Topic: Gambling as an escape - page 10. (Read 2432 times)

I didn't check if which country you guys are in but if I were to guess, you are someone/somewhere from Asia? IDK but this is the first country or continent that came into my head after reading the context but is the activity really didn't exist in other parts of the world? I mean it doesn't sound weird you know and it was fun in fact because there are gambling and then people or our relatives gather around. It makes us forgot the sad part that happened to the person that just died.

There must also be snacks that are being served from time to time, which makes it even better. It is like the experience is the same as playing gambling on the real casino, hehe. Yeah right, even me, I don't see this as a belief but more like a tradition.

Gambling really can help a person because they can also earn money on it if they win and it is a big help to the family of those who died if ever they are poor. Even if they didn't engage in the activity, they still can get a donation as you said or some kind of a fee for offering a service (e.g. table, chair, card, etc..) to other players. The poor family can as well asked a donation to their local government. Cremation is another method for a dead body but I actually think they are more formal, private, or expensive. Usually rich people are doing this.

The main reason why a gambler ends up addicted is because from the start they misunderstand and respond to what and how gambling really is, the biggest trigger is because they make winning a priority or main goal in gambling and as we know that when we talk about money then usually greed will always be an action that is difficult to ignore, everyone likes money and that is the reason why they always act excessively, but their biggest mistake is that they do not understand that gambling is not a place to earn income or not a place to solve financial problems so that in the end they become addicted.

So this is the reason why gambling must be done based on the right understanding and knowledge, in the sense that at least you must know that winning in gambling is uncertain or meaning there is no guarantee that you will always be able to win, so I think you will not be too brave to act excessively

It is difficult to answer your question... If a person is in great grief, then perhaps he has the right to try to soften the severity of the loss of a loved one by gambling.

If this helps him to distract himself at least a little, then it will be good. Gambling is a game based on the mathematical theory of probability. In itself, it does not associate with either joy or sadness. You can gamble and experience sad emotions.

And in my opinion, gambling at a funeral is not capable of insulting the memory of the deceased. In addition, if a person gambles only to reduce the feeling of grief, then it is unlikely that he will develop a gambling addiction.

If you use gambling as an escape to relieve stress, believe me, this is not a good solution. In the short term, maybe yes. But in the long term, gambling will only make you more stressed.

I have experienced this phase, where I used gambling as an escape when I was sad, when I was stressed because of a certain problem, and it turned out that gambling did not really eliminate the sadness and stress that I was experiencing. It only lasted temporarily. When the gambling ended and I experienced a loss, especially if the loss was big, what made me sad and stressed came back, even making me even more depressed because it was accompanied by regret for having spent a lot of money on gambling. Losing a lot of money that I was not ready to bear. so that made me feel even more unable to face the sadness and stress that I was facing.

And therefore when we are sad or stressed, it would be wiser to divert to more positive activities, such as hanging out with friends or going on vacation to a place that we like. Although this cannot eliminate the sadness and stress experienced, at least doing this will make us fresher and stronger to face the sadness and stress experienced.

In fact, when a gambler gambles, if he gambles excessively, it becomes an addiction, but if he gambles in a limited and controlled manner, it is limited to entertainment. The main reason most gamblers become addicted to gambling is because they gamble uncontrollably. And They become over-addicted to gambling due to excessive greed, and gamble more money than they can afford, and slowly spiral into disaster and eventually lose everything. So we have to put a certain limit on gambling, and see gambling only as entertainment, only then we can stay away from its addiction.

I don't understand how gambling can be a solution for them to relieve sadness or stress, because when they gamble and then lose when they are in a very bad mood like that, then of course when they lose it will have a bad impact. But, if they really gamble in a situation like that and are okay when they lose, then it seems like gambling is a solution for them  to get back to having fun or getting back to a good mood because of gambling, regardless of the outcome. Because for me, it's hard to gamble in a situation like that in sadness and also in stress, because that's a very bad mood to start gambling.

When we hear some people telling us that gambling has been an escape route for them out of some ugly situations in life, then we don't have to look for more evidence on these because truly, gambling has been a life saver on many, we should forget about those that have not been making it through gambling, its because they lack the ability of doing the right thing as a gambler.

Which started out as a place for entertainment but then when it got a big profit at the beginning it turned into a job that could make a lot of money quickly.

But when it is done continuously without any restrictions, there will be more defeats.
It all depends on how people are going to gamble, I myself will probably just use it as entertainment and nothing more.

But for people who are too addicted and hope for a big win, they will do anything to get that big win.
So the original goal as entertainment turned into a place to hope for a big victory.

I have never seen a case where people can rejoice when an old man dies without feeling sorry for him.  I don't know which country you live in and which is your area.  But I think this should not be the case.  When a person dies from the world he must be mourned.  If you do this then when you die your words will also happen and someone will mourn for you. No worldly power and integrity will hart someone on your behalf at the time of your death

Yes, it is like that, but when they decide to make gambling an escape, a place to relieve stress from all the problems and events experienced. Then they must be ready for all the consequences that arise. And the fact is that it is very unfortunate that most of them are not ready for the consequences that arise from this behavior, so that in the end it will only cause losses and have a bad impact on both themselves and those around them.


Yes, we can imagine that gambling in a conscious state can cause losses and often ends in defeat. Moreover, if we gamble in a state of stress or under the influence of alcohol, in an uncontrolled state, this will only result in greater losses. Gambling is about luck that we never know.

Caution is very necessary in the gambling environment because if you act wrongly the results can be fatal and not only that, caution is also useful in our daily activities.
In accordance with the tread above, namely gambling as an escape, in my personal opinion, there have been many people who feel bored and confused about their daily lives that are not in accordance with their expectations, they will turn to find new activities that can entertain themselves, namely using shortcuts by going to a casino to find pleasure there, but then whether the person can control himself or not depends on each individual.

Having goals in gambling really needs more things to avoids the problem because we don't know when we lose control. Besides that, when we are stress and playing gambling, that can attract more negative feeling when we lose the money. We may attract to spend more money to recover our losses and that will not guarantee we can win. But yes, I agree that we must be able to manage ourselves in gambling. so we don't lose more money and can prevents the regret's feeling.

You need to be careful when you are playing gambling when you sad or bored and needs to manage your control. You will never know when you can still control yourself and when you lose that control.

IMO, gambling can be enjoyable for some while worsening addiction for others. With proper financial management, I think gambling can be a fun escape like, for example, to increase the excitement of an eSports tournament like league of legends. I like to bet on my favorite team, and it makes watching more exciting. But from a different perspective, if your goal is to profit from betting on the stronger team and they lose, it can be frustrating. So this kind of escape can have negative effects if there’s no discipline, leading to financial issues and an addiction that can be hard to stop.

Tbh, people think they’re having fun, but afterward, they often take out their frustrations on their family at home because they lost a lot.

..and that’s where some broken families begin.

That's what is really important to have control over ourselves, because once it really comes to the point where we can no longer control ourselves, that means we are already controlled by the addiction that has formed in our character as a gambler.

Maybe if there is anyone else who can relieve stress by playing gambling, maybe they know how to control themselves when they play gambling, because maybe they won't
do it again and again if they know they don't have self-control called .

Yes maybe some people have other goals in gambling, they have differences in responding to gambling as an entertainment place to entertain themselves from sadness in their lives, and I don't think it is a problem to consider what kind of gambling, but the most important thing is to be able to manage themselves in gambling in order You should not overdo it and lose more money in gambling so to torture yourself.

I also gamble when sad and sometimes bored, and it is nothing more than eliminating it with the financial arrangements that have been made, and after that I returned to do my normal activities to continue life.

The fact is that it is, but what happens is the opposite and people try to find escape when they are having a hard time in life in drugs, gambling and alcohol. This is why people must have control because when they are having a hard time in life and they try to do something bad it will have a much worse impact.

It is difficult to deal with all three of these things if someone does not have control, especially if they are connected to all three because of the reason for the escape caused by the difficulties in life. There is no peace and no pleasure that can save them if that is the reason they are involved in these three things.

Gambling is hardly used as a mechanism for overcoming negative emotions (breakups, loss of loved ones). It is more like an attempt to escape from the "problem" in the form of refocusing on another type of activity. In other words, a person "runs away" from negative emotions in search of positive ones (a portion of pleasure and anticipation), which gambling gives (with an amendment, if there are victories).

Gamblers also see gambling as an attempt to escape from the "problem" of lack of money.

Of course, it is more useful, but more difficult and painful. Few people want to experience emotional pain.

This also works in gambling: the gambler is thrown from one emotion to another (win - loss). Defeat causes negative emotions, which you want to get rid of, which further spurs the desire to get positive emotions (win). The gambler, as a result, finds himself in a trap between these emotional states, which in turn plays into the pockets hands of the casino owners. That is why, if you get carried away with gambling, you need to do it without emotion, with cold calculation, and then it can bring a certain benefit (financial).

Not at all, but any gambler finds himself disconnected from the real world during the gameplay, because all his attention is focused only on these action.

Actually this is really that indeed common or really that something which is really that happening because there are some places or countries on which this had become that a cultural part or approach whenever there's some funeral. Most of those who do gambler are either from the relatives or to those unconnected people who do go into the funeral. It isnt something that relieving out such stress but rather
they will really be that trying out to deal up with something that they could make money into. Pretty sure that most of those people that making up some bets are really just that doing for the sake of making money
and not really that focusing too much on mourning into someone who dies. Its not that shocking anymore on which there would really be those who do just go into the venue and really just that finding for someone that they could play with and make money with it. Also, this isnt really just that pertaining about making money with gambling but also there are those who do really want to go into these funeral just to have those snacks and able to eat somehow into those what been offered. It is really just that shameful because funeral should be pertaining about mourning and not doing something such as this because this is really a party or happy gathering but instead there's someone whose dead. Somehow there's nothing we can do or change if they will really be having this kind of approach or cultural thing and we do know that each part of the world
would be having their own behavior or activity into things.

It is undeniable that gambling is often our outlet in overcoming stress, maybe some of we can still control the limits of gambling as a form of entertainment, but we also cannot deny that there are some of us who are actually trapped in this entertainment which in the end becomes addicted, so that those who seek escape from stress and life pressure through gambling in the end they will only add to the burden of their lives, gambling can actually be a form of entertainment if it can be controlled but gambling can also become a problem if a person starts to lose control and spend more time and money than they can afford, and this can have a negative impact on personal and family life.

Gambling for fun can be a basis for evaluating your earnings with trends over time. If you look at gambling as a means of making money it can take you a lot of time to make room for the addiction and family. By evaluating the time a gambler can take advantage of his earned money he must realize that he is gambling for fun and if the income comes through consider it as a means of extra income and it is a temporary means. Later on he emphasizes on the tendency to gradually win by adopting strategy in each bet.

Do not run away from gambling but correct yourself through self-realization so that you do not have to repent. Also every gambling game and betting should have a review based on strategy and experience.