Topic: Gambling as an escape - page 12. (Read 4114 times)

Well, sometimes I don't deny that I sometimes use gambling to temporarily forget about the problems I'm facing, because it gives me peace of mind so that I can somehow think properly.
I feel relieved when I do this even once in a while when the problem or problem I'm going through is quite heavy.

And I don't see anything wrong with that, even though I lose when I play gambling during the time that I have a problem that I am facing. That's fine with me, it is because the most
important is I can think properly and think the solution wisely.

You are certainly right and I do not recommend using a casino every day to relieve stress, as well as poker and of course betting. All these activities, when used so often, often cause addiction, and therefore I recommend playing on weekends, or even better, every two weeks. To relieve a small level of stress. If a person is incredibly tense every day after work, then only a change of job will help him.

Yes, I understand that there will always be pressure from every problem that is being faced by someone, which makes them think about looking for something else as an escape to calm their mind or to seek entertainment, but in this case of course I think gambling is not recommended as an escape, because as you might expect, there is a possibility that in the end this choice will cause new problems instead of solving the previous problem.

On the other hand, it is quite difficult to maintain a rational mindset when we are in a situation full of pressure due to the problems we are experiencing, meaning that choosing gambling as an escape is very possible to do without realizing the bad impacts that can be caused, and in that situation I think the only one who can help them is someone else who happens to be around them in that situation to keep them from making the wrong choice of place to escape.

The point is to be a responsible gambler you can only do it when you do not make winning your main priority and also only when you understand and know about what and how gambling really is, or maybe I can also say that the ease of controlling yourself and making yourself a responsible gambler also depends on what and how your purpose of gambling is.

Yes, making gambling an escape will most likely only have a bad impact, because usually an escape is an action with the intention and scenario to vent annoyance due to something else and if the place you choose is gambling then of course it will be very risky.

To gamble more responsibly, a person must have control over the desire to make money regularly because there is indeed no opportunity to make money in that way in gambling. When the desire to gamble, to be more controlled, allocate sufficient funds and stop when the money runs out, so that gambling activities will not have a bad effect on them. I make some considerations when gambling and usually allocate sufficient funds from the percentage of income at work that I get so that it does not affect the fulfillment of other needs for my family or myself.

Gambling as an escape will not provide a solution that actually adds new problems when we experience defeat and will eventually deal with loans to cover the money spent on gambling.

Honestly I don't see how gambling can be use as an escape from life problem or challenges maybe it is only when a gambler wins a huge amount of money through gambling that he will have a bit relief which he may use to the problem at hand apart from a gambler winning there is no way a gambler will use to escape from life challenges instead it will cause more life challenges.
There are other things that can be done to forget about life worries and challenges.
1 by trying to keep one self busy maybe by involving your self doing business, association with friends and have some fun.
Am a gambler, gambling with add more pains when we keep on losing money instead of winning through gambling.

The important thing that we should aware is how we can control ourselves in gambling so that will not gives a bad effect to us. Many people already lose their control over gambling so that is why we must really be careful when playing gambling. We don't have to use gambling as an escape from our busy day but only playing gambling occasionally. That will be better for us to release our stress and relieves from our busy day for a while. Besides that, we don't have to use gambling too often to prevents the other problems that can occurs because that can effects to our life which we will difficult get out from gambling easily. Once we can use gambling properly, we will not have a problem playing gambling because we know that gambling is just for having fun.

Those gamblers who realize about the dangers of gambling will not want to risk themselves by using too much money. That is because they don't want to lose much money, they don't want to get addicted to gambling in a long run, they just want to have fun and enjoy their time by playing gambling. They can prevents the excessively of playing gambling because they know that can makes them forget to control themselves and makes them lose too much money. Gambling is just for have fun and not for escaping from something that they don't want to do.

Setting a limits helps us to prevent the big lost or being addicted to gambling because we know that gambling can easily makes us to keep playing many gambling games. Limitations can also helps us to avoids the thinks to winning the games because we will realize that winning in the gambling is not easy so we don't want to spends more money just to chase the win. We know that playing gambling moderately will prevents the lose becomes bigger so we can also avoids the chance to gets addicted to gambling. We will not thinks that gambling is an escape way but we only thinks that gambling is for have fun so we can use it properly.

I think every person who has any problem must think of a way out or a solution, it is impossible for him to avoid the problem he is facing. Indeed, gambling as an escape is not good for them, this is only temporary from the pressures they face in their lives and new problems will arise for them if they experience defeat while playing. It would be better for us to continue to improve or upgrade ourselves to develop new skills that are lacking in us. It is possible that we can overcome problems even though success takes time rather than looking for an escape that is not good. Use the best time for positive things so that we don't regret it later

No, gambling has not happened to me and in general I don't think it's a good idea to try to escape from problems, although I think we've all done it at one time or another to a greater or lesser extent. It's one thing to have a few drinks after a stressful day at work to relax and momentarily forget about that day's problems, but it's another thing to use alcohol, or gambling as in this case, as an escape route to get away from your problems. The latter usually ends badly, very badly.

True, often we want to set good limits in gambling, sometimes something small will suddenly appear, yes, one of them has the thought of winning immediately and this kind of experience may have been experienced by most gamblers because when they gamble they often lose rather than win. Therefore, the desire to win even just once will feel passionate in the hearts and minds of gamblers. And the point is, the most important thing is to maintain time and financial stability because that is much more important than pursuing a victory that cannot be easily predicted.

Yup that's right, at first glance there are similarities between the two things you mentioned between someone who gambles for fun after they spend most of their time working with those who gamble when they have problems in their lives, both of these things can generally still be called actions that make gambling an escape, but one of the differences here is in terms of the situation, you have said the right thing from a different perspective that when someone is having problems and then he makes gambling an escape then of course it is very possible for them to easily experience emotions or gamble aggressively and in the end his actions actually cause many new problems especially to his financial situation, that's very true. So the point is that the difference here is only in terms of their intentions and goals, the point is in any situation if their goal is only to seek entertainment then it will not be a problem.

Due to the fact that all gambling games are very different, everyone can choose the ones that will suit them. You like Bonanza, I now prefer poker, it is a really exciting game, and I, like you, feel maximum relaxation, and a feeling of rest inside, which cannot be caused by films or books. I like to watch tournaments, I feel involved. Yes, it is a way to escape from problems, but damn, if we are constantly stressed, then we will have to pay for our health.

Yes, but of course there are differences in terms of the behavior of a gambler who knows and is aware of the dangers of gambling with those gamblers who do not know about it at all, various actions that tend to be excessive will be the difference here, or what is meant is when they know that gambling has a bad impact then they will not be too excessive in treating the gambling so that understanding, knowledge and awareness related to the potential dangers are something very important that must be possessed by a gambler to avoid them from the impact.

What you said is actually true, but if we see someone gambling for fun after a day of activities, I think it can also be said as an escape. Indirectly it is the same, but it will be different when someone who has a problem then goes to gambling. Or in short this can be a different opinion if we look at it from a different perspective. Well when someone comes with a problem, of course he comes with unstable emotions. Actually that will bring other problems, because we know that in gambling we must be able to control our emotions to remain stable. So when you come with unstable emotions, it will most likely make things worse.

That's right, when we need an escape of course it indicates that our condition is not good, whether it is mentally or mentally, but what is clear is that if we gamble as an escape when we are stressed, what you said is true, it can endanger ourselves, so maybe it would be better to find another escape that has minimal risk and will not have a negative effect on us. I often meet a father sitting in front of his house while enjoying coffee and cigarettes, I don't know what's on his mind, but when I grow up I now feel that phase and that way is one of the escapes for me when I find so many problems that burden my mind.
You are right, gambling can certainly affect our thoughts and emotions when the results are not satisfactory, when looking for an escape of course what is sought is to calm the mind, but with gambling what will happen can be the opposite as you said it can be addictive and I think that's right.

Indeed every gambler need to know how to allocate the appropriate time and resources to gambling, because it gives us some level of advantage and control over our gambling habits and keeps us as far away as possible from getting addicted. Reports has it that those who tend to spend more time in gambling are more likely to get addicted because they spend both time meant for gambling and time meant for other important activities all on gambling, sometimes losing money isn’t the worst thing to happen to a gambler, sometimes the time we lose to gambling is also most precious, because if that time was invested in something else, it would’ve given much more better results than being wasted on gambling.
Same thing goes for money and resources too, thus the importance of knowing how to allocate the appropriate time and resources for these activities

usually those who gamble at the cemetery are those who gamble secretly, either from the authorities or their own families, but in countries that legalize gambling, there are rarely citizens who gamble at funerals.

actually why is there a sentence gambling for fun! it's all based on the habits of people who are a little stressed and then make their stress escape by gambling, quite a few also end up winning but not a few also end up getting more stressed because they run out of money (lose).

I myself gamble to relieve stress, the game I really like is bonanza and now mine, I set a limit so that when I run out of capital I will stop but when I win a few percent of the capital, I will restrain myself and withdraw the winnings.

Even if they know about the dangers of gambling, that will not stop them to keeps playing gambling because the rewards that they can gets is big enough that can makes them keeps coming back to the casino. Only those who can be wise treating gambling that can makes gambling as a fun thing and not for an escape from the reality because they see gambling is not a way to gives them more pleasure but only suffer especially if they lose much money. Those people knows and understand that gambling can only be use occasionally and not for too often because that can cause more problem for them.

Yes, that is right because they will not have a chance to stay away from gambling even for a while. They will just closer more and more without thinks about how they can reduce their gambling activity. But if they realizes that they need to responsible to themselves when playing gambling, they will not have a problem and even they can enjoy their time by playing gambling and stops playing gambling if they think it is enough to stops.

Gambling as an escape can makes them deeper in gambling and also getting addicted to gambling. So that is why we must reduce our gambling activity and not playing gambling excessively and too often to prevents the problems. We can only keep trying to control ourselves while we can learn more about how to use gambling properly.

It is why when we already use gambling occasionally to fills our spare time, we must keep like that and still limits ourselves using our money. If we can not do that, we will face many problems which can cause us to get addicted to gambling which we will not realize. Yes, controlling ourselves when playing gambling is a must so we don't have to worry with the problem.

Yes, in essence, using a casino in everyday life must be controlled properly even in good or bad conditions, self-control is still needed when playing a casino. It has been proven that if someone does not apply self-control when playing a casino, there will only be losses that he will get when there are no limits in time and financial management when betting or playing a casino wisely.


Yes, if someone already understands about real gambling, then he will play carefully and wisely in order to maintain his financial security. He must be able to control the casino as much as possible and as well as possible by using the casino only for entertainment, not for additional income. In my opinion, that is not a big problem because he knows when and how well he plays the casino.

When gambling is used as an escape it only causes more harm, sometimes people need something to forget about the worries and challenges of life, there are other things you can get involved in but using gambling as a coping mechanism would put you in a precarious situation. This is very different from those playing to make Profit or trying to entertain themselves but it's a dependency issue tied to your emotional and mental state. This could cause a serious addiction problem that might probably make life worse for you. Gambling shouldn't be used as an escape from life's problems or challenges.