Topic: Don't gamble when depressed - page 2. (Read 411 times)

Gambling under depression or when depressed can be very bad. I know that feeling when we gamble with depression and when we gamblewith a free mind or stable mind. If I am to gamble, I will do it when I am less busy and free from depression because dippresion sometimes will make you to select some games we dont expect to select.

Something productive like what? Don't you know that during depression most people tend to find an escape in gambling or in alcohol? This happens often. That's why it's not too good to avoid anyone suffering depression. We should be getting close to them once we identify what they're going through. That state where the mind is distabilized isn't one anyone wants to experience.

That's the right thing to do ideally, to steer off,  but is that realistic? I asked because most people find it appealing to gamble when they're stressed, bored or angry.

Depression is just an emotion. Any gambler who can control his emotion can control depression. It is a compulsory that every gamble must know how to control his/her emotion, although people are most concerned about anxiety. While anxiety seems to be one type of emotions that many persons cant control other emotions like depressions and others are also something to be dealt with.

Exactly. Emotions dont determine if we lose or we win. It only pushes for gamblers to make impulsive decisions. However impulsive decisions can lead to addictions and so many consequences. Lets be guided too.

When the mood is good, that's when a good time to gamble. Gambling is prohibited when emotions are unstable because it has an effect on things that make people vulnerable to disadvantages.
Not only when depression, gambling is also not good to do by people who experience certain diseases. Gambling is something that is done by normal people from all aspects, from economic aspects to psychological aspects.
Actually this discussion is familiar to me crossed the forum.

The title of this thread is misleading and means direct opposites of what we should be saying here, although I don't blame the newbies since he may have failed to understand the fundamental purpose of gambling.

Most time some of them take gambling to mean real business and not fun, but in the real sense, gambling is for entertainment and that when you are depressed gambling for entertainment can get you off that mood.

Having a low budget for gambling can help you avoid overthinking when and if the game goes against you at some point.

First, you should know that everyone is not the same and some persons are not gambling for profit, those that are gambling for the aim of making profit in order to make a living, they should not gamble when they are depressed but people that doesn't take gambling as a source of income can gamble even when they are depressed and they will not spend more than they budgeted and they will not also allow their losses to affect them.

A totally different thing on which at the time that you are losing money then depression do add up or keeps on piling up and this will really be that even more stressful. Just like on what others been saying that if you are really that being depressed by other things and been added up with other things as well then you will be that definitely be having that kind of even more depression and this is why its not really that recommended that you do really that make yourself dealing up with gambling if you are really that having that kind of mentality on which you will be trying out to gamble out because you are trying to release that depression on which instead on taking it away, it will be gotten even more worst.

Dont gamble when you are indeed depressed on which at the time that you will be losing then it will be that making things even more problematic. It is really that important that you should be that sensible into the actions that you are making because if you will be that too just numb on how things works then you will be finding it to be that giving out that negative impact. Just like on what others been saying that there are other activities on which you can really be able to deal with and you can ease out that depression and will be able to save it up instead on making it worst. People will really be having that kind of mentality on which they are believing that gambling could entertain them.

I highly agree, people who are depressed are not psychologically and emotionally stable.  Engaging in gambling while depressed can highly trigger an addiction.  A person who is depressed thinks that he is trying to escape his situation but unknowingly trapping himself into addiction.

Besides the mind being numb because of depression, a person may not have a feeling of control over his decision and may possibly gamble more than what he can afford to lose and may not feel the lost until later when he recollected his thoughts.  This is the same thing as engaging in gambling while drunk or intoxicated, except that being depressed has a consequence of relying to gambling more to escape thus resulting to continuous gambling that may lead to gambling addiction.


I think gambling does not decrease depression.  It is only a short-term distraction but in reality the depression is still there.  Gambling may relieve stress but stress and depression are two different thing.  One need to fix the source of depression in order to decrease it, while gambling can't fix the source of depresion, worst it can even make depression even worse due to financial losses that can lead to financial ruins which will add more burden to the person resulting to a deeper feeling of guilt and feeling of uselessnes.

It might decrease your depression if you keep winning in any fun games, but if you keep losing without winning, it might spike your depression higher. That is not a good solution for depression.

However, like your said it still depends on what game you play, and if you are not alone playing the game, sometimes you can enjoy the game without the taste of winning. If you play with your friends or close family, it may help to minimize your depression because what you need in this situation is someone with a good listener to your problem or the reason you became depressed. Discussing with someone while gambling will help minimize your depressions.

On the contrary, it doesn't mean you won't lose your money if you gamble while been happy, or neither not win if you gamble while you are depressed and lucky enough to hit a jackpot, but what  O.P and we are trying to point out here is the chance of you been carried away while gambling in a depressed state is very high, of which we all know there are 3 distinctive moments a person can easily get carried away while engaging in any activity, such as when you are drunk, Over happy or depressed, since in that state, your level of dopamine, (i.e a feel good hormones) responsible for the creation and transmission of a sense of pleasure and satisfaction to the brain. Because anybody can get lucky anytime, it doesn't matter of you are happy or not.

How about the concept considers gambling for fun and entertainment i think we have been discuss about this plenty although this is not generally but for some people by doing a gamble it can makes their level of depression decreases so usually these people are not aiming to win from gambling because what they want are enjoyed their gambling activities so losing a few dollars in gambling is fine for these people as long as they can forget about their problems when gambling

Then when should one gamble, under moderate emotions? What can be called moderate emotions, when one is not too happy and not too sad at the same time, is that what you actually mean?

Anyways, it's important to know yourself and what makes you think about gambling when some certain emotions rise in you, some people picks up their funds and deposit it into their betting account whenever they are bored, alone and get themselves busy predicting. Boredom is a situations that get you to start thinking and doing about what you are addicted to, that's why it's always best to distract yourself from boredom because you can start doing whatever you were running away from.

It sounds very strange to me that people will prefer to gamble just to ease depression or forget about a troubling situation they might have found themselves because it's almost similar to someone who drinks alcohol to stupor just because they want to ease their stress or forget about an ugly condition because it will instead worsten the situation than proffer solutions. How can someone even think of using gambling as an escape from anger or depression when they know that in the quest of staking bets, they can be unlucky and lose a lot of money such that when they realize who much they have lost already, it can even send them to more depressed state. No matter how you tend to position your mindset on what will ease tension in you while depressed, gambling at that material time should not be used as an escape route.

Seeing your experience is indeed not a good thing for our development in gambling, choosing to gamble when we are having problems will make what we do become something bad or have bad output, let alone talking about gambling which easily provokes our emotions or psychology, doing work can also result in poor performance when we are depressed, therefore, do not gamble at all when our condition has problems, whatever it is that makes us depressed, it is better to calm down first because that is the most effective solution than doing something that has a very large possibility of bad output.

Some people might think otherwise. When people see gambling as a source of entertainment it could be a mains to come out of depression. Some people might consume alcohol, watch sports games or even take a long work to overcome depression.

The only dangers of using gambling as an escape from the feeling of depression are over-gambling or losing chasing. Losing more than one can afford to bear might increase the depression. One might become more angry after a big loss. As long as the gambler can control his emotions and finances, gambling when depressed is recommended. At least it is better than consuming excessive alcohol, being violent or even considering suicide when depressed.

So, in what state should you gamble? In a neutral state? With cold calculation? But then it won't be entertainment anymore? It will become a kind of work: a continuous routine with only one goal to increase your deposit. After all, some gamblers play for the sake of enjoying the process, but what kind of fun can there be if you have to play focused and calculated. Of course, emotions will be unnecessary in achieving the goal (profit in gambling), but if you play to distract yourself from negative thoughts, can it be so bad? It seems to me that any activity can be "good" if you devote only some time to it (not full time) and only part of your deposit, as in the case of gambling. So the conclusion suggests itself that even with depression, you can devote a little time (and money) to gambling. You just don't need to have high expectations for the jackpot, but play for the sake of the process and fun. Because gambling is not only about losses, but also about wins, which can give positive emotions when this is not enough (during depression). The main thing is to set yourself a time limit and a deposit (for losing or winning).

Many games require focus, where to stand, the order of moves, in short, if you want to play a good game, you must be focused.
Since losing is not fun, it would be the best decision to avoid gambling or playing games during such tired or emotionally problematic periods.
I have experienced it a few times, I gambled when I was in a bad mood and my emotions got worse afterwards, so I conditioned myself to stay away from such an emotional moment, I am careful not to do it.

Anyone doing anything whenever they are depressed usually isn't in the right state of mind at that point because they will be blinded by their emotions to make decisions in a hurry without analyzing it properly whether it will favor them or not. That's the reason, why people are told not to do anything at the point when they are depressed, they should be allowed their bad mood to slide before doing anything.

Gambling when depressed doesn't usually lead to losses because you as a gambler will be after your losses, and your finances keep getting low and low without having money to save.

And why not its a coping mechanism? There's a saying we should gamble for fun and to be entertained, and casinos promote themselves as an entertainment platform, so its ok to gamble when you're depressed, stressed, or feel lonely as long as you are not trying to make money while gambling in depression and you're motivation is to ease up the depression you are feeling. Depression can be replaced by another feeling if we fully emerge from it.

Not to everyone, some people gamble better when they are depressed. Our emotions might have nothing to do with how we gamble, how and when we gamble can even become what to cheer us out from certain depression. Depressions at different level, majorly stress can be treated while gambling but financially dealing with depression becomes very wrong to gamble in such a state, the mind will be controlled by excessive want of profits and the gambler may not know how to control his emotions causing a more severe loss.

Drunkenness' is a whole different level, the gambler is totally not in control of his mind, what ever he does at that moment isn't important, everything he does are not coming from right senses and are unthoughtful, anyone high on any substance should avoid any activity that requires spending money.