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My weekends are becoming an absolute emotional rollercoaster
I have been a hardcore Liverpool fan since I was a kid, and lately, I’ve noticed that my weekends are becoming an absolute emotional rollercoaster because I cannot stop backing them with real money every single matchday. Last night, even though our defense was completely depleted and the stats clearly pointed to a tough away draw or a loss, my heart completely took over my brain and I placed a massive wager on a dominant win, which naturally ended up ruining my mood and my wallet. It is getting to a point where my loyalty to the club is completely blinding my judgment, and I am genuinely struggling to separate my passion as a supporter from making logical decisions when looking at the actual odds.
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because it perfectly explains the emotional mechanisms behind this behavior. My best piece of advice to protect your funds is to create a strict personal rule where you completely ban yourself from wagering on any matches involving the club you support, forcing you to only look at objective data on neutral teams where you have absolutely zero emotional skin in the game.