Topic: Gambling and it effects - page 3. (Read 1738 times)

One thing I have tried to realize myself is that most of those who are gamblers consider gambling as a source of income. Moreover, when gamblers increase their profits by winning a few wins, they increase their bankroll without spending their profits for more income. Their greed slowly grew until at some point they lost their money in gambling. Gambling involves the possibility of both winning and losing money, so the gamblers' income and expenses do not reflect their true income. But the bottom line is that we can never call this uncertain income as a source of income. A person's downfall begins when he or she continues to consider gambling as a source of income.

What a strange thought it is to think about how deeply gambling affects the mind. When someone starts to depend on gambling for their very survival, it stops being about winning or losing and starts being about the high. Drug abusers chase the same dopamine. You brought up a scary thought: the worst part of gambling addiction is that people may do bad things. Its like a chain reaction; where does it end once you start falling down that rabbit hole?

And now for some smart gambling - what a funny thing! In order to walk that balance, only a few people are disciplined and brave at the same time. But will they ever really be free? The game can make even the most controlled person want to give in. Its  between wanting something and not wanting it. Who is in charge and who is following? They are interested in the unknown future because they dont know what random thoughts or feelings might lead them back to gambling. Can the mind ever really be free from the chains of the past?

Agree with this.

Gambling is not meant to be a main source of income. Sure, it can be a sideline to your main job to earn a considerable amount, but it will be hard to make it as your means of survival without losing so much as you are winning. Additionally, it is a risky job too. It isn't and won't be labeled as stable job because of the risks it possess. There's no guaranteed win. You can only hope for the best whenever you bet and play on luck-based games, then use your knowledge together with praying for the odds for sportsbetting games. Meaning the earnings won't be guaranteed and you could end up having none after your bet or play. Comparing this to having a business or a corporate job to catch you every payday, it's really not worth the risk and time most specially if you have mouths to feed and bills to pay.

Choose the right choice, look for another means of income and then gamble at your free time, mostly do it for fun and not like your survival depends on it. Gambling have its own effects, we lose and gain, that's a normal thing but winning comes with its own negative effects, we tend to have hope of profits from the system, persuading us to anticipate in gambling daily. We can't depend on gambling as streams of incomes, it's done in that way. Gambling is unreliable and often doesn't produce the results we expected, but looking for good jobs that can pay our bills, atleast end of the month, we expects some good figures reading in our bank accounts.

Those who are already heavily addicted to gambling and have damaged their mindset because they only prioritize gambling no matter what they will continue to gamble because that's what makes them happy even though they often lose. Just like drugs, with addictions like this I make sure they will find it difficult to leave gambling and it is certain that their future will also be damaged due to gambling addiction. Criminal acts that they will commit when they are at the lowest point of gambling addiction. Of course this will harm themselves and others. So it's true what you said about the importance of telling them the bad effects of gambling.

Gambling wisely is only done by a few people. Because most of those who gamble never think about the future they gamble only on principles that are unlikely to happen or even impossible to get. It's true what you said even though those who managed to stop playing gambling occasionally will definitely have a feeling of wanting to return to gambling. I won't know what they will do but what are the chances that they will return to gambling or not at all? no one knows what people's thoughts will be in the future.

If people continue to use gambling as a job opportunity, they will not be successful, at least for most of them. They will only experience disappointment and may also experience prolonged frustration because what they do cannot produce the results they want. But if they are willing to look for other ways to find work, they may have a better chance of making money because if they can get a job, that means they can get a salary. And this salary can be used for many things, including meeting his living needs. We may have seen the effects of gambling from what we experienced, namely losing money at the gambling table, and we also couldn't recover the loss even if we tried. It will only increase the number of losses so that we will be even more frustrated. So forget about wanting to recover those losses. Otherwise, you will experience more severe effects from gambling that you may not be able to accept.

That way their daily lives will be miserable or difficult from an economic and financial perspective because they are in debt here and there because they have borrowed capital to return to gambling with winnings that are not in their favor. There have been many incidents that you said, crimes were committed on the basis of gambling addiction, if for people who just want to gamble, you can do what you said by educating them about the harmful effects of gambling which will make them addicted and harm themselves, but for those who are already playing (addicts) we can advise them slowly so that they can leave this bad addiction, although it is difficult but maybe we should advise them, if they insist on gambling, let them alone until they feel satisfied or feel they have lost everything because they themselves must be aware.

Even though they lose in gambling and always lose but there will definitely be a win, but it needs to be underlined that the winnings they get are only to attract them deeper into gambling because the bookie also doesn't want to lose so they give a little win to convince the players with the winnings they will get. Those who have been consumed by gambling may not think of anything else or even open a business too. Because they are convinced that gambling will give them victory and change their lives.

Tell this to people who have come to the conclusion that gambling is now an employment opportunity that regular income can be earned from. Gambling for an increase in your income is definitely a wrong approach and it would only increase your dependency on gambling in order to acquire more income.
Addiction creeps in slowly and without the individual realizing it, he’s already languishing in addiction and then it would be difficult to recover from. When the money to be made is foremost in your mind, then the entertainment purposes is quickly forgotten.

Gambling addiction is indeed difficult to cure, just like drug addiction, it requires someone who supports them to be able to stop, but my definition above is "using gambling wisely without having to stop" doesn't mean we do it continuously but do it occasionally and doesn't mean it stops completely, right? ?? This is very difficult for someone who is familiar with gambling and can stop it completely, we will definitely one day be tempted to do it again.
Using gambling wisely means we have to be good at allocating time and finances well and responsibly.

Yes, every gambler is different even if they watch that kind of video or documentary if they don't want to be awaked by the fact that they only dig themselves into misery brought by gambling. Good for you, you controlled yourself before it's too late, which is a good indication that you are a responsible person and have a care for your future. I once experienced being a gambling addict, but at some point when I woke up from my addiction noticed that everything around me was slowly fading, even my future. That's why. changed and controlled myself before it too late to change. Everyone has the chance to change, but it depends if they will allow that to happen or if they can control themselves. As much as we want to help others, but if they don't want to help themselves, then we can't do anything about that, so I hope gamblers will change.

Gambling for financial increase has always been the wrong approach to gambling because bit only increase your despiration and reduce how logical you think and manage your fund, you become reckless with your stakes and risk, most times you forget the entertainment that comes with gambling.

When you become addicted you tend to do Crazy things to be able to facilitate your gambling and this can cause some level of stereotyping by people around which will result from them know about your gambling habit because they will always think soon you will be indulging in unhealthy habits which will be detrimental to them thereby reducing your circle aswell

I’m sure that such people simply haven’t seen documentary programs about gamblers in which they tell their story about how they lost all their money and gained a lot of loans that they don’t know how to pay back. I watch such videos regularly, and this allows me to control myself and not continue to place bets without stopping. I have learned to place only a few bets, which is enough for me, and to get great pleasure from it. I would like addicted people to also be able to achieve this, but at the same time I understand that we are different.

Going into gambling because of financial increase will make you to experience some things that will make you to hate gambling, because you take it as something that will make you wealthy in the future. I know many gamblers make huge amount of money from gambling but they didn't put all their hope like the way some some people are looking for way to loan money just to gamble to win some certain amount of money which, it will lead them to prison when they fail to pay back the money.

Gambling will make you to run away from your family when you don't apply wisdom, and you are addicted to it because it can push you to sell anything sellable in the house that will make you to disappear for a while and return back home to apologize for such attitude.

Gambler never hears the advice of anyone and when they loss their all money then they beg in front of others for money to continues the process of their gambling but in such way they continously loss money and finally they get involved in criminal activities. I think instead of teaching individuals about gambling we should initiate educating people about the harmful effects of gambling so may be many of them take help from watching videos and stop gambling.

It's Easy to say that if individuals learned about gambling then they will perform better but the things which is forbidden for everyone cannot be beneficial for anyone. By learning gambling they will win for only sometimes but they cannot be successful in gambling as it is full of risk and depends on luck and everyone knows that luck never remains good always in every field. Instead of wasting money in gambling initiate your business and learn about the business idea so it will be beneficial for you as well as for whole society.

As far as I know, both gambling and drugs if excessive will be bad for you. Many gamblers can avoid addiction as well as drugs because they can control themselves and what they do is just for entertainment. What I mean by entertainment is that it doesn't mean wasting money at the gambling table, but they gamble with full calculations and strategies, and of course they can control their money. Drugs are also like that, people use drugs if they are too overdosed, it will have bad consequences for their health.

So in my opinion, in order not to fall into the path of addiction, it is important to first change your mindset and goals for playing gambling, because of what? If you intend to do it as a job, you should stop, because gambling is not a job but a game to entertain yourself. Winning or losing, we can control our emotions.

It's unfortunate that you had to experience going into hellhole before fully understanding the consequences of gambling.

Gambling isn't really an easy way out of poverty. It could even lead you into poverty for making rush, impulsive, and wrong decisions. Gambling requires being responsible, disciplined, and financial literate. If you are underage, most probably you are still not earning on your own, therefor you can't be responsible for your own finances, and rather is still dependent on your parents or guardian, which I think is enough basis to not let you engage in any gambling activities. Gambling requires money after all. If you can't provide and look after yourself, then do not gamble - easy as that. However, many people tend to ignore this, which results to being buried with pile of debts later on because of their gambling habits. It's sad, but this is the reality. As long as someone do not experience the hardships and the challenges related to betting and playing, they will never learn. Hopefully though the generation today will be smarter and wiser in making judgments to avoid experiencing the same mistake that could leave them destroyed in the end.

Yes, we need to be wise in gambling. I have witnessed many people with decisive personalities and firm stances in life. But when they gamble, they become addicted like everyone else. One reason to avoid gambling addiction is another factor. I compare gambling to drugs. Addiction will still cling and torment even those with a strong stance. So, what factors help players not go down the path of addiction?

But, for beginners they are quite difficult to apply. I'm not a pro gambler and feel that way. even though I try to realize that losing will always be losing, no matter how much balance we have, it will definitely run out. However, the emotions of beginners like me are often trapped by the desire to win and achieve loss cover. Even though I share a variety of advice now, in the past I was often eager to win and that was very bad.

There is no denying the sadness in the story you tell. When people become addicted to gambling, they give up their stable means of income and dive headfirst into the risky world of gambling. Its risky to go from having a steady job to gaming as your full-time job. As their savings run out, they become desperate and do things they would never have thought of before. Taking someone's own child hostage for money is an extreme but clear example of how far someone's gaming addiction can push them.

You do, however, make a good point when you say that some players are able to control themselves and save money for future games. This contrast between total panic and a sense of relative control is interesting and should be looked into more. So, the question is: what makes these two groups different, and how can treatments be made to fit each?

It is very difficult for an addicted gambler to recover I agree because if pressure is applied to a gambler to quit gambling he will become angrier. Therefore it should be left to the individual's own will prepare yourself by trying to understand the various harmful aspects of gambling addiction. An addicted person is not in control and in most cases does not want to think about it or remember it. Instead of this habit you have to prepare yourself by analyzing the symptoms or the reasons behind the harmful effects.