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So you have just taken that beat that has cost you the win of a lifetime.
How do you calm down?
Mine is really simple (and linked to the work I do that helps us calm down when I worked with abused children).
I know that if someone puts a beat on me it is because I played the hand better, so I simply type in the chat box 'that's poker' if someone responds to it or just say it outloud if they don't.
This works in an immediate calming effect and is such a simple technique for me.
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This is I do : I said to my self - I played should that hand be played, I lost cause unlucky, luck always involve in our life so what can I do ?. If my opp had better hand or play better than me usually I didn't on tilt.
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Posted by IceQueenAce:
How do you calm down?
What works for you?
im not doing anything to be honest. its the age. the older i get the less i get upset about anything ...with exceptions. back the days i could of reach through my monitor and choke some guys, but now.. aging is like smoking every day a big joint one day, when you get alzheimer disease, you wont be angry about anything, or at least you will forget it very quickly
ok it doenst work all the time, so i just distracct my self from poker by watching something funny on TV or by doing something else.
Posted by Buva13: huh u read me as a book i have all tht sinds except depression, trew that out of the window long time ago . now its just hahaha lmao killing me softly
please don't smoke if you have some problems, some people think the earth is flat because it's on youtube.
same goes for alcohol, don't drink too much if you have mental issues, you really can get psychoses by alcohol only. Weed intensifies this even more!
Know yourself and don't do drugs, let the sober people get drunk and they will be on your level. hahaha
ohh i combo everything i can and plus weed is no drug and it might b a cure for lots o sht-o-rama when doctor finds out some stain in ur system, and its hard to let go Southern Comfort and Jack Daniels once in my hand. Simply mission impossible for me. P.s. earth is flat - its just me thats spininig
Well, nothing can calm us instantly when we're really frustrated. Sometimes you just have to do some boxing training or hit a pillow or something, let that frustration out. It's really a healthy thing (some may disagree though), as long as you don't let it out on other people
I think breathing exercises, physical exercise and changing activity are the best tricks though. Basically, focus on something else, not the thing that made you frustrated in the first place because it will most likely frustrate you more to think about it over and over. Otherwise, time is the cure for almost everything.
Basically, focus on something else, not the thing that made you frustrated in the first place because it will most likely frustrate you more to think about it over and over. Otherwise, time is the cure for almost everything.
that there, is what I'm not good in and many people alike.
Nah Mirexxx Picka and beer is reserved for saturday and any day when poker is not involved. Do not care how good she looks and whats in my fridge if i invested a lot in buy in of one poker tourny - only when i bust out im clear for whatever. Even Jesus can come from up high and say that my sins will be erased if i just stop play for a min. what i invest - thats not happening. ima burner And p***y can never calm down cause when the hunger games start ull always want more
Prescription Drugs mixed in with a pack of smokes I have tried smoking a joint but does not help have never done any illegal drugs best advice is to go for a Jog or Power Walk and break a sweat.
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The one thing that calms me down is to deeply focus on the game I am playing. Remembering of course that it is merely as a result of probability that the unfortunate event took place. There's not much you can do about probability and especially when you add it to moronic donkeys who don't understand the associated odds! LOL
I cannot - even for the sake of my life - tell you how do I calm down or what calms me down but I could immediatly throw at you two dozen situations/things that pisses me off beyond belief. LIFE, amiright?!
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Nothing seems to calm me down. I am angry/frustrated practically all the time, even when I am asleep. I have been trying to channel my anger/frustration into power/productivity.
Edited by Tony_MON7ANA (06 April 2016 @ 00:39 GMT)
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Well had I not smoked a joint my laptop would need wings to survuve the freefall off my balcony I have lost 90 dollars in 2 days on 5c10c cash tables and I have lost with
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Posted by Buva13: This one is easy - Papa Roach, Dope and Linkin Park plus a cigaertte and weed and cakes and Coca Cola.
... < Hey Buva dude....were you not the guy who was growing a nice big pot plant in his yard about 2 years ago...! Somebody was telling us about his plant,...I'm thinking it WAS you...!!!
... < How did that turn out,...? You weren't around for a while,...I'm thinkin' you got busted and tossed in the can...!
one day, when you get alzheimer disease, you wont be angry about anything, or at least you will forget it very quickly 
i have all tht sinds except depression, trew that out of the window long time ago . now its just hahaha lmao killing me softly 
