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December 17, 2024, 09:54:18 PM
Those things you have written or you outline is among one of the things that makes people to be addicted in gambling but the thing is that for someone to be addicted in gambling there are major two reasons it is neither the person is jobless or the person have lose much in gambling and it is looking for a way to recover what whatever thing he has lost so this I have two things that involve for someone to be addicted in gambling because sometimes some people who is addicted in gambling does not know that there are addicted on the people inform them or until they are into debt before they will know that there are addicted in the gambling.

Addiction is when someone has a greater interest in something and wants to always be able to feel or get it continuously

No not really. Addiction is when your brain has a dysfunction in its reward system.

When it comes to regulating dopamine and other neurochemicals, the brain has a way of determining how much is enough. But because an addict does something addictive (like gambling or drugs), the brain starts registering the overstimulation of neuroreceptors as the 'new normal'. And anything below that level of stimulation makes your brain think the dopamine amount is insufficient and demands more, which can easily be achieved by doing the addictive thing.
I do agree into this sentiment on which at the moment that you mind is really that getting blinded with the money that you can possibly get when dealing up with gambling.
People do usually get addicted on the moment that they do become that having these kind of aims at the moment or time that they will really be that desperate on making money. Addiction symptoms isnt something that could be seen not until into the time that you had lost up too much money or you had already noticed out that you have lost a huge portion or all of your life savings or emergency funds. There are those individuals who are really that becoming delusional on this aspect because they are really that expecting too much in regarding into this one.
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December 17, 2024, 09:37:29 PM
It is better for them not to hide what they are doing because it doesn’t help them, it only pushes them further into their gambling addiction. It is best to open up to family or friends to get advice and reminders. Let us face that the people around us often know what is best for us, especially in situations like this. And if sharing with family feels too hard, at least some of our friends know it.
Being a responsible gambler must exist in our minds rather been too quite and greedy.
The problem with opening up that you're into gambling is that there might be some of your relative that might stay away from you because you're into gambling. I know this isn't happening for most, but there are some instances where gamblers are being despised by their relative just because of the fact that they're into gambling.

While this is true, there are some still that are opening it to them, and the good thing is that they're helping him/her and teaching him/her how to be responsible in gambling. Well, sometimes the best thing for an addicted gambler to do is to just seek help from a professional aside from the help from his family members. Hiding that you're gambling for me is a case-to-case basis because of what I said. Hiding might be beneficial or harmful depending on the scenario and your family members.

As for me, I tried to open it up to my partner and said to me not to gamble too much, but she didn't stop me for doing it. I can control myself when it comes to gambling so I'm not overspending on it as well.
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December 17, 2024, 07:21:19 PM
It is better for them not to hide what they are doing because it doesn’t help them, it only pushes them further into their gambling addiction. It is best to open up to family or friends to get advice and reminders. Let us face that the people around us often know what is best for us, especially in situations like this. And if sharing with family feels too hard, at least some of our friends know it.
Being a responsible gambler must exist in our minds rather been too quite and greedy.
They do like that is because they are afraid to admit the reality that they are a gambler and worry what will people around them say if those people know that they are gambler. Not many of them have a courage to admit that they are a gambler in front of their family or friends. But your advice is good enough for those who don't want to gets in a hard situation by hiding their gambling activity. At least, they must share to their friends that they are playing gambling and ask for a help from friends to watch them not to playing gambling excessively. They must know that playing gambling needs to be responsible so they will not get any problem including becomes addicted to gambling.
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December 17, 2024, 06:10:18 PM
Those things you have written or you outline is among one of the things that makes people to be addicted in gambling but the thing is that for someone to be addicted in gambling there are major two reasons it is neither the person is jobless or the person have lose much in gambling and it is looking for a way to recover what whatever thing he has lost so this I have two things that involve for someone to be addicted in gambling because sometimes some people who is addicted in gambling does not know that there are addicted on the people inform them or until they are into debt before they will know that there are addicted in the gambling.

Addiction is when someone has a greater interest in something and wants to always be able to feel or get it continuously

No not really. Addiction is when your brain has a dysfunction in its reward system.

When it comes to regulating dopamine and other neurochemicals, the brain has a way of determining how much is enough. But because an addict does something addictive (like gambling or drugs), the brain starts registering the overstimulation of neuroreceptors as the 'new normal'. And anything below that level of stimulation makes your brain think the dopamine amount is insufficient and demands more, which can easily be achieved by doing the addictive thing.
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December 17, 2024, 05:41:15 PM
Those things you have written or you outline is among one of the things that makes people to be addicted in gambling but the thing is that for someone to be addicted in gambling there are major two reasons it is neither the person is jobless or the person have lose much in gambling and it is looking for a way to recover what whatever thing he has lost so this I have two things that involve for someone to be addicted in gambling because sometimes some people who is addicted in gambling does not know that there are addicted on the people inform them or until they are into debt before they will know that there are addicted in the gambling.

Addiction is when someone has a greater interest in something and wants to always be able to feel or get it continuously, so your opinion may be quite right about unemployment that can trigger addiction, because we can already imagine how their financial situation is and when they succeed in winning in gambling then it is very possible for them to have excessive thoughts that tend to be unreasonable and that happens because they are too excessive in responding to the victory they managed to get.
But on the other hand I seem to disagree a little with your second point about those who try various ways to recover the amount of defeat they previously experienced, I think that is not a sign or trigger of addiction but indeed in that situation they are already in a cycle of addiction, for this second point I think it is more directed at the inability to accept risk, while the sign of addiction is something about "excessive interest".
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December 17, 2024, 04:54:53 PM
Those things you have written or you outline is among one of the things that makes people to be addicted in gambling but the thing is that for someone to be addicted in gambling there are major two reasons it is neither the person is jobless or the person have lose much in gambling and it is looking for a way to recover what whatever thing he has lost so this I have two things that involve for someone to be addicted in gambling because sometimes some people who is addicted in gambling does not know that there are addicted on the people inform them or until they are into debt before they will know that there are addicted in the gambling.
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December 17, 2024, 04:27:20 PM

It's not like no one doesn't want to lending money to a gambler, it's more like lending money to a gambler that doesn't know how to pay back. Some people have this sweet mouth to request for money, they will make you all sort of promises to pay back but as soon as you gave them the money, you will be the one to be running after them to pay back and since debt isn't a police case, you don't have any power to hold them unless you charge them to court and that doesn't make sense.

It is possible that this business is only carried out by some of the closest associates to lend money to gamblers or the most likely to be encountered in this case is for offline gambling in casinos where sometimes in some places there is always a special room for us to borrow money in advance when we run out of money to gamble but there will always be something like this because in the end Although I do not recommend that gamblers do this (borrowing to gamble) but in one condition this loan is still legal because regardless of what the purpose of the loan is used for the borrower will not really care as long as there is collateral and the debt that the player borrowed must be paid of course with double interest because this is also a business for some land-based casinos.

It's just important in this case that the role of the players is not to be too eager because doing this without really careful consideration can destroy ourselves with the gambling activities we do.
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December 17, 2024, 04:10:15 PM
Personally, I would form such signs that I heard from dozens of interviews with gambling addicts:

the first sign is lying to relatives. A problem gambler lies constantly, he hides the smartphone on which he plays, does not give it to anyone. Also, when economic problems begin, the gambler begins to lie about all sorts of reasons for which he should be lent money.

Then health and sleep problems begin. Constantly checking the phone if it is betting to see the results of matches and how it is going in general. Stress and insomnia are the companions of any problem gambler.

I don't think I completely agree lying is a symptom of problem gambling or addiction to gambling/betting though. For example, I recall the first time I lost a significant amount of money (it was not much, but big enough for me to hurt) and I was asked why I was feeling down during those days after the loss, I did lie to my relatives and I did not tell them I lost money rolling dices on a crypto casino.
I have never considered myself to be addicted to gambling and yet I lied, why did I do it? perhaps because gambling is kind of a taboo topic here in my household and my family would have unnecessarily worry about me and my well-being.

One can lie when losing money, but it does not immediately means one is addicted to anything. However, an addicted person is more likely to say things which are not true in order to hide their habits from others who may judge and belittle them.
With the current state of the world and the morals of people changing to worse, lying is not even a symptom of anything, unfortunately.
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December 17, 2024, 03:26:23 PM

"Don't let yourself have a long free time, because if that happens then it can bring us closer to gambling and addiction."

I am a person who likes to pay attention to the conditions around me. And for example, some time ago my brother lost his job, so he had a lot of free time. And what happened was the more free time he had, the more often he gambled. And this can happen because when someone is used to gambling, then when he has money and free time, his mind will immediately focus on gambling. Which in the end this can not only result in financial losses, but his life becomes unproductive and lazy.
There is this proverb that says "an idol man is the devils workshop" you probably must have heard it, if you're a gambling and you're not engaged on activities that takes up your time you will easily go into addiction because once that free time comes again alm you have is to deposit and try to double, maybe sometimes you will think you're doing for fun untill you hit big and then loss it back to the casino then the act of revenge which is a strong pillar to addiction comes in.

At least every adult should have the consciousness in them to be occupied every time hence not to gamble out of laziness.
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December 17, 2024, 02:47:29 PM
If one is addicted, there will be some signs and indications that are going to be manifesting from the way such person is gambling, his lifestyle and many things about him eventually will got changed, things like, refraining from friends, lack of money to gamble or do some other important things in life, self-seclusion and personal contempt, people around such an addicted fellow will also be observing the irresponsible way of gambling and how strange this is becoming.
Apart from these, there are some other external behaviors that can be easily guessed that he is addicted to gambling. If a gambler is married he will misbehave with his wife and children after gambling and may even commit heinous acts like wife torture which is common in my country. And losing will surely put pressure on the wife to manage gambling money and torture for dowry.
torture for dowry as a sign of gambling addiction? that is really extreme. as much as we get to react differently whenever we are not doing well financially, when it gets to the point where you start to torture the next person to you be it your kids or your wife, you are clearly an abusive person that got to show it really evidently at the time you are at your low and it is not necessarily just because you are an addict.

basic signs like becoming broke always and inability to managing any fund that comes ones way is the main sign that shows that one is addicted, the rest of the others are just reaction to not having money or counter reaction to what people that feels that you are addicted are saying about you. if you have a partner who sees your addiction as her responsibility and is ready to help you break free from it, she will never judge you but will intentionally assist you break free from it and that wont result in any form of abusive relationship in the end.
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December 17, 2024, 10:32:14 AM
We always talk about gambling addiction here in forum but it all seems vague. What are actually signs or symptoms of gambling addiction that you can try and detect from yourself or other people?

#1 Mood swings: It’s normal to feel excitement or disappointment when gambling but extreme emotions due to gambling results that you are unable to shake off is not normal. Additionally, if one is irritable when they can’t gamble, that is probably a sign of gambling addiction already.

#2 Preoccupation/Isolation: If you constantly find yourself obsessing over your past gambling experiences and planning on what or how to do it next, you might have an addiction already. Similarly, if you can’t socialize anymore since you are just thinking about gambling then that is also not normal and should not be happening. One may even purposely avoid their friends and family to gamble or think about gambling.

#3: Denial/Concealment: Most addicts are in denial. They would never admit to having a problem. However they probably subconsciously feel that something is wrong or at least there is something they should not be doing. If you are hiding your gambling habits from friends or families, you might already know deep down that there is an addiction already.

#4 Inability to stop: I can gamble and still stop when I’ve had enough. Gambling addicts might not be able to do that. They will continue gambling and maybe even make up excuses for it such as “I will just take back what I lost” and many more.

#5 Financial issues: Once you start going out of your way to gamble even if you no longer have money, you have some serious addiction going now. Some will sell their belongings and even borrow money if it meant they could gamble.

Beware of these signs and detect gambling addictions early on so that you don’t fall in too deep. What other signs do you think we should be wary of?


You are actually right but I don't think mood swing and financial issues should be a sign or major sign of an addiction because some people mood do swing or change due to achievement they have or get at a particular point in time and this may trigger them to play and perhaps this is what makes some people play or gamble for fun because of achievement at that particular time rather, I think is frequent or continuous swing or change of mood insteady of just swing mood.

Secondly, financial issues should not also be generalized or categorized as a sign of an addiction because I have seen some people who went out to barrow money to play a game that was been given to them maybe by someone they said is an expert in prediction and this is not a sign of an addict but will only be if they continue or frequently do it.
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December 17, 2024, 09:49:55 AM

But the problem is that addicts will never be able to think about these things and all they can think about is how to get more money to gamble and how to win when gambling. They think that telling others about their gambling addiction will cause others to criticize them or discourage their gambling. That is also why many gambling addicts always try to hide their gambling addiction and make things worse.
If they really realized that sharing and opening up to people would help them overcome their gambling addiction, they would not become addicted to gambling.

Real addiction is a very scary thing, when people lose even their housing. I know one such case, and in fact it is just terrible, such people do not understand what they are doing, as a result he lost not only all the money and housing, his wife also left him. But these are not signs, these are consequences, when you do not determine in time what is happening to a person, what is not normal, so it is important to determine before he makes all these mistakes and loses everything.
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December 17, 2024, 09:15:41 AM
Personally, I would form such signs that I heard from dozens of interviews with gambling addicts:

the first sign is lying to relatives. A problem gambler lies constantly, he hides the smartphone on which he plays, does not give it to anyone. Also, when economic problems begin, the gambler begins to lie about all sorts of reasons for which he should be lent money.

Then health and sleep problems begin. Constantly checking the phone if it is betting to see the results of matches and how it is going in general. Stress and insomnia are the companions of any problem gambler.
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December 17, 2024, 08:40:32 AM
It's not like no one doesn't want to lending money to a gambler, it's more like lending money to a gambler that doesn't know how to pay back. Some people have this sweet mouth to request for money, they will make you all sort of promises to pay back but as soon as you gave them the money, you will be the one to be running after them to pay back
No one trusts a gambler who is borrowing money because the reason why they are borrowing in the first place is because they have no money so why would they gamble the money they just borrowed and risk losing that money? If they lose that money, how would they pay back now the lender?
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and since debt isn't a police case, you don't have any power to hold them unless you charge them to court and that doesn't make sense.
It definitely is a case, mate. Have you been living under a rock? The one who does not pay may not be imprisoned as it is not a criminal offense but this kind of case can be discussed with an authority and a legal representative present.
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December 17, 2024, 08:38:42 AM
If one is addicted, there will be some signs and indications that are going to be manifesting from the way such person is gambling, his lifestyle and many things about him eventually will got changed, things like, refraining from friends, lack of money to gamble or do some other important things in life, self-seclusion and personal contempt, people around such an addicted fellow will also be observing the irresponsible way of gambling and how strange this is becoming.
Apart from these, there are some other external behaviors that can be easily guessed that he is addicted to gambling. If a gambler is married he will misbehave with his wife and children after gambling and may even commit heinous acts like wife torture which is common in my country. And losing will surely put pressure on the wife to manage gambling money and torture for dowry.
Yeah, that's possible. Gambling addiction could truly change a man and it's for the worse. Stress could affect the mental health of a gambler especially when he is losing an amount that he cannot afford anymore. I mean, he may have also depleted his savings and the money that is supposed to be used for something important like bills, diapers, or other necessities for the home.
Without anyone to help him shoulder all this, he will make an act of putting the blame on his wife and children and then next to it is maybe hurting them too. It's a sign that shows a person did something wrong that made him act like that and I think because of the popularity and easy access to gambling, it could be the reason behind it.
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December 17, 2024, 08:29:19 AM
But don't forget that addicted person to gambling can hide their gambling addiction from other people and will say they are okay. They even don't show that they are playing gambling because they are smart enough to hide that. Maybe those signs happens to heavy addicted people to gambling so other people can see it clearly that he is change and different than before. It needs awareness from people around him so they can help it immediately before its too late.
It is better for them not to hide what they are doing because it doesn’t help them, it only pushes them further into their gambling addiction. It is best to open up to family or friends to get advice and reminders. Let us face that the people around us often know what is best for us, especially in situations like this. And if sharing with family feels too hard, at least some of our friends know it.
Being a responsible gambler must exist in our minds rather been too quite and greedy.

Yes, your opinion is quite right that by being open to others about the addiction problems that we are experiencing, maybe it can open up a little space for people to provide various suggestions and input that may be useful to help cure us from addiction.
But on the other hand, I also think that it seems that one of the reasons why there are always some people who hide their addiction problems is because they don't want people to stay away from them, especially when they are in a country or environment that is really anti-gambling, and as we know that gambling is an activity related to wasting money, so one of the reasons why people are likely to stay away from them is because people don't want to be exposed to the effects of addiction that the gambler has.

In my place when people find out that one of their friends has an addiction problem, they usually distance themselves from the gambler, the main reason being that they don't want the gambler to borrow money from them and then run away, or there are other reasons. Maybe that's the reason why addicted gamblers prefer to keep their problems a secret from other people around them.
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December 17, 2024, 08:23:54 AM
If one is addicted, there will be some signs and indications that are going to be manifesting from the way such person is gambling, his lifestyle and many things about him eventually will got changed, things like, refraining from friends, lack of money to gamble or do some other important things in life, self-seclusion and personal contempt, people around such an addicted fellow will also be observing the irresponsible way of gambling and how strange this is becoming.
Apart from these, there are some other external behaviors that can be easily guessed that he is addicted to gambling. If a gambler is married he will misbehave with his wife and children after gambling and may even commit heinous acts like wife torture which is common in my country. And losing will surely put pressure on the wife to manage gambling money and torture for dowry.
But don't forget that addicted person to gambling can hide their gambling addiction from other people and will say they are okay. They even don't show that they are playing gambling because they are smart enough to hide that. Maybe those signs happens to heavy addicted people to gambling so other people can see it clearly that he is change and different than before. It needs awareness from people around him so they can help it immediately before its too late.
It is better for them not to hide what they are doing because it doesn’t help them, it only pushes them further into their gambling addiction. It is best to open up to family or friends to get advice and reminders. Let us face that the people around us often know what is best for us, especially in situations like this. And if sharing with family feels too hard, at least some of our friends know it.
Being a responsible gambler must exist in our minds rather been too quite and greedy.


But the problem is that addicts will never be able to think about these things and all they can think about is how to get more money to gamble and how to win when gambling. They think that telling others about their gambling addiction will cause others to criticize them or discourage their gambling. That is also why many gambling addicts always try to hide their gambling addiction and make things worse.
If they really realized that sharing and opening up to people would help them overcome their gambling addiction, they would not become addicted to gambling.
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December 17, 2024, 07:52:52 AM
If one is addicted, there will be some signs and indications that are going to be manifesting from the way such person is gambling, his lifestyle and many things about him eventually will got changed, things like, refraining from friends, lack of money to gamble or do some other important things in life, self-seclusion and personal contempt, people around such an addicted fellow will also be observing the irresponsible way of gambling and how strange this is becoming.
Apart from these, there are some other external behaviors that can be easily guessed that he is addicted to gambling. If a gambler is married he will misbehave with his wife and children after gambling and may even commit heinous acts like wife torture which is common in my country. And losing will surely put pressure on the wife to manage gambling money and torture for dowry.
But don't forget that addicted person to gambling can hide their gambling addiction from other people and will say they are okay. They even don't show that they are playing gambling because they are smart enough to hide that. Maybe those signs happens to heavy addicted people to gambling so other people can see it clearly that he is change and different than before. It needs awareness from people around him so they can help it immediately before its too late.
It is better for them not to hide what they are doing because it doesn’t help them, it only pushes them further into their gambling addiction. It is best to open up to family or friends to get advice and reminders. Let us face that the people around us often know what is best for us, especially in situations like this. And if sharing with family feels too hard, at least some of our friends know it.
Being a responsible gambler must exist in our minds rather been too quite and greedy.
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December 17, 2024, 07:23:10 AM
If one is addicted, there will be some signs and indications that are going to be manifesting from the way such person is gambling, his lifestyle and many things about him eventually will got changed, things like, refraining from friends, lack of money to gamble or do some other important things in life, self-seclusion and personal contempt, people around such an addicted fellow will also be observing the irresponsible way of gambling and how strange this is becoming.
Apart from these, there are some other external behaviors that can be easily guessed that he is addicted to gambling. If a gambler is married he will misbehave with his wife and children after gambling and may even commit heinous acts like wife torture which is common in my country. And losing will surely put pressure on the wife to manage gambling money and torture for dowry.
But don't forget that addicted person to gambling can hide their gambling addiction from other people and will say they are okay. They even don't show that they are playing gambling because they are smart enough to hide that. Maybe those signs happens to heavy addicted people to gambling so other people can see it clearly that he is change and different than before. It needs awareness from people around him so they can help it immediately before its too late.
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December 17, 2024, 12:33:33 AM
This is very accurate, some gamblers get to the point where they don't even care about winning or losing they just want to satisfy the urge to gamble, they make up excuses of trying to chase their losses but they are just getting spiked up by the dopamine effect of gambling. This is a psychological problem that wouldn't be easy to come out of. The moment gambling starts dictating how you feel then it has taken a toxic hold on you. When you have a dependency on something that's destructive it can ruin you. The only way to come out of this is by being disciplined and making consistent efforts to change.
That happens in reality.

I also felt that moment when my dopamine was so high and thought that I can recover my losses, I was so hyper and never thought of losing but winning and recovering my losses only.

It was a wrong idea to proceed when feeling that emotion. And there is only one result that will come out later by doing so and that's to losing more and being more emotional which is not a good sign.
I have felt that but actually it is a dangerous feeling too because it can make us unable to escape or far from gambling, I have friends who really experience this and who are annoying every time he meets me he always says that gambling now Then the victory will happen, that's all he said until sometimes I was upset with his words which, although maybe his intention was joking but was really annoying.
Feelings when getting victory will be felt that we can get more than what has been obtained, this is where the quality of ourselves is tested, if indeed we can cast ourselves well then we can ignore or put aside the feeling of wanting to win more or the dopamine, but if it is no yes maybe something worse happens
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