Topic: A call to self-examining our gambling habit. - page 8. (Read 1258 times)

When a gambler is in the grip of addiction, their thinking can become so muddled by the desire to recover losses that they lose sight of the harmful nature of their conduct. The urge to recover losses drives their behavior, and they lose sight of the greater picture.
 Gamblers suffering from addiction might become locked in a vicious cycle in which their losses devour them entirely. They're so concentrated on recovering their money that they lose track of everything else in their lives. The more they strive to recover, the more losses they sustain, and the cycle continues.

Addicted gambler is beyond saving and not applicable to this matter. I believe OP is addressing this topic to those regular gambler that is still not addicted since you can self-examine your gambling habit whenever you lose some so that you can develop a strategy or practice to control your gambling or to improve your strategy so that you can’t be tempted to play more when losing.

I’m always doing this naturally whenever I loss since I’m always thinking where did I go wrong for my game turn to lose and most of the time I conclude it’s due to greediness on chasing huge win on a short period of time.

But will they? All that's playing in their heads is how to beat the house or what's the next strategy to employ, they are preoccupied with these thoughts that they don't care about their addiction and how to correct these errors.

I've seen gamblers denying that they are addicted to gambling and I at one point denied that I am addicted to color games in our fiesta even though I was early by one hour before the betting table opened up.

This will only be effective at the beginning of the gambling experience, that is, before engaging in ill-considered behaviors that cannot be controlled later. All gambling addicts indulged in gambling in their beginnings without conducting self-criticism about their behavior and what might result from it. The gaming experience may lead to adverse results if attention is not paid to the danger of excessive practice. The truth is that these victims believed that all their steps were well thought out and that they were too smart to become dependent on gambling games of all kinds.

Personally, I benefited from the experiences of others because I always observed the behavior of patients with gambling addictions and was able to estimate the danger so as not to become a new victim. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to do this.

You have to admit that someone's gambling habits are very diverse, maybe some of us are really addicted and others really just gamble, but if you ask me personally I can confirm that at this time and this moment I have never checked my gambling limits, whether I am addicted or not.

But for now I am aware of the gambling activities that I do and for now I can still control where I gamble or stop, I don't think it's very important to introspect myself on my gambling activities, maybe I still limit what will happen and hasn't happened yet.

Self-examination or scrutiny compose a portion of the daily life of every healthy individuals who seek self-development, self-knowledge and self-enhancement on every aspects of their existences. It's necessary to analyze our actions continuously to conclude if they are being benefical or harmful to us somehow, so we adapt our actions accordingly, always aiming personal growth, while also analyzing how our actions are impacting people around us and society, since it's important to remain ethical to live in harmony with each other.

In gambling it's not different. You have to watch yourself constantly. Compare how much money you are spending on this activity to the amount of money you used to spend when you firstly started gambling. Check how your gambling habits are impacting the relationship with your family, friends, social interactions in general and professional career. Conclude what the long term impact of gambling in your life is and adapt the frequency of time and percentage of money you destiny to it after reviewing it.

I think it's hard to self examine because a gambler is always chasing losses. His thought process is just to recover the money lost.
So the chances of him self examining his gambling addiction becomes very low since he would fine every chance to play more and recover the losses.
There should be some kind of strategy so that addicted people has to forcefully self-examine their gambling habits.
Only then, we can potentially see some positive results out of it.

Notice how the approaches may be different depending on the individual, until now I do not review my earnings, my skills, my habits, etc.  To determine if I am addicted, I do it to improve my game, my winning expectations and consequently become a better player.

A player discovers that he is addicted when there is no solution, if you want to discover that sooner, go to a specialist, there are tests or even therapies, you are not an expert or to determine that you are an addict or a possible candidate.

Personally, the self-reflection comes naturally whenever you have incurred a loss on your part. After experience such loss, you go and contemplate the decision-making that lead to this type of situation. You think for yourself the series of wrong and impulsive decisions that could have been prevented at that time. Like what everyone experienced, we all thought the same phrase of I wish I could turn back time.

Again, this happens to everyone but let us be honest here: we feel this self-reflection only when we lost our money on the bet. Very rarely do we examine our gambling habits out of a positive result where we won money.

At the end of the day, the lesson that we can get here is that people should self-reflect and re-evaluate every time they gamble. Regardless of the result, there is always that invaluable learning experience that we get from these experiences that we should and must apply to our future acts.

Most gamblers walk a tightrope blindfolded, thinking they're safe. Self-examination? Its essential, not simply a good idea. Honestly, its uncomfortable. It reveals the truth of your habits by removing illusions. Its intimidating. Who likes to accept they may fall into addiction? And you owe yourself

Not self-flagellation, but self-preservation. Regular self-checks are bravery, not introspection. "Do my gambling habits serve me, or am I serving them?" The question. The goal is correction, not judgment. The aim? To control your actions, not your instincts. Flip the script. Allow self-examination to become a task. Are you game? You make the final decision

I do the self-examination after I gamble and lose, sometimes because when we lose, we can think more and give ourselves more time to realize the things we are doing, if we are still in the right order or if we are going to become addicts. I do this when I am alone and when the place where I am is quiet because my mind can relax and I am able to answer all my questions to myself.

Indeed, every now and then we need to check whether we have experienced an addiction to gambling or not and I think it is impossible to get profitable wins at gambling, of course we have experienced many losses before winning and that is not comparable to our losses at gambling. If you have prepared a budget for gambling, of course we can easily find out how much we lose when gambling and if we lose too much, of course we are addicted to gambling and we will be able to limit our gambling activities so that we don't experience even more losses.

Yes you are right, when we bet with capital that we can afford to lose that capital of course we will be able to have fun gambling and also we will be able to enjoy the game we placed the bet on and if we win we will of course be able to enjoy it and if we lose of course we won't. It's a problem for us because we don't care about the capital we use to gamble.

Regulating gamblers' conduct is a great idea, one of the finest. Many think they're having fun, not recognizing the steep slope until its too late. Dont simply have fun - secure your future, finances, and independence.

Setting up self-evaluation is the finest move. Is my expenditure accurate? Gamble more than invest in Bitcoin, a proven road to financial independence? If gambling is the solution, recalculate. Proactive financial health is more than detecting the problem. Empowerment and educated decisions that support your long-term goals are the aims.

It is people that mble for profit or that gamble to pass time, that needs to examine themselves on their gambling activities to see if they are addicted or not. I have a gamble budget which I use for gambling every week, and with that I have already mapped out how to gamble responsible that would not affect me to the extend of chasing my loss. When you gamble with the amount that you can afford to lose it gives your 100% control over your emotion, and free you from chasing your loss, which can lead you to addiction. I am use to flashing back in my gambling activities, and sometimes I just go on a week or two weeks break.

Well, I don't think it's something simple & easy to do. It would be nice if everyone were smart and wise from birth, but it doesn't work that way. It's definitely not something that we are born with. We are all young and crazy at first, learning and experimenting... some (more or less) try to keep it within limits, but those limits are often crossed at that age. So before we "make a call to self-examination" we must be mentally capable of that. And that comes in a certain period of life, for some people sooner for some later, for some that never comes... I believe it's different for each of us, and when the moment will come when we wake up and become "older and more responsible" depends on many factors.

No, I didn't. After I get married my gambling involvement and betting frequency has depreciated. Don't get me wrong, it's not because my wife restricted me from doing so, but because I am thinking of a financial responsibility now.
Though when I was still single, I gamble like 4-5 times a week, but I didn't suffer from any emotional or financial struggles during those times. So, It's safe to say, I am perfectly fine in terms of gambling activities currently, as I've said I have depreciated my involvement and expenses in gambling compared to when I was still not married.

Yes, that's right. I think it is important to introspect ourselves on our gambling habits. Sometimes we often forget that we play beyond our usual limits, which allows us to eventually become addicted to gambling. Every gambling addict never realizes that they are addicted to gambling because they focus on what they are doing. What they chase, for example, is chasing to recover from losses so they can win big, usually that's what gambling addicts do, because they can't accept defeat, which ultimately makes them want to continue gambling.

I am lucky to have a partner who keeps reminding me so that I can introspect myself every time that I am still gambling safely without being addicted to gambling. In fact, I often do this every week to check whether I am in a good way or not gambling, if it all looks good, I will gamble as usual and continue to be consistent with the budget limits that have been set so that I don't play too much or waste money unnecessarily, at least I also limit myself with budget limits so that everything remains under control and good control so that not addicted to gambling. But it all comes back to the wishes of each gambler.

This is true. Most time we just gamble without looking back to see how we gamble. Gambling addiction doesn't just become a full-blown addiction. It's starts small. If we have a limit and we always stay within our limit then I guess we will be fine.

Something made me check this recently. I used an amount of Bitcoin that I shouldn't have used to gamble. It's a decision I made and even before making the decision, I knew it was a wrong decision but greed didn't let me. I lost the money anyway and that prompted me to check how much I've been spending on gambling. I did and it turns out I'm a very responsible gambler, but if I hadn't lost that bet, I don't think I would've checked and it might turn into something else with time.
Greed is one major factor that leads people into gambling addiction. We have to always watch out for it and know when to stop.

Outside self-examination I think there should be other ways of examining your gambling habit either by meeting a therapist and telling the therapist you're habitual gambling lifestyle so he or she can tell you if you've reached your limit or not, because if you leave it to yourself you will always want to tell yourself that you haven't gotten to your limit. I believe self-examination can be deceiving in most times, because most people don't like to tell themselves the truth.

Moreover as human beings we have our instincts that will normally tell us if we've been excessive with something or not, and most times people who become to additive with gambling only realise their bad gambling harbit when they go broke. So putting your habit to test by going to a therapist to examine your gambling habit will be the best solution for me.

I think if you are addicted to gambling you're immediately going to see it and know it, for sure it is not for everyone there are still some that is not aware of it, probably if you're getting worried about getting addicted to something and you keep on monitoring your bets, games, etc. your probably fine because you still do limit your gambling and having that control on your bets. When I overspend on something I know it on myself that I bought something that is really expensive and it is going to reflect on my funds, at the end of the month salary is not going to be enough to pay most of the bills since I spend it on something, I mean that was pretty obvious I know it on myself I was just pretending that I can buy something just because I really want that thing something like that.

I'm pretty sure that if you are a gambling addict you know that you are doing something that is over the board and really excessive, but I guess the thing here is you just don't want to accept the fact that you are a gambling addict, that is where it gets complicated since you don't acknowledge that you did excessive gambling and fixing addiction is not going to be easily at all because its going to be a long process for sure.

So this is for sure a good reminder to always examine yourself if you are already doing something of that is excessive but doing that you getting aware if you're betting excessively, you could easily change most of the things that you are doing wrong if your already aware of it avoiding mistakes and avoiding getting addicted.