Topic: Can gambling addiction lead to domestic violence? (Read 1990 times)

Yes, but not all addicted gamblers have the same anger or overflowing anger that involves everyone in their own gambling mistakes, the gambling he does is clearly his own fault if he involves everyone who meets him and being rude means there is something wrong with him. There is also someone who is addicted to gambling who chooses to remain silent and mourn his fate rather than take it out on anyone for his losses because he cannot return the money he has lost and also cannot change anything so we cannot use the reason for addiction as domestic violence because I think addiction It doesn't cause that if a gambler can accept whatever outcome they get, whether they lose or win.

It is true that addiction can trigger a person to commit violence, but in fact it is his true attitude that is not yet visible, so gambling shows his true nature where he cannot control his emotions and patience so he takes it out on his children and wife at home. If it is like this, of course it will later cause regret for the addict himself. if they realize that their actions were wrong because their children and wife left him due to his addiction and caused violence.

A man that is aggressive in nature will always want to hide under anger management. Everyone that gambles get hurt when they lose but the sensible ones doesn't go to an extent to hurt themselves or anyone around them and that's because they see gambling as a luck even if you have the skills to make predictions, everything you do is entirely dependent on the outcome, so when you see a man beat his spouse hidding under anger transgressions need to be arrested.

I don't think a man who bet responsibly is supposed to be angry for losing a bets, if you bets with the amount you know confidently that you can let's go, even if you lose, you wouldn't get angry because I see no reason why a grown up person will be angry over amount that can't get you an expensive meal.

Overall and in common sense I think it is quite reasonable to say that there is a high possibility for an addicted gambler to abuse one of his family members such as his wife or child, but maybe yes this is also quite dependent on the person because it cannot be denied that there may be some addicted gamblers who have a patient personality and can still control their emotions, but yes we cannot rule out another fact that there will always be addicted gamblers who cannot hold their emotions especially when they experience defeat which makes them really feel devastated.

On the other hand, to be honest, lately I also often see couples who divorce and the cause is that one of them is involved in gambling which has entered the addiction phase which as we know that addiction can cause a lot of problems, if you are married then most likely treating gambling in an excessive manner as is done by addicted gamblers will certainly cause problems with finances in your family where most likely you will have difficulty making ends meet which usually situations like this can cause arguments between you and your partner to violence.

You are absolutely right because aggressive behavior is associated with gambling addiction. This aggressive behavior can sometimes manifest as domestic violence. He does not have to lose big amount of money before being aggressive. One thing that is certain about gambling addict is that each time they want to gamble, until they lose everything at their disposal, they will not be able to stop.

I can only imagine what the combination of drugs and gambling addiction will do to an individual. There is no way to predict what such person will be able to do especially when he loses his money and needed to take those drugs.

Perhaps you're correct and I also mentioned it above that it's the ability to control this micro aggression that makes aot of seems responsible to some extent. It's not just an individual thing but it's a scientifically researched result what humans have a mini aggression in them but it from ones childhood that such attributes are put to control by parents.

Perhaps, a lot of people do not know how to handle anger or issues which makes them attack whatever that stands in front of them, be it family, friends etc that is why anger management is a big discussion in every sectors hence it builds and also ruins people's life's. All we have to do is try as much as possible to learn the best of them all on how much control our anger even if there is a trigger to it.

Well, I think it depends on the individuals character, there are gamblers who would miss winning a huge sum of money but won't transfer aggression to their spouse or family also there are others who are too quick to anger and would pick offense at every slightest provocation, no when they lose a huge sum of money they could transfer aggression to their wife and kids and even carry out domestic violence on their spouse most times.

 it depends on an individuals personality, some people could barely control their anger and would always transfer aggression even while they're at fault, it's not like gambling led them to treat people that way, but it's just their personality and they use their lose from gambling as an opportunity to hurt people, also I put it to you that their are still people who barely lose often but are still prone to anger, therefore I think it all depends on the individuals personality.

There is what we call micro aggression, it stays in our unconscious state of mind and it could be triggered if one experiences any kind of loss and that is one big reason why most addicts or ordinary people that gamble when they loss they tend to transfer aggression on people who are not the cause.

I have witnessed a gambler fight the manager of a local bet shop (not necessarily a casino) as response to his stimulus, I'm always very careful with people who loss not just in gambling but anything in life. Psychologically every human has a micro anger in them but it's ones responsibility to manage and/or control them, if you can do that then no matter your loses you will never go into fight with anyone.

In the issue of can gambling and drug addicts it seems to me that in characteristics of a drug addicts is gambling addiction, it more like the go together or intertwine. You rarely see a drug addict who is not a gambler and you rarely see a gambling addict who is not a drug addict it's just confusing characteristics. Anyways the rules in casinos are against fighting so here in my locals if you fight you got to jail simple but sometimes it doesn't work because the police are biased in their call of duty.

Of course, families don't want to see their family members in problems such as addiction, because this is a serious problem that can destroy their lives and there is even a possibility that it could end their lives because there are also cases that have occurred with those who committed suicide due to addiction. gamble. When one of the family members is in trouble, of course the other family members will help them as best they can, but in my environment there are some families who really prioritize their egos, where they don't want to help other family members, especially in financial matters. This is very sad, but it can't be hidden from everyone that money issues are very sensitive.

I agree with you of course that if they are addicted then it can have an impact on their family relationships or the peace of their family. where maybe those who are addicted can act rashly towards their family members, because I think when they become addicted to gambling of course they will have a more stubborn attitude, and where when they have run out of money to gamble maybe they can force the money to other family members . The changes that will occur with the perpetrator of this addiction could be worse if they just leave it alone, but there are families who don't dare to reprimand the perpetrator of their addiction because they have a stubborn nature.

Addicted gamblers always have transgression of anger so with that it is possible that he can have a domestic violent with either his wife, friends and other members in the gambling centers. Mostly when he loss big amount of money in online gambling then he will use that anger to quarrel with any come across him at that moment. And in most cases though not all, addicted gamblers are also in drugs.
And those who are gambling and also taking drugs see themselves fighting unnecessary fights with people unknowingly.

Domestic violence is what happens when two parties in a relationship lacks mutual understanding, of which gambling addiction is one phenomenon likely to make a man lack such mutual understanding in his family (i.e after he may have gambled and lost away huge sum he can't afford to lose). Because although generally speaking, gambling is not the only vices likely to cause domestic violence, as it has been proven that other forms of addiction, such as "Alcohol, Cigarette, Cocaine and Tobacco" can also cause domestic violence among parties either within and outside the family. Which is why as we strive to minimize the rate at which people gamble, let's not forget these other vices.

Gambling addiction can lead to many violent situations apart from the domestic violence itself, addiction makes you go for more and any behaviour that push you to do things that are abnormal can lead you to acting as an abnormal person, you have said it all @ op, domestic violence is caused by different things like husband or wife unusual act, just imagine a man or woman making use of money thats meant for the family important use, what do you expect to happen if any of the party gets to find out that such incident taken place, there may be abusive words that can lead to fight in the family.

I condemn addiction totally and every gambler needs to be careful so that they will not be in this kind of position, addiction has rendered many persons useless because of their inability to know what to do at the right time, I somuch believe that if we know when to say no, gambling addiction will not be a nightmare to gamblers.

the story of grandfathers kidnapping their grandchildren just to get ransom for gambling is quite crazy. just imagine a grandfather kidnapping his grandson just to get ransom money for gambling? i didn't know that gambling addiction could lead to crazy things like this, because someone who was supposed to protect his grandson from bad people actually committed a dishonorable act against his own grandson.

this also proves why gambling can be something that makes people commit crazy actions and not care about how they can get money for their gambling, the point is that they get money and can gamble with it.

A gambling addict does not prevent a person from committing heinous acts. so of course gambling addiction can have a negative impact on relationships and it can also break someone's relationship and it lead to domestic violence. It is possible to protect yourself from gambling addiction if you keep yourself under control. Gambling is not bad as long as it is limited to fun. But when it becomes an addiction and one becomes deeply addicted to it, it is very harmful for him. and then it hurts him in many ways besides money

Any addiction could lead to violence, when a person is addicted to something they couldn't think or act properly.
They would do anything to satisfy their addiction, some would do illegal activity or commit a crime just to have money to continue or satisfy their addiction.

This is why it is good that gamblers should only see gamble as a means of fun, and not to make profit in order for them to take all from of precautions to gamble responsible. Using small amount of money to gamble is the best solution to avoid one to be affected by his emotions. When you are affected y your emotions that can make the gambler do all sort of crazy things to enable him chase his losses. Chasing of losses can lead to frustration because you cannot win back your loss, and that might make the gambler to be violent. Gamble responsible and there will be no means of violence.

We are able to speak like this when we are already in a phase where we are able to control ourselves or in a state of mind and heart calm, not easily provoked and we walk according to the flow of what we have set before, but most gamblers the fact they follow what is in their hearts or their ambitions that make the brain does not work properly to digest everything actions that are more dominant in controlled by ambition or lust. They need time to learn not to be compulsive and impulsive so that addiction does not occur in us sir, unfortunately many people do not pay attention to this and play more randomly without thinking about anything so that they end up becoming an addict, and it will bring side effects that make our emotions bad and hurt people around or make ourselves become someone who commits other violence because of uncontrollable emotions.

This can be the reason why it is difficult for someone to recover from gambling addiction because as you said above, they have entered a strange frame of mind or their mindset is different from normal people usually where they have curiosity, hopes and beliefs that are different from people in general in gambling, They are very confident that one day they will succeed in winning a very large victory that can make them a rich man, even though it is a wrong mindset which is actually nothing more than an illusion due to excessive expectations of victory in gambling, when in fact it remains that the name of victory is always nothing more than a “chance” which means “possibility” which is not based on any certainty and guarantee.

Another problem is that sometimes gamblers do not realize that they have entered the addiction phase, they are not able to identify changes in their approach to gambling which can cause problems when you mention or say that they have entered the addiction phase and this is also one of the reasons why addiction is difficult to overcome because sometimes they do not realize that they are addicted which makes them unwilling to accept some good advice from those around them who actually want to help them.

that's true, once a person falls under the influence of gambling addiction, they are no longer in the right frame of mind and they no longer know each other properly, even if they try not to follow those who whisper to them, they cannot stop it, so the ending is they do bad things especially to people close to them. It's just sad because sometimes even if they try to stop whatever bad things are running through their minds, they can't do it anymore because they are in a bad situation, so it's really necessary that we have guidance especially if we enter into this kind of gambling, it's necessary we can handle ourselves especially our emotional state so that we don't end up in this situation.

     -     We have heard of many people who ended up with violent results because of gambling in the casino, others even managed to kidnap their own family just because of their addiction to gambling. Others ended up with a suicidal ending because of the large amount of money they lost in gambling.

These are just some of the negative effects on other gamblers if they do not manage themselves correctly in gambling. so we should just learn to be careful and responsible gamblers when we enter the field industry like this.

what you say is very likely to happen. but still, it is related to the character of the gambling addict. Addiction has a more negative impact on the addict himself and also the people around him. It is very possible that violence could occur in an addict's household if there is a mistake in handling this matter.
assuming the family already knows about the bad gambling activities being carried out. it is important for family members to take appropriate action. because addicts who receive pressure will act outside their habits. some may become more irritable and irritable. but there are also those who end up being more silent and running away from any activity.
I just hope something like that doesn't happen to us and all of our families.