Topic: Don't gamble when depressed - page 3. (Read 413 times)

When a person is depressed, he can decide to engage in any activity to lift his spirit and brighten his mood. I don't think gambling should be excluded from the list of those things one can do to be happy, as long as he would be gambling with a conscious mind and with a sense of responsibility. I only advocate that people do not gamble when they are drunk or in a very foul mood that would trigger them to make some decisions they would regret later.

People are different, so also what they are capable of. Anyone who makes impulsive decisions when depressed should not gamble. Those who can handle their emotions have no issues with gambling during this period.

Whether it is with gambling or any other things, don't do thing when you are at this state of being depressed. It will only result to trouble. Believe me, there's nothing good that will come out of it when you are out of your mind. So, it's much of a damage in gambling if someone is going to gamble at this state and likes to throw and burn money easily. Many cases are like that and many have foreseen how it goes when they're carefree and doesn't think correctly before they gamble. It feels that it's an actual gamble to them when they're already gambling with their money, it's an idiom.

Gambling when down/sad will make you lose more because any decisions you make that moment is based on your emotions. It's better to engage on productive activities instead of gambling when depressed or sad. A gambler that continues gambling when said or depressed will chase loss. If noticed you you are gambling excessively you seek for gamble advise before becomes to late.

It is true and I believe that when you gamble during depression you get emotional and it becomes very difficult to control yourself. When someone is not depressed, money management works in him and when money management is not working in him, no matter how rich he is, he will not be able to hold on to his wealth. Many people gambled during their depression and drunkenness and then they made huge losses. A gambler must always take care of these things if he does not want to suffer financially

The thing is that, when gambling we have to choose why we a gambling at first, wether we gamble to have fun and cure depression or gambling to make money out of it, because both have same applications in gambling, we can gamble to cure depression but at that point, we shouldn't aim at winning, but just to have fun, and other days we may choose to gamble to make additional money so that time we aim at winning and for that we have to be emotionally stable enough to make the right decision while gambling to make the money unlike fun where you just engage the games just to have fun.

For those who had been saying that gambling is really just that something that good for fun but we cant be able to deny that losing money is really that stressful and there's no way that you can be able to make yourself to enjoy when you are on a losing state and even if you are telling that you are doing gambling for fun but on the moment that you are on such condition then it will be that on different situation or condition that you are into. There's no way that you can be able to avoid on not to get stressed even on how experienced your are. Losing money is never been that enjoyable or entertaining and this is why on the time that you are on the verge of series of loses then you will be definitely becoming that impulsive.It is really just that normal since we are just humans and we do love money and once we do lose money then we do lose up that cool and emotion control. If you are stressed then gambling isnt the only way If you wanted to ease out that kind of stress then you can have other options like going to mall, doing shopping, doing some sports you do love or any other hobbies on which you do really wanted or something that you do interested into. Dont make gambling to be that thing that easing out that kind of stress because on the moment that you do lose money, then it might that making things even more worst and the bad thing is that you do end up on having some impulsive approach on which you might be ending up on spending up even more and losing even more and  that will be adding up in your overall stress and might be leading up into more serious emotional damage.

If you want to play gambling you must need to make sure that yourself is already ready with the things might happen, if play gambling that you are not have a self conscious possible you might commit a decision that you might gives you a regret because its just a one mistake that can ruin your life. Depression is a serious matter tons of people have a problem with that and we need to acknowledge so if you know someone has it better to stay away them here because its gambling there's a money involve and tons of people sees the gambler as entertainment and a figure of fun but this might gives them an addiction as part of their coping mechanism to their depression and gives more risk into them.

On the contrary, I can gamble, and sometimes I do when I'm depressed; the adrenaline rush pushes out the depression I'm feeling.
But I need to understand that I'm gambling not for money and only to forget what causes my depression. I agree that if you are gambling for money and you are depressed, that's the easiest way to lose your money, as it will cloud your judgement trying to win. Casinos are entertainment portals. If you are stressed, challenge yourself in a crash game and see the adrenaline rush that will make you forget your stress.

Losing a certain huge amount of money is capable of getting a player depressed. At the lowest rate of imagination gamblers also get weak over series of losses and the seight or knowledge of other gamers winning and they're not, which makes, some, to feel left behind. As regards to their thoughts and feelings they'll want to prove themselves worthy of hitting goals that may not be possible.

If the depression was as a result of lose of money in gambling their is no need for one to think of to gamble because if one is unlucky to win it can cause the state of depression to be even worse. If gambling is the cause why one is unhappy and depressed,  it is just advisable to quit gambling for the moment but if gambling is not the cause of one to be unhappy and depressed it is still possible for one to gamble.

We all are not the same, the way we all react to things may be in different ways, but we need to give attention to our emotions and to decide what to do. If we think gambling in depression or with emotions whether this feeling is caused by gambling or not and it will affect one or make things become worse if eventually one loses, it is better not to gamble with feeling of depression.

You can gamble at anytime because you have understand the scope of gambling, but a process whereby you don't understand the conditions of gambling you can be carried away, when you gamble with precaution you will not be depressed base on what I notice in the gambling, but a process whereby you gamble to to survive and you gamble with borrowed money it's conditions that make people to be depressed....and these always affects the new gamblers because what they had in mind to participate in gambling is to make wins....you're an experienced gamblers.

Gambling is stressful in most cases and it’s very hard to avoid that even if you are just having fun since any lose bet can give you mini stress that stacks as the losing streak line up badly.

I’m against on gambling when we are not emotional ready since gambling is a form of entertainment that has a side effect that can increase the depression if you experience worst on your casino games.

Gambling is perfect activity if you are just killing time or want to have fun because you are in the good mood.

well if you ask me about the perfect time to gamble, i can't really tell because most people will say they prefer gambling when they are depressed to ease their stress, and others don't like gambling when they are depressed, which is vise versa as the case may be. i will say each an every individual that gambles know the exact time that suits them. if you don't like gambling during depression then others will like it. for me i gamble at my free time .

When I stress, I choose not to playing gambling because that can makes me lose control easily. I prefer to take a rest or just sleep to relax myself and that is works good for me. Playing gambling when you are stress will just give a bad effect so you need to be careful.

Stress can make us unstable in emotion and can trigger the problem to comes to us. So if we feels tired or stress, it is better we calm down ourselves first and take a deep breath before we thinks.

If you depressed, you need to figure out how and why that happen to you so you can thinks and search for the ways to solve the problem. You can ask a help from people around you so they can search how to solve your problem. That will give you more chances to get the right.

I agree. But how strong are we as humans to control that emotion?

There's always the factor of a vengeful mentality and that's what most gambling places are targeting. They want you to be out of control so that you will gamble more until you deplete your wallet, your savings, and even the last penny that you have been saving because it's a rare one.
Those kinds of things do happen, pawning cars, houses, and titles, and some even sell their properties just to keep their gambling habit. So, a depressed person will have more reasons to do that because he has nothing to lose anymore.
I say a friend, a family member, or a relative should keep in touch with that person so he won't make decisions that ain't controllable anymore. You cannot tell a depress person to avoid gambling directly because he won't listen.

No matter how we try to argue it, because sometimes as human beings, we find it hard to accept the situation. Once we act like we are immune to it, knowing and unknowingly it's affecting our decision making. When you are in a losing streak, your emotions are bound to be on the downside and for whatever reasons, maybe from even your full time job or family or other things that happen, your emotions might be on the downside.

And when you bring it into gambling, there is a high possibility of shifting into irresponsible gambling. You see, I'd advice to take a pause, take a break because you are not thinking straight. Gambling is a game of luck, but when you go with messed emotions, you are bound to make more mistakes. So I will just advise that when you are feeling really down, just stay away. Till you you are thinking straight to play your games or make your best. Let's not self deceive.

I believe you are just saying this because you are not a gambler, because if you were, you would know that even if you are in your right state of mind, you can still make some rational decisions that would make you lose your bet and also chase your losses. Sometimes gambling when you are depressed can help you make decisions that would help you win your bet because at that point you will not be afraid to pick your favorite clubs to win, which can possibly work out for you. For you not to chase your losses, you need to have a gambling plan and stick to it whenever you want to gamble so that it will help you to know your limit and stop gambling when you have reached your limit. 

Gambling when you are depressed is not the right thing to do, because gambling is your comforter. If you try it, you will end up in addiction and worsen your situation. When you are depressed, you need someone to console you by talking to you. One should only gamble during your leisure time, because excessive gambling can lead to depression after several big losses.

It's quite psychological to chose bad options when you are emotionally unstable. We tend to make bad decisions in depression and gambling is not prone to it.
It's easy to say not to gamble during depression but it's not that easy to control ourselves during depression.
I have once been through depression but fortunately I was not much into gambling back then.
The only thing that helped me during depression was meditation as it calmed my mind which further helped me to recover from the depression faster.
I would advice everyone feeling depressed or sad to meditate daily and see it's benefits in days.

I agree, not only if you are depressed, also if you are sad or tired, anything other than being in as emotionally neutral a state as possible. And if you are a person who tends to get carried away by emotions, the best thing you can do is stay away from gambling.