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September 05, 2024, 05:01:49 PM
First question sis that we need to ask ourselves wether dwe are addicted to gambling or not, because it is in knowing that you know wether of not you will be needing such service as a therapy, this is because it is only a known addict that should be going for such online help.
Exactly! How do you begin treating what you're not afflicted with..or better still, you don't even have a knowledge of it? .
Hold on, this goes 3 ways as well; it's one thing to know that you're addicted but you ain't even ready to stop. It's also a different thing to yearn hungrily for the ability to quit without going back to it, even after so many years of experience but it turns out an impossible mission. Finally, it's also a different thing when you don't even know that you're an addict.

In my country, the idea of visiting a therapist is culturally considered a strange thing to do. We tend to internalize everything in our lives and do not share our problems with others.
Yes, it's predominantly done in first world countries... But it's not a STRANGE thing in your country. Just because you seem to rate those little things as an unimportant factor doesn't really guarantee that everyone else is like you. The "adversity" can also introduce the mindset in people as well  Cause you gotta pay for therapy sessions with professionals
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September 05, 2024, 04:54:26 PM
First question sis that we need to ask ourselves wether dwe are addicted to gambling or not, because it is in knowing that you know wether of not you will be needing such service as a therapy, this is because it is only a known addict that should be going for such online help.

Although this could help alot those that have heavy gambling problem, could get helped from such a place.
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September 05, 2024, 04:53:50 PM
I simply don't know what visiting a therapist will look like because I have never felt the need of visiting any, I know my gambling rules and try as much as i can to stick by it in prevention of not getting addicted. Going to visit a therapist should be most likely done when there has been symptoms of beginning to getting addicted. I truly will appreciate this awareness but it doesn't suit my own aspect of reasoning, any responsible gambler will understand the risk factors associated with getting addicted and is likely to avoid, moreover the forum also serve as one own therapist as long visiting each time and relating to different discussions.
In my country, the idea of visiting a therapist is culturally considered a strange thing to do. We tend to internalize everything in our lives and do not share our problems with others. It is different in other parts of the world where therapy is actually seen as a good way to help people with mental health problems, depression and addictions. Maybe if I was raised in a different environment, I would warm up to the idea of therapy. I prefer to share my problems with family and loved ones, those I know are directly affected by problems and care about me. A professional might genuinely care about your well-being but they cannot be emotionally attached to your case as a partner or family would.  
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September 05, 2024, 04:53:34 PM
Yeah, you read that correctly , it says people affected by gambling problem. But after reading I took an opposing view about it because gambling therapy shouldn't be something simply painted exclusively for people with gambling addiction problems alone. In as much as you're a gambler, whether  a gambler that has his gambling habit under control, going for a gambling therapy should be a habit we should acculturate ourselves with, at least twice a year (ones in every 6months)
In as much as I'd like the idea ( since it exposes you and creates a life changing patch in you) for the most part, I wouldn't still feel the need to run a check up like you said all the time. Not as frequent as that -- Exactly! You just said your habit is under your control so, is it worth making references to something that's not even effective?
Even if you still decide on running a therapy every month, if you don't stick to your conducts and disciplinary terms, you'd still struggle on your way home from a therapy session with the same problem. There's no magic in that -- after all, they ain't gonna inject shit into your body to make you lose consciousness on that part.

Everything you feel like doing lies in your mind -- to either do if perfectly or resist it. The odds of becoming an addict after several tries is greatly against you as well.
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September 05, 2024, 04:44:32 PM
I mean I guess you could call any sort of gambling help, "gambling therapy".  Here in the United States gambling has been legalized in many, if not all States to some point of degree, and therefore with any sort of "vice" when advertised on the radio or television, it typically has to be followed by some sort of warning statement as well as a phone number or website for "help", which you heard after all gambling advertisements and it's always free.
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September 05, 2024, 04:34:21 PM
Anything that leads to prevention will always be a recommended action, meaning I agree with the idea that gambling therapy should not only be aimed at those who already suffer from gambling problems such as those who are addicted but the idea also applies to everyone involved in gambling to uphold prevention.

Probably, anybody with a problem need therapy to improve wellness. But, players without addiction won't want to do this, because they'll feel their friends would assume they're now addicted. Still it's of no importance to let those thoughts make us forfeit the cruciality of visiting a psychotherapist whenever we have an issue disturbing our mental peace.
I simply don't know what visiting a therapist will look like because I have never felt the need of visiting any, I know my gambling rules and try as much as i can to stick by it in prevention of not getting addicted. Going to visit a therapist should be most likely done when there has been symptoms of beginning to getting addicted. I truly will appreciate this awareness but it doesn't suit my own aspect of reasoning, any responsible gambler will understand the risk factors associated with getting addicted and is likely to avoid, moreover the forum also serve as one own therapist as long visiting each time and relating to different discussions.
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September 05, 2024, 04:24:50 PM
I don't think therapy will solve the problem. In order to control some habits, at least money management and financial literacy habits are needed. First of all, therapies received do not meet these and are not a complete solution.

If you cannot manage your financial situation and your gambling habit is causing you more and more harm every day, you first need to stop and say where am I making a mistake and you can complete that mistake with financial literacy and educating yourself.
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September 05, 2024, 04:15:40 PM
This is quite interesting. Just like regular health checks are done in the aim of preventing disease, undergoing regular gambling therapy may be a good preventative measure even though one feels that they are gambling responsibly.

Even gamblers who feel in control can benefit from regular gambling therapy by a neutral third party to gain insight. It helps develop new startegies to staying responsible and aware of perosnal boundaries. Just as one works on maintaining their physical health, mental and behavioral well-being is necessary to ensure that seemingly harmless habits do not later develop into problems.

It’s not so much waiting for the wheels to fall off, but more a case of trying to maintain some semblance of balance: keeping a close eye that gambling activity is healthy and fun, and not the sort of fun that’s on the cusp of self-harm.
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September 05, 2024, 03:31:30 PM
Most people who gamble are those who make the wrong decision by taking risky actions such as no limits on gambling that is done so that they become addicted to gambling and experience excessive pressure that can make them stressed, but for some people who gamble healthily, there are those who experience stress because of work by making the decision to gamble to relieve stress, this is very susceptible to problems and is also not recommended.
Gambling addiction is a bad thing, so it's better to prevent it, before I never thought there was gambling therapy. But after I searched online, there were some that I found saying "a text-based service that provides emotional and practical support to anyone in the world who is struggling as a result of gambling." and I think maybe this only applies to those who are addicted.

https://gordonmoody.org.uk/gambling-therapy/
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September 05, 2024, 02:15:12 PM
I have never seen anyone doing this therapy for problem gambling, maybe if it's online therapy I don't know and how they work to cure from addiction, but the most I know is that they go to a psychologist for advice on how to stop the addiction.

So far I remain responsible in gambling, but with gambling therapy for me is a bit strange how the person can do it and is there any data where with gambling therapy makes many people out of this problem?
Online therapy when it comes to gambling addiction for me is pretty much useless. I believe it would be better if the therapy or treatment or whatever it is if it will be done in person because that would help the addicted gambler better. Seeing it doing in person will always be better than just doing it online. Going to a psychologist or going to a rehabilitation center, but going to ask some help with other family members would be the a good option as well.

Gambling therapy? It's the first time I heard it TBH, and since it's a new one, we expect some negatives on it like will it work to the addicted gambler, etc. etc. Nevertheless, I believe that like you, I'm also responsible when it comes to gambling hence, I don't need a therapy. Therapy only works for those who are addicted already.

As much as face-to-face therapy is better, online therapy has the same positive effects in practice, but this involves the addicted person being aware that they are addicted and taking the first step towards freedom from the addiction, that is, truly wanting to escape the slavery of addiction... We all have control over our hobbies and gambling, but when it gets out of control and becomes a problem, it starts to get in the way of everything, from our professional life to our relationships. Gambling addiction is just as destructive as drug addiction in a completely addicted person... For me, gambling therapy is valid, but it is a long road until the person recognizes that they are truly addicted...
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September 05, 2024, 01:26:27 PM
I have never seen anyone doing this therapy for problem gambling, maybe if it's online therapy I don't know and how they work to cure from addiction, but the most I know is that they go to a psychologist for advice on how to stop the addiction.

So far I remain responsible in gambling, but with gambling therapy for me is a bit strange how the person can do it and is there any data where with gambling therapy makes many people out of this problem?
Online therapy when it comes to gambling addiction for me is pretty much useless. I believe it would be better if the therapy or treatment or whatever it is if it will be done in person because that would help the addicted gambler better. Seeing it doing in person will always be better than just doing it online. Going to a psychologist or going to a rehabilitation center, but going to ask some help with other family members would be the a good option as well.

Gambling therapy? It's the first time I heard it TBH, and since it's a new one, we expect some negatives on it like will it work to the addicted gambler, etc. etc. Nevertheless, I believe that like you, I'm also responsible when it comes to gambling hence, I don't need a therapy. Therapy only works for those who are addicted already.
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September 05, 2024, 01:22:37 PM
I just heard about gambling therapy.   However, I have learned about gambling awareness before now that various gambling websites implement features for responsible gambling in their web sites.
But I won't go against these issues because the issues are needed. As people's interest in gambling is increasing day by day, the number of gamblers with excessive addiction to gambling is also increasing and professional therapy to reduce it I think is essential to reach a gambler anyway.  Good initiative.
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September 05, 2024, 01:17:49 PM
Anything that leads to prevention will always be a recommended action, meaning I agree with the idea that gambling therapy should not only be aimed at those who already suffer from gambling problems such as those who are addicted but the idea also applies to everyone involved in gambling to uphold prevention.

Probably, anybody with a problem need therapy to improve wellness. But, players without addiction won't want to do this, because they'll feel their friends would assume they're now addicted. Still it's of no importance to let those thoughts make us forfeit the cruciality of visiting a psychotherapist whenever we have an issue disturbing our mental peace.
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September 05, 2024, 01:01:49 PM
It’s hard to be against free therapy. While not everyone (myself included) can understand how someone could want to quit something and not be able to, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. I recognize that some people might need to talk with someone to really have their issues illuminated. Gambling therapy seems like it isn’t hurting anyone…
Gambling addiction is a very nasty thing in that most times the effects actually tell on the relatives and loved ones of the the gambling addiction victim. Therapy is a nice thing, although it should be able to curb bad gambling habits I believe loved ones still have a nice role to play in assisting a victim of addiction. If you would agree, it's easier for people to say how they feel or expresses their problems to loved ones most of the time rather than therapists.
Personally I believe that for someone to even be able to get rid of something especially a bad habit, they can't be forced, rather the first step to doing so is genuine rejection over that particular thing from within them. Without this even therapy would be in vain. Sometimes that's where relatives get the whole assistance wrong.
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September 05, 2024, 01:00:31 PM
As we know that sometimes not everyone knows that they are addicted which is exactly the same as the fact that addiction usually occurs more often without a gambler realizing it until they experience significant setbacks.

Agreed, gambling therapy should be for everyone and we shouldn't wait until we're addicted before we start therapy. By then it might be too night and we would have lost lots of money already. We have to help ourselves too because it isn't making sense to be doing something like gambling that it isn't hidden that you might get addicted when you don't do it properly and still we don't check ourselves regularly to see if we're having symptoms of gambling addiction or not. Every gambler should be aware of their surroundings and help prevent gambling addiction before it happens to them because it is hard to let go once you have been infected. People that go through the process of rehabilitation might still go back to being addiction to gambling because it is hard to break free completely from gambling addiction hence prevention by going through the therapy is better.
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September 05, 2024, 12:08:15 PM
Anything that leads to prevention will always be a recommended action, meaning I agree with the idea that gambling therapy should not only be aimed at those who already suffer from gambling problems such as those who are addicted but the idea also applies to everyone involved in gambling to uphold prevention.
As we know that sometimes not everyone knows that they are addicted which is exactly the same as the fact that addiction usually occurs more often without a gambler realizing it until they experience significant setbacks.

This means that by following the therapy, it is the same as us looking for information about whether we already have signs that lead to addiction or not, and in any case the idea of ​​early prevention is always good to do.
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September 05, 2024, 10:20:38 AM
When a healthy person is suffering from any disease, various therapies are tried to cure him, but gambling therapy is a bit new to me when it comes to gambling. Although I didn't find the content of your post very similar to the topic of your post, from what I understand, I think you may be talking about those gamblers who are addicted to gambling. That is, you have discussed gambling therapy so that addicts can return to a normal life. In our language we call it rehab. That is, if someone is addicted to drugs or addicted to gambling and the family cannot control him, then the family member is forced to be sent to rehab, and there he is given appropriate treatment and various therapies, as a result of which many times he can return to a normal life. But I think it's very important for a person to try to get out of that gambling addiction, if he's trying to get back to a normal life, he doesn't need to go to therapy or rehab.
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September 05, 2024, 08:59:52 AM
Free kinds of gambling therapy might not even be worth it for someone who really wants to quit. Because they don't see any value on doing and following it because it doesn't come with a cost.

But if it's paid from an advise of a professional that deals with this kind of problems from problematic gamblers then it will be recognized and appreciated because there's a value in it from the gambler.

It cost him money so he has to follow it
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September 05, 2024, 08:55:54 AM
It’s hard to be against free therapy. While not everyone (myself included) can understand how someone could want to quit something and not be able to, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. I recognize that some people might need to talk with someone to really have their issues illuminated. Gambling therapy seems like it isn’t hurting anyone…
I'm actually trying to understand what it is you mean by gambling therapy seems like it isn't hurting anyone because in my taught, i believe therapy shouldn't hurt in the first place especially if the gambler is and have set their mind to quitting in the first instance. For me, therapy is something every gambler should think of at some point especially when they see that they are not doin the normal with their habit, there will be a time time you may literally be gambling irregularly and that should be a gradual sign of addiction setting in because you may not be in total control again as you use to but you will think you are until you desire help then you may realize how far you have gone almost away for the normal as it should be.
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September 05, 2024, 08:45:24 AM
It’s hard to be against free therapy. While not everyone (myself included) can understand how someone could want to quit something and not be able to, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. I recognize that some people might need to talk with someone to really have their issues illuminated. Gambling therapy seems like it isn’t hurting anyone…

           -    How is this therapy we are talking about here related to gambling? Isn't this the thing that sometimes when a gambler has a problem or stress, there are others who help them gamble to relieve their problems that they are carrying or facing?

Is this the therapy we are discussing here, mate? because, as you say, therapy gives us relief as an individual gambler. Is that right? Please correct me if I misunderstood. Thank you
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