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Originally Posted by Slimbets
Hi guys. Anxiety has been present in my life since young age. I've been playing more seriously with a real bank later. In my life I've been able to manage my anxiety and control it, improving myself. The thing is, I do like poker and I play great I had nice results lately and I'm improving my game since few years ago when I played for fun with 10$ single deposits. Poker brings the adrenaline etc you guys know, but it gets the best of me leaving me worried about something I don't even know when I play. If I play a big hand or I'm down 4bb in cash games I start to feel more anxious because they are kind of important things im my brain, even though I have my bank and I know and say to myself that even if I lose all my poker money I don't need it for my life. I can say either that I don't like to lose, at all, and in poker we all know that variance is f*** up lol
There is no magical solution to this I guess, some people even don't feel any anxiety maybe but I leave poker from time to time so I can feel great again. Poker is stressful the more you play BUT is there some arrangements I can make or something to work on?
I can make money and have positive results but it is not good to me and to my health, should I leave it forever?
Hey, trying anyone at this stage isn't going to help you unless you help yourself. I am going to tell you how I overcame this. So I too tried researching and seeking people for this but I ended up reading an article of which I'll include the link later, and then coming to realize that I have plenty of other stuff to do and focus on them instead of this. Hope you understand the point and direction. Get well. Article was on
Anxietyscope by the name of Neurotic Depression.
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Dr. Lisa Young, MD