When your gambling activity affect your emotion too much, that's not a good sign and I think you should stop for a while.
Evaluate yourself especially your gambling activity, why it can change your emotion because I think your emotion is changed like 180° means that you lost something that more than you should.
If you have better limit on how much to lose, I dont think your emotion will change that much.
I cant deny that I was like you when I was still in my early gambling journey, luckily experiences teach me a lot and I can learn from it.
You need this if you feel or see that you are already exceeding from your suppose budget, most of the time, gambler who failed to re-assess themselves while playing exceed to the point that they put some yolo and when they lose instead of making the hard stop, they will find way to add more from their bankroll and will try again, that cycle will continue to repeat itself and your apettite will increase as your lust and desire has been filled by your emotions.
Make sure to have that time for yourself to visualize all the possibilities, without a good control with your emotion you'll see yourself keeps having a mood swing and it will affect not just you but more on those people that surrounds you.
Precisely, if the person can't accept failure it boost more on his adrenaline as he will try to keep thinking about his gambling mistake and most of the time, there's behavioral changes as his focus is more on his losses. Those who understand the feeling of not ready in letting go the amount knows that being a short temper usually being triggered.
You need to have that good attitude in treating the outcome of your game, it will save you from having that swing emotion as you already knew what to do whatever the outcome of your gambling sessions.
More on your emotional control and being responsible from keeping the balance with your money and time managements.
Agree with you, if a gambler tries to accept the defeat or failure he experienced at that time, he might try to stop and go home after recovering his mind well again. That way, he won't be careless in trying to bet again, even though if he does it will make things worse and he will definitely regret it.
Yeah, it's the best solution for him to re-assess whatever mistake he made during that failed session, instead of pushing his way to keep playing and most of the time the outcome will be against him, you need to be wise to keep that emotion and treatment towards your gambling participation, having that kind of understanding will let you to keep yourself in shape.