Topic: A call to self-examining our gambling habit. - page 6. (Read 1253 times)

Should be an automatic approach from any gambler while they are being more active in gambling.

While gambling for a long, our mind will tell us at what stage we are now in our gambling habit.

But the problem is, even though most gamblers already know the problem inside them, and the fact that they are aware of what's going on and what they need to do properly, they will ignore it because they want to achieve something good in gambling - to win decently. Several attempts will be made until they fall slowly into addiction and they won't realize it.

Attitude and mindset are crucial aspects of every action in life, including gambling. Indeed, the foundation of responsible gambling lies in the attitude and mindset of the individual engaging in it. A positive and responsible attitude towards gambling can significantly influence the behavior and decision-making within the activity.

The right attitude and mindset of the gamblers can transition into responsible gamblers. This entails understanding the risks involved, setting limits, and approaching gambling as a form of entertainment rather than a means of financial gain. Gamblers need also self-introspection to recognize that their gambling habits have led to mistakes and problems. Through introspection, gamblers can identify patterns of behavior, triggers, and underlying issues that contribute to problematic gambling. Applying the insights gained from self-introspection effectively might involve setting stricter limits or even refraining from gambling altogether if necessary.

Gambling is an activity that has a high level of risk of experiencing financial loss, and can also cause other negative impacts that can harm the perpetrator. So this activity must be managed as well as possible, and carried out responsibly. Checking yourself for frequent gambling habits is the first step to finding out where the mistakes are, as well as the bad behavior that exists within us every time we gamble. By knowing where our faults and bad behavior lie within us, this can help us manage this gambling activity better, and make it easier for us to take the right anticipatory steps to prevent long-term losses, as well as the negative impacts it contains.

However, it seems that knowing and admitting our mistakes and bad behavior in gambling is not an easy thing. Where sometimes we are always observant of the mistakes made by other people, but we are always unaware of the mistakes made by ourselves, and we often even ignore them. Therefore, it is quite important to simply reflect and introspect on ourselves... we need to do this so that these mistakes and bad behavior do not happen again. And I always do that, a few minutes after gambling, especially if the final result of the gambling I do ends in a loss.

This will bring gambler into an awareness of what has happened, they can fix it and make several efforts to deal with any problems such as gambling addiction.
Most gamblers don't really care about what they are doing, even the attitude of self-examination or what could be said as self-introspection can rarely be established and all of this is because they don't care about themselves.
Self-introspection can also lead someone to improve their ability to fix mistakes that previously often occurred, besides that, it can also make some people truly find happiness in everything that happens.
For gambler, this attitude can clearly be said to be quite important, especially when it comes to gambling addiction, where they can think better in order to make healing efforts.

But everything will start from the attitude and mindset of the gambler himself, if gambler can have the right attitude and good mindset towards gambling activities then clearly they will become responsible gambler.
Effect of applying self-introspection will only really be felt by those who from the start discovered that gambling was filled with mistakes and problems.
But everything will be important and useful if can apply it correctly.

I realized that it is not like I'm Lossing interest in gambling but the fact that I'm so busy this days has reduced the chance of gambling. Unlike before I used to be very less busy, as student after classes I just rest and watch movies, while watching movies, i login to my online casino and stake the little up keep money that I kept for gambling and that became a routine but after I engage myself to learning and improving my graphics design skill and photography skill every day get engagements from clients and only time im less busy I'm in the forum reading ups and downs. So with such a busy schedule I don't long gamble much.

So this made me think that people who became gambling addicts where a result of being less busy with life, if one is busy I don't think he or she will become addicted to gambling. Which at the end will amount to examining ones steps to confirm if you're deviating from the original position to an addict like nature.

It is something that should be done so you know when you’re stepping out of line, but it’s not the case of what is done because people get drowned in the act if gambling that all they ever think is how to stake bigger so they make bigger. They may not even be subconsciously doing it, some people know that the habit is growing in them but the spirit of money overshadows the thought and they keep gambling anyway. 

It would be all depending on awareness and moderation on which i could say that this would really be the  thing that you would really be needing up for you to be able to make yourself that save up
with gambling addiction or having that impulsive approach towards it because if you do tolerate out such behavior and activity then sooner or later you would really be finding out yourself on such
difficult situation and this is something that we do really need to avoid as much as we could.

This is where your common sense and self awareness would really be that something that should be watched because if you are really just that sensible on the things that you are
doing then you are really that avoiding yourself into that potential trouble and problems in the future. If you dont like to experience those unfortunate conditions then it would be always
best that you should really be that aware and sensible into the actions that you are making. Dont tolerate on things which you do seem that it would really be that
bringing out that huge problem into your life.

I agree, when you start to lose the passion for gambling, and you realize that you are gambling less and less, it becomes an ordinary thing to ignore the few times you do. I used to gamble so so much more, like probably 10x more amount at least, if we are talking about just wagering, I wagered 100x more times in most cases total, because you can bet and win and bet again, but if we are talking about just deposit amounts, probably 10x more back in the day.

These days I tend to just do that when I am at the most utmost situation I can, everything must be perfect for me to do it. Like it has to be an amazing game that I am going to watch myself too. Betting on 10 different games from 4 different leagues, is not the same as wanting to bet on UCL finals.

Responsible gambler doesn't need this in my opinion why because as responsible gambler you should know when to gamble how much to gamble, time to stop and time start or the right time to gamble. If a gambler can maintain this then I think he will be far away from gambling addiction when a gambler doesn't follow these principles then there are every possibility for them to turned into addiction therefore, requires them to do self-examination due to what they find on themselves or how they are going out of the will.

To me I do apply self-examination in real life but not in gambling most times will call out my friends asking them about life if I am being too hashed on them or becoming too rude in a way they can't voice it out? So, when I asked and I get no such result from them then I will still maintain such lifestyle or even improve more better also putting myself in place.

Going by your analogy, taking a step to cross checking your size is a starting point of action, a first step amongst many, and going back to the self examination, for a fact that a gambler sees a need to self examined himself then he probably won't have problem with taking further steps to seeing to the solution of the findings from the examination.  That's just how I view it.

Where there's a Will come what may, there will always be a way out. If am in a shit and I discover am in a shit and shout for help I believe help will be made available, family and friends are usually a good start point to seeking help from gambling addiction before a specialist service could be sought for if it's beyond their capabilities.

I think gamblers will examine their gambling habit after a big lost. But if they keep on winning, then I don't see them just conscious of what they are doing and they could be addicted gamblers for all we know. And besides, even if they are doing self-examination, and maybe find that there's something wrong with them, they might stop for a couple of days and then continue.

I'm not sure though if this is going to help, first a gambler will not recognized that he has indeed a problem. For them they are normal member of the society, it's that they love to gamble. I haven't heard a gambler suddenly stops because they think that they falling into the category of gambling addict.

Generally, self-examination is very important in human life. In his wisdom, Socrates noted that unexamined life is not worth living. This justifies the importance of self-examination. In gambling, knowing your wins and losses is so important as it tells you if gambling has a positive or a negative connotation in your life. Any gambler, who has mastered the act of self-examination in his gambling activities will find it difficult to be addictive because before the gambler gets to that point, the gambler will stop gambling or reduce his gambling activities. In my understanding, if self-examination can not bring healthy gambling then its purpose has been defeated.

I will add that sometimes a gambler doesn’t have to wait for self-appraisal before learning responsible gambling practices. In fact, responsible gambling practices should come first before self-examination. If it is the other way round, a gambler may incur irreparable losses before even trying to self-examine himself. This becomes a case of medicine after death.

The problem with your self examination is that if you don't back it up with action then it means nothing. Anyone can look into the mirror and see that they are extremely fat, but if they don't do anything about it they'll be fat for the rest of their life! This same analogy is true with a gambling addiction. I think anyone who has an addiction is pretty self aware, but do they want to change is the question? If they do want to change then we have a start, but the truth is that humans are very weak, at least most of us when it comes to problems like this. I would equate it to digging yourself in a hole, you need to ask for help to get out. Down in a hole you have no resources, its dark down there and there isn't much light! It takes a true friend that really cares about you to give you some honest and sometimes very blunt truth & it also takes nothing short of a bright and burning fire of a desire to want to stop this addiction. Get at the very least two very close friends, in alliance with one another in a group chat where they hold you accountable and be truthful. That is a way that can be very helpful hopefully to many!

I only ever do so if there was a significant change towards the stuff I have to pay. Significant enough to the point that I'd have to touch money separated solely for my entertainment. Can happen both ways, positive or negative. If I get a really significant increase in monthly income, then I might start planning again in terms of bills, expenses and whatnot.

Can definitely say tht it helps in terms of setting a limit for myself. Can definitely be hard at the start but if you have a plan to follow, it can at the very least, be easy to start.

If a gambler becomes addicted it will be difficult for him to come back from it and he will fail to diagnose him experimentally. But if the gambler can diagnose himself before becoming an addict, there is definitely something good to be found there. A gambler will have a better idea of his gambling propensity when he develops such experimental awareness. If he ever spends too much time gambling or runs into addictive gambling, this strategy can be very helpful for his self-control. Some gamblers are aware of their gambling behavior but some of their behaviors bear the signs of addiction but if a gambler has the ability to observe it regularly then he will not be addicted to gambling but will get a good idea of how to control gambling by self-examining.

The relentless pursuit of recovering losses is a critical aspect of gambling addiction. This is often driven by greed and fueled by unrealistic expectations. It's true that the allure of winning big can overshadow rational decision-making that leads people to chase losses and escalate their gambling behavior in the hope of recouping what they've lost. The mindset of a serious gambler is often fixated on winning, with little regard for the consequences of their actions.

They may dismiss warnings given by their relatives and continue to prioritize their desire for financial gain above all else. The hope to winning can blind them to the reality of their situation and prevent them from engaging in meaningful self-examination. Gambling fosters a mentality of instant gratification, where people become consumed by fantasies of wealth and luxury even before the money materializes. This distorted perception of money can lead to impulsive decision-making and a disregard for responsible gambling practices. The cycle of chasing losses can quickly spiral out of control that leads to further financial hardship and emotional distress. Recognizing the destructive nature of this cycle requires a willingness to confront the underlying issues driving the addiction, such as greed and unrealistic expectations.

I just try to correct any mistakes I make, I never got to the point where I was ignoring my excess  bets or throwing good money after bad with a delusion of winning.   But part of betting is to learn from your bet even if you dont win, its the only chance we have to advance and gain even when we are just spending money.  So long as every bet is a chance to learn I never felt too negative on losing or that I had to win it back to somehow right the balance for fairness.
   Nothing is owed on a loss, it is hard to take I guess just dont regret too much what you now cannot alter only try to learn something is all the advice I can think of altogether.

I think I should try this out. I have been seeing myself as under control since I started gambling. I'm not a gambler above my bankroll, nor have I broken my betting limit for anything.
 
But aside from this, I still believe there are things that this self-examination might help me to figure out, as I believe being addicted to gambling is not the only thing that one needs to worry about, or that it's not just about spending too much and exceeding your gambling budget.
 
Spending too much time, which could be used for other things, can also be considered bad behaviour in gambling, and sometimes I fine myself for doing that.

Many gamblers Will not even be sincere with themselves self even if they call them self to self examination to tell themselves the truth that they are addicts and need help. During self examination, Insincere gamblers have turned it into a time to create alibi for their gambling addiction and reasons for them to continue. As a gambler, Self Examination can help you if you are truthfully a sincere kind of person.

During self examination, you do not need to be still or sit in a meditative position, self examination can be done simply in the mind.

And that is why a lot of them are failing because they want to recover what they have lost and it is not possible at all, because in the process of recovery, you might just lose more than you wanted to gain and gambling gives too much imagination on money and even before the money come you have already calculated how you want to spend the money. and that is why if the money don't come according to plan then they will want to play more games. do serious gamblers care about self-examination they just to win and even when people want to advise them they won't listen? all their focus at that particular time will be on how to win. and in the process of recovering, he will continue to lose money until he decides to make sense because such a decision is a reckless one. what leads to addiction is nothing more than greed they want more money.