We all associate gambling with fun, excitement, and enjoyment
There is a reason why casinos are brightly lit and has fast paced music. The overall idea of gambling should be energetic and exhilarating. Well, in my country, you might find gambling in a less thrilling environment such as a funeral.
Yes, it is very common in my country that whenever there is a funeral there will be people playing cards and gambling against each other.
I don’t know if this is common in other countries but I never really thought twice of the fact that gambling, which is usually associated with time for pleasure, can be found in a place that is so grievous.
Hmmm, seems people have converted burials which should be time for grieving to fun, that's insensitive of them to convert it to a group action. I am familiar with burial guests gambling online with their gadgets when they feel bored, but organizing groups in the burial environment for the sole purpose of gambling is the height of negligence of the situation.
I researched just now and found that some gamblers do in fact use gambling as a form of escape from their real life. Which is why you might find a lot of people just recently went through a divorce or death of a loved one gambling. I guess this is why there are always people gambling in funerals. Obviously over time I think it just became more of a tradition rather than an actual act of escape from mourning.
Personally I don’t think it’s a good idea to use gambling as a coping mechanism especially that your emotions will be the one driving your decisions and that almost never end well. It’s fine sometimes but I find that dealing with your emotions especially negative ones can be much helpful than turning into potentially harmful vices.
But What about you? Do you also use gambling to escape from stress of the real world?
Gambling as a compensation for pain is as ineffective as using painkillers for an untreated severe injury. No matter the amount of painkillers you use, the situation would always get worse unless you go for proper medications, Gambling can make you forget about it temporarily, but the feelings always returns. the only way to get through those hurt feelings is to deal with them and get over them, sometimes therapy could help.
Gambling as sort of relief from pain is a pathway to more pain from addiction, and other misconducts. In the end you might have more pain to deal with than what you already have momentarily.
