Topic: Can loneliness make one addicted to gambling - page 9. (Read 4102 times)

For someone whose pleasure is in the casino, maybe they can find pleasure in the casino, such as getting friends to socialize with, but the fear is that when they go to the casino when they are lonely, they will gamble excessively, in other words, they will do gambling by daring to take big risks. There are also many things that are more fun but not detrimental, such as gambling, because even though gambling is fun, it can cause us clear losses with the money that is the medium of exchange. there is a possibility that those who are lonely are in a bad state and also if they decide to go to the casino and gamble it will be even worse because by itself they are in a bad state and coupled with gambling it could make them lose control of themselves, and if they don't have enough money, chances are they will be annoyed by gambling that doesn't go according to their expectations, they don't need gambling in my opinion, they just need friends to play with, I mean playing in the other sense not gambling, they can do many things sports or other things they can do with their family or friends, they can also invite their friends to hang out together, so they can avoid gambling, loneliness doesn't mean they have to gamble but at that time they don't do anything and loneliness occurs, if they do an activity maybe they won't be lonely.

Everyone has their own way of avoiding gambling, as you said, women more often go shopping for clothes or other things, while many men also have their favorites, maybe there are those who like playing online games, or have a hobby with motorbikes and other sports, they being able to do things they like is a hobby, but if their hobby is gambling, it doesn't make sense, because gambling is not good if it is a hobby because most likely it won't produce results. It's better, as you said, for women shopping for clothes. they spend money and the results are visible to the eye and can be used too, but if they gamble they most likely won't be able to see the results and use them or with men who like motorbikes, they buy motorbike spare parts to modify their motorbikes and the results are visible and can be used . or they can play the sport of soccer which has the potential to result in success if they are talented in soccer as you say, and there are still many things they can do instead of gambling which has a chance of being bad in the future.

But we shouldn't make loneliness be the reason why we're gambling, we're in a social world and there are many things an individual can do to socialize and not get lonely. I think loneliness is a choice that we choose as if I ever feel lonely just a walk in the park and I'm back to been happy as I see nature and get to socialize with other individuals I see at the park. If you're a gambler and lonely is a problem for you, you can join clubs and keep yourself busy always to avoid been lonely.

We have clubs like book clubs and other clubs that hangout during the weeks, some do it once while other do it on multiple days so you can be actively busy and socializing always. You can also get a partner that'll keep you company so you don't feel lonely as loneliness can be the cause of many other issues you begin to develop and all leads to you not having good results when you're gambling.

Even though you are right and there could be much people with problems with loneliness in gambling, so there could be people with such problems as well in other kind of activities, like drinking or addiction to videogames, among other things.
This thread and the comments of many on here it could be taken too literally and give out the impression all lonely people end up resorting to gambling or a good percentage of gamblers suffer from loneliness, which I doubt is true.
I am more inclined to assume or believe most of gambler are actually under control and can keep good relationships wit their family members, their partners. There are so many stereotypes applies to gamblers, to the point the stigma of people like us which like to wager some money from time to time cannot easily talk about it in some contexts, countries and cultures.

Have you personally ever felt lonely and because of it log onto your gambling account? I have not, one needs to avoid to enter a casino which felling down, otherwise one gets used to it as a copying mechanism...

I think it is right to set the record straight that gambling in itself is addictive. Especially when you  are already deeply rooted to gambling or you do it for fun and it will become a part of  you. So since it is highly addictive, then loneliness can ignite your urge to gamble some more.

I have friends back then that were into online betting of sports odds, like football. And will go to the extent of saving their pocket money to be able to afford some money they can use to stake odds and it's really that addictive and terrible. Now, since it's not everyone that have the mental capacity to hold disappointments and tensions, this could lead to mental issues for some people.

I think it's getting to the point when someone will definitely explain this term properly for me "professional gambler" because am quite confuse when people use it for point of reference as most people actually use it as someone who knows how to encure steady winning on his gambling habits while others use it as someone who knows when to stop and don't get me wrong someone can actually be good at winning and still don't know when to stop or control when to play his gambler. Just curious on the category of the said particular person.

That's right.

Your loneliness trying to find something to do that can fill up and remove it temporarily. That's why in gambling, there are many lonely people if you ask them that they're doing it for recreation.

But when the time is due and they don't notice the effect of it, they're doing much to the point that they're noticing themselves that they suffer from addiction.

Someone will do things they usually do when they are lonely, if they are gamblers they will spend their free time gambling even though they don't want to gamble but they have no other option to look for outside activities, but if they can avoid addiction and gamble responsibly then I think it's not a problem if they want to use their lonely time to gamble, but the context of the substance of the topic will be very different because he is lonely after being left by his partner and he has time to gamble with a limit of $500 a day for gambling, but if he is a rich person then the limit $500 to gamble is not a problem for him and they also gamble carefully to avoid the risk of high losses.

Why not choose other stuff, not gambling? He had chosen to gamble because he thought that this would be the solution to the problem but he never knew the consequences awaited him. Apparently, there is nothing wrong with gambling but at least, we also know how to control ourselves. Even if you are looking for something that fills the emptiness of your life and see gambling but you can still manage yourself, addiction is not possible. All of these things are manageable, unfortunately, most of us choose not to do it instead, we let our emotions control our minds and end up in the worst scenario which is addiction. 

I think he is depress and found a way to at least continue his life by gambling, everyone has their own way to cope up when their down or at their lowest point in life.
Maybe he needs other form of activity to make his life better or find other things that would keep him busy.
Hang out with friends or have a walk to clear up his mind, exercise and try to build a better future for his own.

But still ends up on ruining everything on which if you are really that drinking to forget those problems but on the next day you would really be able to feel it again and it would really be just that on the same story again or cycle on which you would be doing it again and again until you break down and this is something that we must avoid. There are indeed people who do really failed up on controlling up their emotions and making use of their minds on what are the things that must do. People are really that different when it comes to thinking and their mindsets on which there are really moments or situations in life on which we do really have those kind of breakdown on the time that it would be happening. This is why we are really finding ourself for something on which we could be able to
forget at least those painful situations.

I agree with you, I know a friend who is in the same situation as them, the only difference is that my friend really gambled before, he really controlled himself when he gambled. When his wife and son left him, he poured all his time into gambling and drinking alcohol to forget, to get rid of the pain he felt, to avoid thinking that he was left alone by his wife.

So I don't believe that being addicted to gambling depends only on a person's personality, he used to be responsible when it came to gambling but his loneliness changed that.

Yes, loneliness can make one a gambling addict. Loneliness can make one become addicted to other things like drugs, alcohol, sex, and masturbation, so it's the same thing with gambling.

When you're lonely and unhappy, you begin to look for things to fill up your time and reduce the sadness. This happens subconsciously most times because you don't make a conscious effort to look for these things, it's just what your mind wants.

All the above fun activities you both mentioned can be achieved with the help of someone else, who the addict loves or interacts with about his gambling problem. Most of the time the gambler would suffer internally, and wouldn't want to share his problems with other people around him. They have this fear that keeps them deep into trouble and they'll start asking themselves questions like: would he be able to help me since I can't help myself? Will he blame me like everyone else did? Such a question puts the addict in a tough condition of whether to talk or remain with his problem. Mind you, these thoughts don't change the gambler by any means. While he battles with telling people, he still gambles and indulges in gambling-related activities, outside his will. So, a gambler who is privileged enough to understand this quickly can get such help, and save himself from addiction. But, truthfully, not all addicted gamblers would have friends or relatives who are kind enough to help them change.

His fears may later happen, the questions he asked himself earlier, could be true. The people he talked to wouldn't be able to help or they'll blame him for his problems. Therefore the discrimination could serve as a nitro to help the gambler move to a more crucial level of gambling addiction. We expect to see lots of suffering addicted players, due to the challenges from loved ones. I do commend gamblers who got help from their loved ones, as very lucky. It could be the person's girlfriend or brother. The only help the addict wants is for a different body to push him out of gambling addiction. Engaging in fun games can be a fast means of restoring an addicted gambler to think of a different game outside of gambling. However, he still needs supervision from his friend to keep to the promise of not moving back to gambling. Cross-addiction is very hard in gambling addiction. Hence, players need to be wary of it, as not everyone has kind, loving relatives or friends.

To tell you the truth, there are people whom I know who are gambling addicts or are very close to it. Some of them are married and have families and  some of them live alone. So, in my experience, there is no direct correlation between gambling addiction and loneliness. It depends on the type of person more. Just my 2c.

This depends on the gambler in question, if a responsible gambler is lonely, I don't think that he will see gambling as something that will free him from loneliness. Why I said this is because a discipline gamble will have his time limit that he uses to gamble and as long he is gambling on his lonely time, he will stop gambling was his time limited is over.

It is a gambler that cannot control his gambling activities that will use his loneliness as an excuse to game all through and we all know that gamblers that cannot discipline themselves will end up becoming an addict through any means, either by chasing his loss or passing away time with gambling. If you are lonely, go and chill with your friends or go to the cinema and enjoy yourself but not with gambling.

When a person feels alone it is hard for him to leave the casinos, because if he feels that there he can find company and the worst thing that can occur to him, some machines, a place that has great money is not going to replace people, nor will it like that, there will always be things that you have to do to be able to generate more things to be calm, but not in a casino, because there will be the prisoner that if you win or if you lose money, if a person goes to a casino and is bad, It's a bad combination, because basically what you're doing is looking for some affection through a site and even worse giving money to risk, and if the person has little money it's even worse, so you don't have to think about inventing, yes A person is alone, they feel very alone, what they should do is look for another person to comfort themselves by talking, or by participating in activities, go shopping, but giving in to the casino, or alcohol or something like that, is a very bad idea, I really don't agree with that.

A person, for example, if it is a woman, it is easier, women usually entertain themselves by going to the shopping center, looking at clothes, they are capable of spending hours and hours trying on clothes to be happy, or eating ice cream, something like that, also if they have friends, it's a way out, but they go out with a man, they have dinner, they have fun in a different way and always when they feel alone, they can go like that, it's a way of not feeling alone, a man also has these options, he just can do things like do sports, play soccer, by playing soccer you will meet a lot of friends, you can join a club so you can go to meetings or something like that, the idea is that you can generate something other than spending money in a casino, Because that is wrong, because a person can't be there all the time, they have to do something to generate money and not spend, that's what I see, they can do more things and not feel alone.

to enjoy long-term interests they must avoid undesirable things such as gambling addiction, this must be avoided as best as possible so that it doesn't happen and doesn't destroy the life they live, as best as possible we don't choose gambling as an escape when we are lonely because even though we have Limitations in gambling do not rule out the possibility of becoming addicted because everyone has a changeable nature and is easily tempted, and with a strong temptation to gamble, it is difficult to resist it.

someone who is lonely and takes the action of gambling can have an impact on their finances which could also lead to their savings being used up if they cannot control themselves well, because gambling itself has an attraction that is difficult to resist, especially for people who easily If you are interested, then it is likely that they will easily be attracted to gambling which can drain their money.

Don't make it addection take it as a entanglement purpus. Because making it as additional and move on from loneliness it will create financial disaster in your life. Because this addection make you life hell. Because your are trying to move on from loneliness but this type of move on make you happy for sometime but slowly slowly it will distroy your life. So find another way for move on don't select gambling.

Yes, that's true because by looking for friends around us, we can have friends to chat with and share activities with so we can fill our days doing various activities. Maybe we can also find a new hobby that has nothing to do with gambling so that we will avoid the desire to gamble. If we gamble, especially without self-control, we can get deeper into gambling and become addicted. By having a new hobby, our minds will not be influenced by anything, including wanting to gamble because our days are busy with various activities that can keep us busy.

And we indeed have to be consistent in carrying out new activities or hobbies so that we can prevent thoughts of gambling. Moreover, with us doing various kinds of activities, we will not have the desire to gamble. That will enable us to enjoy life well because gambling is not important to us. And who knows, we could have a way to make money from what we do so that we don't lose money and can earn money. And later we can develop it even bigger to make even more money.

Yes, that's how we are when we are alone. We try to find a way that suits us and can do something that will keep us busy. By gambling, we can experience various kinds of problems, especially if we cannot control ourselves well, especially since many people have lost control after gambling. Those who were initially able to manage their time well lost most of their money because they didn't have good self-control. They forget that gambling is just for fun and forget about the problems they are facing for a while.

We must open ourselves up to accept other people who want to invite us to do something. They may want to prevent us from problems that can arise because we gamble and we should also be able to think clearly that by doing other things, we will not get too deep into gambling. We can enjoy gambling as it is and have no desire to win the gambling game. We must know how to get rid of boredom when we are alone so we don't fall into gambling without good self-control.

I say it's true. Gambling is pretty much the last resort of anyone I know who haven't been able to see people or touch grass in a while, especially during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Boredom will be the reason why people will look out for ways to have fun and to maybe entertain themselves for a bit before they get back to the real world, and when they can't find a good way to do so they resort to gambling cause out of all things, it's the most accessible one and to top it all off, you don't have to do it with your friends to be invested in it too.

Now as time passes by and you become even more engorged into the gambling world you probably have already accumulated losses enough to make a man cry, but since no one's really out there to look out for your ass you're going to be in a deeper mire than you were in initially, and that is why people become addicted. They get bored, they can't find company, they lose themselves to gambling because they kept chasing wins which will never come, and they become addicted to it.