5 Behavioural signs that suggest you are Addicted to Gambling - page 3.

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Quote from: Wakate on June 01, 2023, 06:59:07 PM

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Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As much as all these counts, there is one funny one that just bumped up my mind and that is;
Always believing that you would always win. Despite each lose, you believe your certainly going to win the next round.

This is the push that drives most gamblers to keep up taking bets after bets without a limit to it. There should be a point where you call it a day and stop for the time being. Probably after you've exhausted your set aside gambling fund or spare cash for that purpose. There have to be some control over your gambling behaviour. It's the one way to making sure you can always return back to gamble again without much regrets.

Borrowing money to gamble is one of the crazy evidence that a gambler is already soak in gambling addiction. This can get worse mostly when the person do have consistent loses which can make them to look for other sources of borrowing money to bet with the promise that they are going to pay back with interest.

This condition will become complex when the gambler keep borrowing funds and is not paying his debt. Addiction is something that need a serious conversation and help with the victim so that the problem can be tackled at the appropriate time.

It's like you're dishing out raw, unfiltered tea, pal. A punter going for a loan is like a TikToker trying the "Drive Challenge" after two epic fails - it's like a trending hashtag for disaster. The house, my friend, is the ultimate influencer, always ending up with the most likes. But when the followers, ahem, chips are low, the gambler goes all-in, instead of logging off.

But here's the tea: in the gambler's narrative, the cliffhangers are plot twists, not pitfalls. That's the twisted logic of addiction, dude. They're caught in this infinite refresh cycle, with the ultimate retweet, their jackpot, seemingly a scroll away. Their gray matter's running a prank channel, morphing hope into self-derailing episodes.

It's about time we hit the tweet button on this, right? No memes, but woke threads. Time's already a-ticking on this glitch. Let's put the spotlight on it, no more muted conversations. Gamblers need our DMs filled with empathy, not just LOLs and SMHs. They're caught in a web, not spinning one.

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Quote from: Wakate on June 01, 2023, 06:59:07 PM

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As much as all these counts, there is one funny one that just bumped up my mind and that is;
Always believing that you would always win. Despite each lose, you believe your certainly going to win the next round.

This is the push that drives most gamblers to keep up taking bets after bets without a limit to it. There should be a point where you call it a day and stop for the time being. Probably after you've exhausted your set aside gambling fund or spare cash for that purpose. There have to be some control over your gambling behaviour. It's the one way to making sure you can always return back to gamble again without much regrets.

Borrowing money to gamble is one of the crazy evidence that a gambler is already soak in gambling addiction. This can get worse mostly when the person do have consistent loses which can make them to look for other sources of borrowing money to bet with the promise that they are going to pay back with interest.

This condition will become complex when the gambler keep borrowing funds and is not paying his debt. Addiction is something that need a serious conversation and help with the victim so that the problem can be tackled at the appropriate time.

Well, the problem is - these addicted gamblers will not know that they are indeed a gambling addict while in the process. It would be later they realize they are excessively gambling out of their normal allocated time and budget. They don't even aware of the risk they are entering into when they start borrowing money, because their mindset is fixed that only one big win and they'll get everything settled in one a time payment, but the reality is they are just burying themselves alive once all of the accumulated debt are nearly impossible to pay back.
I used to know someone who has been doing these, in the first 3-5 months everything went smoothly like he borrow and pay them back when bag a huge win in poker. He actually mastered poker as he have been playing since he was a student. So, that's the only thing his holding into that makes him confident of borrowing money to gamble, he also have a good paying job to back it up when he had unlucky days. However, there came a time when everything falls apart, his health declined and got hospitalized for about a week and spend all his money including the borrowed one for medical expenses. Now, he's so broke and still paying those money he owned.

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

I was browsing on the internet and stumble upon this article and found out that there are three kinds of gamblers. They are Professional gamblres, social gamblers and problem gamblers. The first two are okay but the third one which is the problem gamblers are the ones who are struggling with this addiction.

So I asked myself what behaviour would suggest that an individual is a problem gambler. Did some research and found many behaviour that suggest an individual is struggling with gambling addiction. Out of those I found the following five behaviours to be most common ones in a problem gambler.

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As gambling addiction can be a challenging issue that can have a very harmful impact on an individual's life. it is always recommended to find a professional helpb rather struggling with it. Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

anything that is too much is bad. even revenge gambling does. The casinos didn't owe you anything, it's you who placed the bet in the first place. Then you put something again, then another, then again, until you lose control of your own self and impulses and you don't have anything to put on to get back what you lost. Don't be ashamed to ask for professional help and guidance. That is their job. And it is your responsibility not to lose you r life gambling in a never ending cycle of addictive gambling. You are always bigger than what you are strugling with. You can overcome it.

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Quote from: len01 on June 01, 2023, 04:05:14 PM

Quote from: bitzizzix on June 01, 2023, 03:09:35 PM

The behavioral signs of gambling addiction mentioned by the OP are true, but there are actually many, especially those that seriously harm others by committing crimes just to get money to gamble after there is no other solution.
and he is always looking for ways to gamble constantly. People who are addicted to gambling will look for ways to play gambling continuously, even if money runs out or time is free, addicts will always have a way out. And once the option to make a loan is no longer trusted, and goods for sale are no longer available. And the final choice will most likely be stealing or committing a crime to get money to gamble.

the signs of a gambling addict are all very bad but it gets worse when the gambling addict becomes increasingly compulsive that cannot be controlled doing harmful things just to satisfy his addiction. if all the signs mentioned by the OP have started to be felt by a gambler, it would be better to stop immediately.
because if the signs are starting to be felt but they keep gambling I'm sure gamblers will do reckless things like stealing.

Not far on doing such actions, as a gambling addicted person only cares with how he can continue gamble, they are not willing to stop as the mindsets are already focusing on how to satisfied the lust that they have inside, I'm pretty sure nothing can stop them once they deeply engage into gambling. Borrowing first, then stealing, if worse, pushed them if no one is willing to take their loans.

You may expect much worse as gambling addicted person really can't control things that happening inside them.

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Quote from: Mr.right85 on June 01, 2023, 06:22:16 PM

Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As much as all these counts, there is one funny one that just bumped up my mind and that is;
Always believing that you would always win. Despite each lose, you believe your certainly going to win the next round.

This is the push that drives most gamblers to keep up taking bets after bets without a limit to it. There should be a point where you call it a day and stop for the time being. Probably after you've exhausted your set aside gambling fund or spare cash for that purpose. There have to be some control over your gambling behaviour. It's the one way to making sure you can always return back to gamble again without much regrets.

Borrowing money to gamble is one of the crazy evidence that a gambler is already soak in gambling addiction. This can get worse mostly when the person do have consistent loses which can make them to look for other sources of borrowing money to bet with the promise that they are going to pay back with interest.

This condition will become complex when the gambler keep borrowing funds and is not paying his debt. Addiction is something that need a serious conversation and help with the victim so that the problem can be tackled at the appropriate time.

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

I was browsing on the internet and stumble upon this article and found out that there are three kinds of gamblers. They are Professional gamblres, social gamblers and problem gamblers. The first two are okay but the third one which is the problem gamblers are the ones who are struggling with this addiction.

So I asked myself what behaviour would suggest that an individual is a problem gambler. Did some research and found many behaviour that suggest an individual is struggling with gambling addiction. Out of those I found the following five behaviours to be most common ones in a problem gambler.

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As gambling addiction can be a challenging issue that can have a very harmful impact on an individual's life. it is always recommended to find a professional helpb rather struggling with it. Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

There are those who can confuse problem gamblers and professionals as both being addicted, as both gamble quite frequently.

But summarizing all those points you mentioned, we can say that what distinguishes these two players is not how much they play or how much they lose (because even a professional player can lose much more money than they win)... what distinguishes them both is the ability to set boundaries, knowing when to stop and how to stop before making your financial life a problem for yourself and your entire family.

I think I'm still a social gamer... I'm past the time of being troubled and I never reached the stage of being a professional gamer.

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As much as all these counts, there is one funny one that just bumped up my mind and that is;
Always believing that you would always win. Despite each lose, you believe your certainly going to win the next round.

This is the push that drives most gamblers to keep up taking bets after bets without a limit to it. There should be a point where you call it a day and stop for the time being. Probably after you've exhausted your set aside gambling fund or spare cash for that purpose. There have to be some control over your gambling behaviour. It's the one way to making sure you can always return back to gamble again without much regrets.

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

I was browsing on the internet and stumble upon this article and found out that there are three kinds of gamblers. They are Professional gamblres, social gamblers and problem gamblers. The first two are okay but the third one which is the problem gamblers are the ones who are struggling with this addiction.

So I asked myself what behaviour would suggest that an individual is a problem gambler. Did some research and found many behaviour that suggest an individual is struggling with gambling addiction. Out of those I found the following five behaviours to be most common ones in a problem gambler.

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As gambling addiction can be a challenging issue that can have a very harmful impact on an individual's life. it is always recommended to find a professional helpb rather struggling with it. Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

I mean lets be honest, I think that when any of us have some sort of addiction, we know full well that we are addicted to whatever it might be. Gambling I feel is ever easier to realize as you're losing money straight out of your wallet which affects much of your life.

I would simply say if you've got a bad enough gambling addiction, check yourself in (whether in real life or virtually) and get yourself the help you need. Don't let it fester!

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Quote from: bitzizzix on June 01, 2023, 03:09:35 PM

The behavioral signs of gambling addiction mentioned by the OP are true, but there are actually many, especially those that seriously harm others by committing crimes just to get money to gamble after there is no other solution.
and he is always looking for ways to gamble constantly. People who are addicted to gambling will look for ways to play gambling continuously, even if money runs out or time is free, addicts will always have a way out. And once the option to make a loan is no longer trusted, and goods for sale are no longer available. And the final choice will most likely be stealing or committing a crime to get money to gamble.

What you mentioned may be true, but for the most part those are of the radical part of the spectrum that these gambling addicts subject themselves into all to get their fix. It doesn’t necessarily represent the whole population of gambling addicts as they are a little small compared to the general, but they are just as detrimental to the people around them as the ones who have not committed heinous acts of crime. My thought for this is because one way or another, these people will want to get money in order to be able to gamble again and win their losses. Some of them subject themselves in shady deals, with loan sharks and the mafia. Some of them resort to the sale of illegal drugs to finance their addiction, and some just commit suicide.

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Quote from: bitzizzix on June 01, 2023, 03:09:35 PM

The behavioral signs of gambling addiction mentioned by the OP are true, but there are actually many, especially those that seriously harm others by committing crimes just to get money to gamble after there is no other solution.
and he is always looking for ways to gamble constantly. People who are addicted to gambling will look for ways to play gambling continuously, even if money runs out or time is free, addicts will always have a way out. And once the option to make a loan is no longer trusted, and goods for sale are no longer available. And the final choice will most likely be stealing or committing a crime to get money to gamble.

the signs of a gambling addict are all very bad but it gets worse when the gambling addict becomes increasingly compulsive that cannot be controlled doing harmful things just to satisfy his addiction. if all the signs mentioned by the OP have started to be felt by a gambler, it would be better to stop immediately.
because if the signs are starting to be felt but they keep gambling I'm sure gamblers will do reckless things like stealing.

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The behavioral signs of gambling addiction mentioned by the OP are true, but there are actually many, especially those that seriously harm others by committing crimes just to get money to gamble after there is no other solution.
and he is always looking for ways to gamble constantly. People who are addicted to gambling will look for ways to play gambling continuously, even if money runs out or time is free, addicts will always have a way out. And once the option to make a loan is no longer trusted, and goods for sale are no longer available. And the final choice will most likely be stealing or committing a crime to get money to gamble.

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The first point to 3 I have felt and indeed when there is no awareness of yourself, things like this will become increasingly difficult to master and actually aggravate the conditions that we do in gambling.
There are several other conditions that I did feel when I felt I was a gambler because I felt the urge to gamble, maybe not in borrowing money but I sold or pawned the items I had at that time so that I could gamble.
But when something like this happens and we realize what we did was a mistake, what I feel is that it is easier for me to control it because I have felt regret before. Until now I still do gambling but I always do restrictions even though maybe at this time I am still said to be an addict but I still feel that I am currently no worse than before especially my pleasure may be in gambling a little different for now because I am more happy with sportsbooks which makes me more able to reduce my gambling desires for the other one.

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Quote from: Fortify on June 01, 2023, 02:29:04 PM

Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

I was browsing on the internet and stumble upon this article and found out that there are three kinds of gamblers. They are Professional gamblres, social gamblers and problem gamblers. The first two are okay but the third one which is the problem gamblers are the ones who are struggling with this addiction.

So I asked myself what behaviour would suggest that an individual is a problem gambler. Did some research and found many behaviour that suggest an individual is struggling with gambling addiction. Out of those I found the following five behaviours to be most common ones in a problem gambler.

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As gambling addiction can be a challenging issue that can have a very harmful impact on an individual's life. it is always recommended to find a professional helpb rather struggling with it. Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

There seems to be a distinction between two categories of your list of five points. Some of them seem like you are in "stage one" where your habit is taking up a lot of your time, but could still be manageable and controlled back to a fair amount. However when you get to the point of lying about your activities or borrowing money to fund your habit, at that point you have lost that degree of control needed. At that point it has become a fully fledged addiction, instead of just having a bit of fun in your free time. You are willing to sacrifice others through some misguided calculation, you're throwing good money after bad and not only burn through your own cash but that of your close friends & family too.

Would really be that a gradual process on which there would really be those people who are really that tolerating their behavior until it do becomes an addiction.Some might be wary of whats happening but some are really just that ignoring it just for the sake of entertainment and leisure then they wont really care at all until hard situations or scenarios would really come along the way.

On the time that we do already sees that it is gradually taking up some effects on whatever we do have in life, not only in finances or money but also in your relationship with your family and friends.
Then this is the best time for you to stop midway and quit up right away.Its impossible that for a human being wouldnt really be aware that they are already into that condition on which
you could really definitely stop if you wanted to. There really just that people who do ignore those imposed risks and proceed it out without being bothered on what are the potential huge problems
or risks that lies ahead if ever they would decide to continue.

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i really feel for people that have a problem like that. that's got to be the worst kind of addiction, it's like alcoholics.. imagine how hard it is to stop, or stay sober, when it's EVERYWHERE. at least when someone stops doing coke, they don't see it on every corner or in every ad.

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

I was browsing on the internet and stumble upon this article and found out that there are three kinds of gamblers. They are Professional gamblres, social gamblers and problem gamblers. The first two are okay but the third one which is the problem gamblers are the ones who are struggling with this addiction.

So I asked myself what behaviour would suggest that an individual is a problem gambler. Did some research and found many behaviour that suggest an individual is struggling with gambling addiction. Out of those I found the following five behaviours to be most common ones in a problem gambler.

Preoccupation with gambling.
The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Lying about gambling activities.
Borrowing money to gamble.

As gambling addiction can be a challenging issue that can have a very harmful impact on an individual's life. it is always recommended to find a professional helpb rather struggling with it. Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

There seems to be a distinction between two categories of your list of five points. Some of them seem like you are in "stage one" where your habit is taking up a lot of your time, but could still be manageable and controlled back to a fair amount. However when you get to the point of lying about your activities or borrowing money to fund your habit, at that point you have lost that degree of control needed. At that point it has become a fully fledged addiction, instead of just having a bit of fun in your free time. You are willing to sacrifice others through some misguided calculation, you're throwing good money after bad and not only burn through your own cash but that of your close friends & family too.

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

I was browsing on the internet and stumble upon this article and found out that there are three kinds of gamblers. They are Professional gamblres, social gamblers and problem gamblers. The first two are okay but the third one which is the problem gamblers are the ones who are struggling with this addiction.

Of the types of gamblers which you have mentioned the type that intrigues me the most is the professional gambler. I asked myself how they became a professional gambler? Did they go from a social Gambler to a professional gambler or from a problem Gambler to a professional gambler? Well I guess this is a discussion for another day.

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Out of those I found the following five behaviours to be most common ones in a problem gambler.

Lying about gambling activities.

Also from the behaviour that is common with problem gamblers the one I find that is most consistent in problem gamblers is that lying about their gambling activities. As a matter of fact, this is the first sign of a problem gamblers or anyone who is addicted to anything at all. They don't just lie about their gambling activities, they also lie to get money from friends and family to gamble.

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Quote from: elevates on May 31, 2023, 08:11:13 AM

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As gambling addiction can be a challenging issue that can have a very harmful impact on an individual's life. it is always recommended to find a professional helpb rather struggling with it. Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

But the problem now is that gambling addicts often don't feel that they are already in a vicious circle of gambling. They thought that what they were doing was normal and thought that if one day they won they would pay for everything they sold, so he thought that people should just be normal with him. That's why it's quite difficult to treat these gambling addicts unless they want to change themselves.

A gambling addict will not realize that he has experienced a gambling addiction. All he thought about was gambling; somehow, they could have the money to continue gambling. Even if they win, they will go back to gambling again, and even if they lose, they still don't regret it and say they will win next time. And gambling addiction is a serious problem that must be cured even if it takes time, money, and more because it is for their own good. But to be able to cure people who are addicted to gambling, they must realize their mistakes so far, so they want to take steps to heal themselves from gambling addiction.

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I think a problem gambler would be better described as irresponsible, because all the types of behavior you listed are characteristic of irresponsible people and they will find problems in any area, whether it is gambling, alcohol or credit. A person who controls his emotions and desires is unlikely to become a gambling addict to the extent that gambling brings problems.

Obtaining all within your grasp and seeking more is solely desperate; an addicted gambler is never pleased with what he or she has, willing to go to any length to obtain finances. One of the primary indicators that a gambler is addicted is desperation. They are always anxious for additional earnings, regardless of how much they have previously made. It is evident that profits can be created but cannot be controlled; gamblers tend to go deeper into making extreme ends, which means borrowing from their peers all the time for the purpose to make more money, just to lose everything at the end of the day.

That's more being greedy than addicted in my opinion, it might also be a quality of an addicted person, but mostly, a gambling addict only wants to keep gambling whether they win or lose, they only stop when they don't have more money to gamble, and even after that, they start looking for ways to get more money so that they can continue gambling.

A normal gambler tends to stop their session right at the moment when they hit a big win, but an addicted gambler will gamble it all only with the hope that they might get something more out of it and as you said, they eventually lose everything at the end.

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To me, all the points you've listed are really on track. Gambling addiction has dealt with most gamblers, and it's still dealing with a lot of gamblers as well. There are elder gamblers here in my area, at least above the age of 40. I don't really know whether to say they are addicts, but all I know is that they are always gambling with every little space they have from morning until night. They gamble from their own pockets, but most youths and teenagers who are gambling addicts usually pick pockets to gamble, and they do a lot of ill behaviors like living on some hard drugs. So, I can say that some gamblers who are very addicted can steal just to gamble. Also, some who are really chronic do live on hard drugs. I am speaking based on what I have seen in my country. There are many other attitudes toward gambling addiction, like lying to people just to extort money from them in order to fulfill their gambling desires.

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