounts that they really make a difference. But if I were suicidal I would turn to my therapist for help combatting them, as should anyone who is thinking of taking the greatest gift that they have ever received...their life. :)
 
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hello

I would never make a suicidal determination, it is a game and I take it as such ... I would never risk my whole life and my money in a game !!!
 
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No, totally disagree ...
 
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no, and if someone has they need more self discipline.
 
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Think about suicide after losing one hand of poker is craziness. Just calm down and start a new game or tournament.
 
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I would like to ask you if you have ever had suicidal thoughts after losing a streak of bad luck in poker and how you have dealt with them
When I lose, my mood doesn't even change, because it's just a game, there's only one winner and if I'm not lucky, then I'll be lucky tomorrow
 
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Never. If you think about suicide because you had a bad session or something then in means poker is not for you because clearly your mindset is pretty bad and need a lot of work. In poker downswing, lossing sessions, being break even for a long run time is a pretty normal thing. If you can't handle it and you think about killing yoursel then you should uninstall poker software and go to therapist.
 
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wtf.
I don't think about it at all. And I had very difficult cases in my life, but I never thought about any possibility of suicide.
My life is all I have and it's higher than every small part of it.
 
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Yes, sometimes moving is very frustrating, one might even say it makes you mad, but not to the point of think about suicide)) Life is great despite all the troubles
 
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Absolutely not! Hope you not relying to win online. Do not put your savings into online poker. Play live. There is a big difference.

If you are thinking such, seek somebody to help you through this..

Dan'O
 
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You should quit poker and get some help if you have suicidal thoughts when you lose too much.
 
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This is a very serious question. If you do, you need to get help.

I do not get suicidal, but I do get mad. If you get too mad, you also need to get help.
 
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No you need help if you feel like that. That is definitely not what poker is supposed to be doing to you.
 
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Yikes. No one should live that way
 
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The original poster is listed as "BANNED".

I sure hope that didn't drive them over the edge.

I know that's a joke in very poor taste, but if anyone laughed, you're welcome. :D

My take is not that it was a cry for help, the question was posted in matter-of-fact fashion, almost like someone doing research for a story they are writing, such as a reporter. I could definitely see someone writing a story and using forum responses to help them write it.
 
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In my opinion, suicidal thoughts due to the loss of poker can only occur in mentally ill people. Obviously, such people are addicted to gambling and this is a real disease.
 
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What a horror! Of course not))))
 
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The appearance of such thoughts in a poker player means that this player will never be able to make money playing poker. These people lose entire fortunes. It's a disease.
First of all, I would advise him to see a psychologist.
 
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Never would I have suicidal thoughts due to my losses. I love life and would not ever have those feelings to me it's just a game and win or lose, I don't really care.

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hello.how much should there be no brain to think about suicide because of a poker loss?)))
 
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Never in a million years, I have never lost more than I am willing to lose, so suicide is the furthest from my mind.
Murder on the other hand is another subject, especially when I go out with Pocket Aces in my hand, when some idiot goes all-in with a 7/9 off suit and makes two pair, but hey! That's Poker! It happens.
If you ever feel suicidal, about anything in life, take a step back and think about all the other people in the World who are worse off than you, and ask yourself would it solve anything, is it worth putting your family through all the pain and heartache, they would feel, you are not going to be around to see it, so would you achieve anything?
No matter what happens to you, it is never any reason to consider taking your own life, "No man is an Island" and whatever you do has consequences, and effects so many other people around you, some you may not even realise.
If you lose your Girlfriend to someone else, She isn't worth it, and there are plenty more fish in the sea, Being bullied in life, rise above it, because if you died they only move on to someone else, so it doesn't solve anything.
I have lost so much over the years, My Parents, Some of my dearest Friends, even lost a Son back in 2000, and no matter how low I felt, no matter how much pain I felt, I always asked myself what they would do? Would it bring them back?
NO! it wouldn't, I would certainly consider exchanging my life for theirs and give my life up to bring them back, but we all know that ain't going to happen. So we carry on and carry their memories deep within our Hearts, hoping one day we will meet again, in a better place.

When the fun Stops, STOP!
(just don't give up)
 
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creed that horror. this is just a game winning or losing a lot is not worth your life. adviser go to a therapist.
 
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