5 Behavioural signs that suggest you are Addicted to Gambling - page 7.

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

Preoccupation with gambling.
Having difficulty in controlling, cutting back, or stopping gambling despite several attempts.
Borrowing money to gamble.

Do you agree with those behaviours? If not then you can suggest some, that can be added to this topic.

I agree with these 3 behaviour because a gambling addict will always find a way to gamble so that they will not the enjoyment that they get on winning like an addiction to a substance. You can add the behaviour of lack of sleep due to gambling since most of gambling addict has sleep deprivation due to overthinking on profit or losses.

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

The urge to increase wagers to achieve the same level of excitement.
Lying about gambling activities.

I disagree with this because a normal gambler that seeks more fun is not an addiction. addiction is repetitive playing without any self-control over when to stop. Also lying about gambling is on a case-to-case basis. Gambling is not accepted in the culture of other countries, especially those in religiously inclined countries.

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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.

That is exactly true and I can relate to that second point when I was addicted myself in 2019-2020.I could not sleep well and I could not think about anything else except gambling and the number one reason I loved to try at that time was to start with a low bet and since winnings were not satisfactory for me I kept increasing the bet to the level that I still felt excitement when gambling.While this may look nice in the beginning when you hit a big win know that in the long run this is the most devastating of all gambling addiction problems,the fact that you need to play with a bigger bet means you need more money and means you will get more problems.I have said in other threads that setting a predefined budget and sticking to it is the way to get out of gambling addiction.

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

Lying about gambling activities.

When you keep your gambling activities secrete,it can make one get addicted to gambling because there will be no one to talk to you that it is enough, and you will keep on gambling more than the expected amount that you initially in tented to. So many persons will not want to tell their close ones how much they lost in gambling,since they hardly take care of their responsibilities in the house.

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

Borrowing money to gamble.

This is the worst of all,if you gamble all your bankroll,fine nobody will embarrass you or lock you up but when you borrow money to gamble,it means that you are gambling with your life because you don't know if that person that gave you the money might end up locking you up if you can't pay back the money. Some gamblers are addicted to the point that they borrow money with interest to gamble because they damn addicted to it. Borrowing money to gamble is like you are living a borrowed life.[/list]

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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.

I guess I can be considered as a social gambler because I don't quite fit well as a professional or problem/compulsive gambler.

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Lying about gambling activities.

I do agree and understand the other behaviours you have stated concerning problem gamblers but as for this one I don't get it because the term activity covers so many things. Does this also including hiding or not letting some members of your family know that you're into gambling? Because if you do a quick survey in the forum you'll see that some professional gamblers or social gamblers ( as you mentioned ) sometimes keep some secret concerning their gambling life from people around them and yet they don't gamble compulsively, so I don't think lying is just a behaviour for the problematic gamblers onl. But assuming you narrowed it down to let's say "lying about their losses, so as to console themselve" that would have been more understandable.

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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.

There is one more to add. An addicted gambler can sell his belongings and properties just for gambling. I remembered I sold my home theatre because of gambling and I lost the money very fast to gambling.

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

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.

Professional help? Maybe. But I stopped addiction when I knew gambling is not meant for earning income. Gambling addiction is like madness, once someone discover that gambling can not help him or her in anyway than to make losses in addiction and seeing himself or herself to be addicted and knowing the future can not be good is enough to make such person quit the addiction. Professional help can be what could be needed for this, but not all the time. Someone close to him passing the reality to him can be helpful.

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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.

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