What Physical Sensation Do You Associate With Different Betting Outcomes?

[CoachTony_Bets]

Strange question but I think this group will understand it.

I've started noticing I have very specific physical sensations attached to different betting outcomes. Not emotions. Actual physical feelings in my body.

Big win: warmth that starts in the chest and spreads upward. Genuine physical warmth.

Bad loss: hollow feeling in the stomach, then a tightness in the throat that takes hours to shift.

Near miss: something behind the eyes. Not quite a headache. Pressure.

These are consistent. Same feelings every time. My body has apparently memorized this and built a physical library of betting outcomes.

Anyone else have specific physical responses they can map to outcomes?

 

[TaffyTipster]

Yeah mate this is real.

Wales win with a bet on: shoulders drop about three inches. Didn't know they were up until they come down.

Wales lose with a bet on: jaw. Already said this in the other thread but it's worse when there's money involved. Clench for hours after.

Last leg of accumulator coming in: chest tightening. Not warmth. Pressure. Like something squeezing.

When it lands: sudden release of that pressure. Almost dizzy with it.

 

[DublinDegen]

the near miss one is the worst physical feeling i know...

last leg of a parlay... watching... so close... doesn't land...

it's not in my stomach... it's lower... like a physical drop... the whole torso just falls somehow...

then the jaw... then the headache behind the eyes tony mentioned...

the win feeling is almost identical to the near miss feeling right up until the moment... same physical buildup... same tension...

which is probably why i keep chasing... body remembers the release more than the drop...

 

[SharpEddie47]

I've thought about this clinically because the physical responses are so consistent and identifiable.

Confirmed edge identified before a bet: something like calm focus. Not excitement. Steadiness.

Bet landing correctly: quiet satisfaction. Not euphoria. More like... relief that the model worked.

Bad beat - losing a bet that should have won: that's the worst physical one. Something between nausea and anger that sits in the upper chest. Different from a straightforward loss. More bitter.

Straightforward loss where the model was wrong: almost nothing. Acceptance. No strong physical response.

The bad beat one is what gets me. That specific feeling is the one that's most likely to make me want to bet again immediately.

 

[ParlayPrincess_88]

Oh this is so interesting because I've never thought about it like this but YES.

Last leg coming in: I hold my breath. Completely stop breathing. Then either gasp or deflate.

Win: actual tingling. Like in my fingertips. Is that weird?

Loss: disappointment is in my face somehow? Like my face feels heavy?

Near miss: I make a sound. Like a short sharp exhale. Almost like being winded. Every time.

 

[Klaus]

Have resisted acknowledging somatic responses to betting outcomes because it implies emotional involvement I prefer to deny.

But honestly:

Pre-bet with confirmed edge: dry mouth. Noticed this years ago.

Correct outcome: slow exhalation. Not dramatic. Just release.

Incorrect outcome: brief tension across the shoulders. Gone within minutes if methodology was sound.

Incorrect outcome when methodology was also flawed: the tension stays. That distinction is physical and consistent.

 

[oli_sussex]

Hands.

Win: hands relax. Don't notice they were tense until they're not.

Loss: hands stay slightly closed. Fists not quite made but close.

Near miss: restlessness in the hands specifically. Want to do something with them.

Always the hands. Never anywhere else particularly.

 

[FadeThePublic]

The bad beat physical response Eddie describes is the one I'd most like to understand neurologically.

It's different from regular loss. Distinctly different physical signature.

Regular loss: stomach.
Bad beat: chest and something like heat in the face. Almost like embarrassment even when nobody's watching.

The embarrassment feeling makes no sense. Nobody saw it. But the body registers it as humiliation anyway.

 

[TaffyTipster]

Fade the embarrassment one is real.

Even alone in my kitchen.

Lost and felt my face go hot.

No one there. Still felt ashamed physically.

Body doesn't need an audience apparently.