Topic: Soldiers using gambling to cope with stress. (Read 1250 times)

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Overall, this shows that gambling is common among all people, specially those who are under psychological problems, instead of talking to a counselor, they commit to gambling.

What if the soldier loses a large amount and becomes stressed? It will affect their mind towards the mentality of being a soldier which is much higher risk, but I don't know if soldiers in some countries are forbidden to gamble?

I'm sure the soldier knows gambling is bad behavior if it is excessive in making him/her happy or relieving stress, but if he/she is good at controlling emotions maybe it will be okay.

I think soldiers have strong military discipline, they know which one to choose as their entertainment if gambling is prohibited.

If the soldier can limit himself from being addicted to gambling, maybe there is no problem. indeed many other activities can be used to reduce or eliminate stress besides gambling. but maybe some players do like certain games.
If the game that is played actually increases the level of stress because of the losses obtained. of course, it worsens the situation of the soldier. but as long as the loss is not a problem, everything will be fine.
It would be better to avoid activities that can actually increase our stress burden. because in gambling, it is highly recommended that you play when you are actually not under pressure. including from your work or finances.

I don't think soldiers should be banned from gambling, regardless of the risks it may entail, considering the high-risk profession. Each soldier is responsible for his or her own individual decisions and preferences, as long as they have nothing to do with the profession.

If they are banned for gambling, they should look for other forms of entertainment that may be even worse, such as alcoholism, drugs, etc., so this situation will not solve any problems.

I like the way whereby we make use of gambling to have fun, this is the normal expectations whereby we have in gambling, everyone gambling will be so excited in seeing that it is giving them the required fun they had always expected to have from it, gambling ease stress, it makes people feels alright and have the comfortability of enjoying their pleasurable moment when they are having fun gambling.

Eight Hundred years ago King Richard enacted a law that restricted his soldiers from gambling during wartime. This was because it was observed that soldiers used gambling to overcome the stress of war.

Recently Ukrainian Pavlo Petrychenko soldier put forward a petition calling on Kyiv to address concerns about gambling among its battle-worn soldiers. Online gambling and access to mobile phones have made it very easy for soldiers to engage in betting under any condition.  His concern was that soldiers were falling into debt; of gambling firms using patriotic-themed advertising and tactics to target soldiers' business, and of possible security threats from Russian casino sites.

His observation was supported by many Ukrainians who signed the petition and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saw the need to control the gambling behavior of soldiers. Ukrainian higher authorities have since ordered officials to ban soldiers from all gambling activities and to put Ukraine's gambling industry under tighter control.

Now, do you think soldiers who have left home for a long time and are going through boredom should be restricted from engaging in gambling which helps reduce their stress? If gambling does not have any effect on their performance on the waterfront and they gamble responsibly, do you think there should be restrictions?


https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-war-soldiers-gambling-industry-1.7189835

I like the way whereby we make use of gambling to have fun, this is the normal expectations whereby we have in gambling, everyone gambling will be so excited in seeing that it is giving them the required fun they had always expected to have from it, gambling ease stress, it makes people feels alright and have the comfortability of enjoying their pleasurable moment when they are having fun gambling.

The commanders in each military who are on duty should strictly supervise their troops because gambling during critical times will only reduce the level of alertness of the soldiers. Just imagine when they are gambling and there is a sudden attack, the situation will definitely be chaotic.

For soldiers, gambling must be done when duty is over or when they are on leave, but not when they are on duty in critical times such as war and guard duty.

The banning thing, I don't know. I imagine that if they get out alive on top of having gambling debts it could be catastrophic. Post-traumatic stress and being bankrupt can leave them with serious psychiatric problems and some with the desire to commit suicide.

It is a complex problem.

I do not believe this, I'm not saying it's exactly untrue but at times, issues often have an undertone or different reasons, I do not even see the correlation with war. If truly can solders can find a means to relieve stress, then why deprive them? If at all that law happened, there must be a reason stronger than gambling. Superiors always want the soldiers on their command to be at ease as possible, especially in war time.

I still believe the soldiers are not gambling to relieve stress, gambling is dangerous and it can even stress them more, which could be what they are referring to and more reason to force them to end it to avoid frustration for the soldiers. This might only be twisted somehow because the government might be concerned since a soldier for instance who was supposed to cater for his family because of addiction to gambling received his salary and gambled everything while the family expected money from him to feed, pay bills and school fees. In this situation, will the soldier be himself anymore? This is what we are talking about, to avoid it, gambling must stop by the soldiers to focus on the relevance, not that it is capable of relieving their stress and the government is taking it away, I won't believe that.

The commanders in each military who are on duty should strictly supervise their troops because gambling during critical times will only reduce the level of alertness of the soldiers. Just imagine when they are gambling and there is a sudden attack, the situation will definitely be chaotic.

For soldiers, gambling must be done when duty is over or when they are on leave, but not when they are on duty in critical times such as war and guard duty.

Eight Hundred years ago King Richard enacted a law that restricted his soldiers from gambling during wartime. This was because it was observed that soldiers used gambling to overcome the stress of war.

Recently Ukrainian Pavlo Petrychenko soldier put forward a petition calling on Kyiv to address concerns about gambling among its battle-worn soldiers. Online gambling and access to mobile phones have made it very easy for soldiers to engage in betting under any condition.  His concern was that soldiers were falling into debt; of gambling firms using patriotic-themed advertising and tactics to target soldiers' business, and of possible security threats from Russian casino sites.

His observation was supported by many Ukrainians who signed the petition and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saw the need to control the gambling behavior of soldiers. Ukrainian higher authorities have since ordered officials to ban soldiers from all gambling activities and to put Ukraine's gambling industry under tighter control.

Now, do you think soldiers who have left home for a long time and are going through boredom should be restricted from engaging in gambling which helps reduce their stress? If gambling does not have any effect on their performance on the waterfront and they gamble responsibly, do you think there should be restrictions?

It's in Ukraine, they are at war, and it's definitely not a thing that will help them relieve stress.

You are right, they can do all of this in their free time but while they are still in their positions, I don't think it will be a good thing especially if their enemies are moving aggressively. There's no time for distraction that could lead to losing more lives.
Anyway, this is just proof that the gambling industry is growing so fast that even soldiers are prohibited from doing it which means it's at large in the service and maybe commanders caught their soldiers gambling.

Eight Hundred years ago King Richard enacted a law that restricted his soldiers from gambling during wartime. This was because it was observed that soldiers used gambling to overcome the stress of war.

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Now, do you think soldiers who have left home for a long time and are going through boredom should be restricted from engaging in gambling which helps reduce their stress? If gambling does not have any effect on their performance on the waterfront and they gamble responsibly, do you think there should be restrictions?

There are other recreational activities to engage in for entertainment I wouldn't advice a soldier to use gambling as a way to ease stress this might lead to more stress at the end of the day. Gambling comes with a lot of emotional rollercoasters especially when you are addicted to it. If a soldier starts using gambling as something as. Stress coping mechanism it might affect his or her mental health negatively and my reason for saying this is because as military personnels they are going through a lot, adding gambling to it can be somewhat disastrous

There are other recreational activities to engage in for entertainment I wouldn't advice a soldier to use gambling as a way to ease stress this might lead to more stress at the end of the day. Gambling comes with a lot of emotional rollercoasters especially when you are addicted to it. If a soldier starts using gambling as something as. Stress coping mechanism it might affect his or her mental health negatively and my reason for saying this is because as military personnels they are going through a lot, adding gambling to it can be somewhat disastrous

There are other recreational activities to engage in for entertainment I wouldn't advice a soldier to use gambling as a way to ease stress this might lead to more stress at the end of the day. Gambling comes with a lot of emotional rollercoasters especially when you are addicted to it. If a soldier starts using gambling as something as. Stress coping mechanism it might affect his or her mental health negatively and my reason for saying this is because as military personnels they are going through a lot, adding gambling to it can be somewhat disastrous

I think it would be better to restrict them completely from accessing gambling than attempting to limit what they can gamble. As far as they have access to gambling, adhering to a particular fixed limit can be hardly realistic even though thorough investigation should be carried out. They can play from different sites aside the popular ones just to avoid been tracked. People have different mentality to this gambling and you can't tell which among them will gamble responsibly or recklessly.

The nature of their work is very sensitive and requires a good working brain that is not stressed to carry it out effectively. At times, some loses comes with mental disorder if they're least expect and someone who's always in possession of gun needs to be mentally stable at all times to avoid transfers of aggression.