There are many different signs of gambling addiction, maybe we can see and maybe feel the signs, but believe me as long as we can still control it then we will not be addicted... I believe they have a limit in the bankroll for gambling so that this does not exceed the limit and also will not be addicted.
Don't gamble every day... Usually this will be a sign of addiction.
Should set a money management in gambling of at least 5% for gambling or below.
Do not make gambling a source of income, if YES then obviously you will be addicted.
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All of them are correct especially that "inability to stop". A gambler can say that he is just chasing the losses but the truth behind it all is that he cannot explain that he is a gambling addict or he has no idea yet that he is already addicted to gambling until he realizes that he is almost depleting all his savings including the budget for the month or the week.
Inability to stop is quite vague imo. Because there will be gamblers who really just enjoy gambling and they might do it every day or every weekend which would seem normal. To me, if there’s no harmful effects that stems out from gambling then there is no need to stop. However once you realize there are already harmful consequences and you still can’t stop that’s where the addiction is seen.There’s a fine line between just really liking gambling and totally obsessive about gambling to the point of harming themselves.
The inability to stop gambling starts from when a gambler is addicted to a particular game or action in the casino. It also starts from when we think we got a hack on the platform and so if we gamble more often we will win huge. The mentality forces the attitude and when the attitude becomes a norms to us then we get addicted. Anyway, i still believe that anyone can quit addiction.
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?
Spending so much time gambling might be another sign of addiction. I think gambling addiction shouldn't be related only to the uncontrollable desire to stake money but also to the amount of time spent on betting platforms. I know some folks in my neighbourhood who are always seen in physical betting shops. Sometimes, they don't have money to bet, but they are addicted to hanging out around these places to discuss gambling activities. Their best games are usually sports bets, and they are always arguing and analysing games in these physical bet shops.
Breaking work rules because of gambling could also be a sign of gambling disorder. Some people gamble during work hours when it is against the rules of the organization. They can go to the extent of placing or checking bets in secret places such as the toilet to avoid being caught gambling. Some students can even be gambling while lectures are going on. It shows that they have lost control of their gambling behaviour.
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.
#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.
I don't think mode swing can be used to judge symptoms that a gambler is developing in an addict because mode swing is what happens to everyone in certain situations, like the feeling of nostalgic. So whether you are a gambler or not, you can feel bad in certain moments of your life and at another time you are excited and over excited depending on what you are feeling that time and the experience you are having.
However, I want to suggest this to be a symptom.
Repeated impulse to gamble : So I believe whatever you are doing that you like doing that thing then you are addicted to always doing that and in the case of going back to gambling, it means you are addicted to it especially when you complain of regret, hate and wish to discontinue it. If you have such pulse to gambling everytime, you are therefore addicted to it.
I used to suffer from gambling addiction, so I can describe the symptoms of this disease in great detail.
You are completely captivated by the process of gambling. All other interests - beautiful girls, friends, sports, travel, communication, work - all this fades into the background. You think exclusively about the game, it is the only bright spot in your life (the rest of the world is covered with a gray veil).
You play gambling games based solely on luck, however, you are absolutely sure that thanks to a certain system you will constantly win.
You think irrationally and consider gambling not as entertainment, but as a way to earn money and a source of constant income. You feel spiritual emptiness, fatigue and irritability.
You are completely captivated by the process of gambling. All other interests - beautiful girls, friends, sports, travel, communication, work - all this fades into the background. You think exclusively about the game, it is the only bright spot in your life (the rest of the world is covered with a gray veil).
You play gambling games based solely on luck, however, you are absolutely sure that thanks to a certain system you will constantly win.
You think irrationally and consider gambling not as entertainment, but as a way to earn money and a source of constant income. You feel spiritual emptiness, fatigue and irritability.
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?
Starting from number 1 to 4, the main point is what causes someone to be addicted based on a theory that can be searched for its source.
I am lucky that starting from number 1 to 4 including number 5 I did not experience.
This is not intended to campaign that gambling is not good but the practices carried out by gamblers are wrong.
All of the points mentioned in the OP can be realized by gamblers but when that atmosphere starts to appear, it means a break is needed.
If we talk about your person, then an important sign will be that you will often catch yourself thinking about your future game, as if you are building a strategy, which of course is the most common self-deception. To recognize the existence of gambling addiction, you need to go outside sometimes and break away from games. If nothing pleases you and there is no desire to diversify your life in another way, you can consider that you have fallen into the game's clutches. If this is not an advanced case, then you need to stop gambling immediately, but if there is a complete denial, then loved ones should come to the rescue, along with professional doctors.
#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.
Yes, this is the worst outcome for a gambling addict, I have seen it myself as one of my close friends lost everything, his business because of her falling to the gambling addiction and then he has a lot of personal loans that keeps haunting her back (and us as well because we are close friends and so those people that she has loaned, they talk to us).
So it's very very destructive for someone not only lost all her money, but his one and only business that could have gotten her back in her feet. And now we really don't know how we can help here since she is still on the denial stage but we all know that she has lost everything in gambling but she doesn't want to admit it.
#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?
If a gambler doesn't control the urge to always gamble, it can degenerate to selling of properties and borrowing to satisfy the gambling urge. The effect will eventually make the gambler to becoming bankrupt and being in dept. People should not see gambling as a major source of income, I believe that this is the reason why people will over gamble in the hope of recovering loses and make profits from it. But they should understand that the probability of losing on the long run is far greater than winnings.
All of those sums up about the signs of a person that's certainly a gambling addict. They are quick in changing mood swings and they are in denial stage that they think everything is under control even if they are not. Also, financially, they are having troubles with it, they will sell everything just to keep on gambling and much worse when they're selling everything that they have that they have saved and accumulated through their hard work. It's sad to see people that goes that far and still, they're not able to shell out themselves just to protect their own habit and sanity.
#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.
For me this is the worse. When addiction kick in, and even you dont have money to gamble anymore, your tendency is to sell your stuff or borrow money and the end is will be filled with debts and somehow your mind would crash and the next I dont what to say, some ended up commiting suicide due to it and some just become crazy or got some mental problem due to gambling addiction. 
All of them are correct especially that "inability to stop". A gambler can say that he is just chasing the losses but the truth behind it all is that he cannot explain that he is a gambling addict or he has no idea yet that he is already addicted to gambling until he realizes that he is almost depleting all his savings including the budget for the month or the week.
Inability to stop is quite vague imo. Because there will be gamblers who really just enjoy gambling and they might do it every day or every weekend which would seem normal. To me, if there’s no harmful effects that stems out from gambling then there is no need to stop. However once you realize there are already harmful consequences and you still can’t stop that’s where the addiction is seen.There’s a fine line between just really liking gambling and totally obsessive about gambling to the point of harming themselves.
I would conditionally call the described 5 signs "social" or "external". Even if they are there and are vaguely felt by the player, the third sign of denial will not allow the player to realize this and try to stop. Therefore, gambling addiction is a serious disease and often the player cannot overcome it on his own. He needs help.
I'm more interested in the harbingers of such serious signs. Harbingers on the physical level. Well, I do not know if I am right, but I would attribute to such a "flutter" in the chest before making a decisive bet in a gambling game, whether it is roulette, or for example a slot, or even poker in some cases.
I'm more interested in the harbingers of such serious signs. Harbingers on the physical level. Well, I do not know if I am right, but I would attribute to such a "flutter" in the chest before making a decisive bet in a gambling game, whether it is roulette, or for example a slot, or even poker in some cases.
All of them are correct especially that "inability to stop". A gambler can say that he is just chasing the losses but the truth behind it all is that he cannot explain that he is a gambling addict or he has no idea yet that he is already addicted to gambling until he realizes that he is almost depleting all his savings including the budget for the month or the week.
Inability to stop is quite vague imo. Because there will be gamblers who really just enjoy gambling and they might do it every day or every weekend which would seem normal. To me, if there’s no harmful effects that stems out from gambling then there is no need to stop. However once you realize there are already harmful consequences and you still can’t stop that’s where the addiction is seen.There’s a fine line between just really liking gambling and totally obsessive about gambling to the point of harming themselves.
When you have feeling that you can get back your loses and youre are always positive that you can make good return after all even you spend too much and most of the results of your bets are not good ,probably that's what we called the addiction. I mean such those people who are not taking it for fun only but to achieve something on gambling, which is they keep playing even its impossible as they're not good on it. For me that's the sign of addiction came from .
Such thought would have been very useful if what gambling is all about is working for the company and getting paid, but gambling is all about luck, using "maybe you can win if you try again" is a bad strategy, since we don't have control over luck we need to take it easy and try not to depend heavily on gambling.
The only reason why gamblers chase losses is because they risked what they shouldn't have risked on gambling, the expectations is too high I guess, understanding how casino runs this business is enough to solve emotional swings when gambling, the less your expectations the better.
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?
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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?
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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?
Everything is clear, we are all addicts... each of these signs has been felt by everyone at least once in their gambling career, and some more than once. As I have written many times, it is not a matter of whether we are addicted to something or not, we are human and we are addicted to many things. The thing is whether we can control that addiction or not. If we can control it then we will be relatively moderate in it and it won't hurt much in the long run, but if we can't control it the addiction will eat us sooner or later.
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Addiction is when you have a strong physical or psychological need or urge to do something or use something.
Everyone discovers the world and all that life has to offer in a different way. What is common to all is when we discover something new and exciting we go towards it... And when we catch ourselves spending time, energy, and money on something more than on other things it is a sign of early addiction.
All of them are correct especially that "inability to stop". A gambler can say that he is just chasing the losses but the truth behind it all is that he cannot explain that he is a gambling addict or he has no idea yet that he is already addicted to gambling until he realizes that he is almost depleting all his savings including the budget for the month or the week.
It's not chasing losses anymore when gambling is calling you in your head every day telling you to deposit one more time and try your luck. Then, it will be a never-ending one last time. This is where someone must help out, especially to that gambler who is close to him. They should know, they must know, and it's easy to tell with all their emotional swings.
It's not chasing losses anymore when gambling is calling you in your head every day telling you to deposit one more time and try your luck. Then, it will be a never-ending one last time. This is where someone must help out, especially to that gambler who is close to him. They should know, they must know, and it's easy to tell with all their emotional swings.
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?
I have never experienced the signs of addiction, however, I know quite a lot about this topic as you wrote - it all starts with obsessive thoughts. Just as we, cryptans, experience FOMO, gamblers and betting fans tend to often think about how they made the wrong bet and the winnings passed by, but did not fall into their hands.
And this is bad.
Each person, understanding the decision, makes it and makes a choice: a bet at the gaming table or in betting. And in no case should you then regret the wrong bet and think "I was very wrong, what a fool I am." This is the first step to addiction.
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?
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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?
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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?
self-justification problem, yes many gambling addicts think and feel that what they do is right and that is what underlies them to continue playing non-stop and even willing to do anything to get capital.
in countries that legalize gambling, there is usually counseling for gamblers when they feel uncomfortable with the gambling habit that has disturbed their personal and social lives and usually they will be given direction to control whatever is on their minds, especially by providing the doctrine that excessive gambling is a mistake, not a right thing.
#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.
This is almost the same as prioritizing gambling.If you are prioritizing gambling ahead of other activities and ahead of other people in your life, like your family members and friends, prioritizing gambling ahead of work, and prioritizing money for gambling ahead of essential bills, it is an indication that you are already on your way to a full-blown addiction. At this point, if you cannot help yourself, seek help; don't procrastinate.
Yes I notice this one from a former work colleague in particular prioritizing money
for gambling ahead of more important applications.
And from the OP's list I would be familiar with points 2 to 5 with this same person
but the big one that stood out was the fact that this person was preoccupied and
obsessed with gambling and was visiting the bookies a number of times each day
during work.
I think the OP's list is quite accurate.
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