No acceptance from them and that's why they're having hard time in moving on. They have to accept and realize it that losing is part of gambling and we should be prepared for it. When we win, we can't forget that because it's one of the happiest moments that we have. And when we lose, we can't also forget that because it makes us frustrated with that and so, we only have to remember it for a few moments and then change our minds that we're ready to move and we shouldn't sink to the losses that we've made for so long. Because this makes us emotionally attached to it for so long.
As there's nothing you can do about your loses and like that statement mentioned above you, it's a trap whenever you feel that urgency to deposit more in order to try recovering your loses, most of the time the outcome still not going to favor you, ending up losing more money, unlike if you set your mind to accept the outcome then you can simply quit away and forget about your loses.
It's a trap when you have no acceptance in yourself. And that's why it's one of the first move that most gamblers need to have. When we've lost, we just accept it so we can move on and look forward to another day. Because if not, you're right that we'll be trapped on it and that's where the worse things could happen. As you have said, more losses could come and you'll lose grip to yourself because you'll start to become emotional and that's going to make you have difficulty in quitting because the losses have added on top of your recent. And what you want to do is to recover it all which is unlikely to happen.
It is the truth, and TBH accepting a loss is harder than it sounds because your mind just wants to chase it back immediately. The thing is, the quicker we can mentally let it go, the less it lead us into something bigger. Once you start carrying yesterday loss into today, that is when poor decisions start coming up and it will definitely get messy..
For me, forgetting a loss is not about ignoring it, firstly you have to first accept the fact that you are comfortable losing the money you want to stack, if you are stacking only what you can loss then you can shut losses off mentally and easily.. Otherwise, you just keep feeding that emotional cycle and end up risking even more...