Topic: Signs of an addiction - page 17. (Read 4583 times)

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.

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.

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?
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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

If a gambler has experienced indications of addiction, sometimes unknowingly, unknowingly we have experienced addiction at a severe level to the point of selling property. The indications you convey are all correct, what is worse is when we are shunned by friends because when we gamble we don't have friends when something happens that we can't control anymore there are friends who advise us. At least this happened to me, I am more dangerous to gamble when I am alone than when I have friends.

When we have gambled continuously and this behavioral pattern is consistent, then we must stop immediately because gambling is the same as drug addiction. Addiction occurs without realizing it but the indicator symptoms are actually very easy to understand but sometimes we often ignore them. The point is to avoid gambling addiction, never increase bets just to seek sensation, especially without a clear strategy and don't gamble when you are experiencing stress or problems because that is where the beginning of destruction is but gamble when you are happy.

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.

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.

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.

If a gambler comes to you for money and you have the money that you wish to give, you should give them but never expect them to return it. If they return it that fine and if they don't that's still fine because you have already made your mind from beginning that you aren't expecting the money from them. That's the only way you can be free from any friend that is a gambling addict.

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.

It turned out that psilocybin truffles ^{which may provide  psilocybin to patient's body}  seems to have a magic effect on those who developed the strong addiction to gambling.  Interesting that study will take effect in Netherlands where   psilocybin substance is known to be illegal for using in medicine.

Did you try any  psychedelic treatment to recover  recover yourself  from from signs of an addiction?

Chronic addiction is a situation that is likely to trigger various actions that are far beyond reason, as has happened many times, one of which was discussed in this forum about someone who even committed suicide because he could not stand the pressure of various problems they had due to treating gambling in the wrong way, I just hope that they can really realize and ask for help from others, one of which is from those closest to them so that people can continue to look after them while also providing direction that may be useful.

Yes, I also understand that self-acceptance and letting go of everything that has been lost is indeed a key to eliminating all pressure and stress in the head, but in my opinion it is very unlikely for addicted gamblers to come to such awareness, there is nothing else they want but to gamble in the hope of being able to return all the amount of loss they have ever experienced, meaning it is quite difficult for them to recover quickly, usually they have to experience a significant downturn first before they will realize.

A person will start thinking about changing only in some extreme cases, when he achieves something bad. I noticed that most often it is some kind of illness, some of them are more noticeable, some are more difficult to detect, but the person will change and those around him should notice it first. Depending on gambling, these can be nervous breakdowns, or frequent mood swings, because a person cannot behave the same way when he has big problems.

Anyone that is already at this worst state, expect that he's not anymore at his good and critical thinking. He needs a medical practitioner that will guide and help him throughout the process, someone that he can trust and feel assured that he'll get recover soon.

Acceptance is the key. Being in denial won't help these gambling addicts. It will only make their condition worst, until they don't have chances to recover and feel good anymore.

#4 Inability to stop
On the moment that you cant be able to make yourself stop at the moment that you are losing and instead of stopping then this is a solid indication that you are really that having some addiction problems or lets say that you dont have that kind of self control at the moment or time that you do play gambling. We do know that gambling is really just that for the sake of fun and if you arent that good when it comes into this aspect then it will really be that better that you should avoid gambling in the first place.

Gambling isnt bad if you are that an individual whose really that good when it comes to self control. You are the ones will really be making out such stoppage at the time that you do make out huge loses on which is a must thing. The common mistake of people is that instead of stopping they do make out deposit even more. Gambling could bring up that entertainment but also it could really be that destructive when it comes to finances if you arent that good.

Control is everything and if you arent that good when it comes into this aspect then you will really be that prone when it comes to financial aspect and this isnt something that we dont really like to happen. Just make it sure that on the moment that you do play gambling then you are just making use of the amount that you can afford to lose.