Topic: The madness of gambling addicts. - page 64. (Read 15791 times)

Most of the gamblers say that they are playing gambling for fun but in reality, their focus is to make money. When your aim is to get money from gambling, that's where the problem starts. You start to think differently. On every loss, we (the gambler who is addict) become more aggressive and put more money to recover the loses.



There are gamblers who gamble with common sense they are not addicted to the gambling and therefore they are not trouble some for the families and friends.

It is only those gamblers who are addicted , become annoying for their families, use excessive money and even their mood and their way of life becomes extremely disturbed cause of the gambling addiction.

The gambling is like the drug to the addict,they can live without their wife and family.But they never live the life without their gambling involvement,this way the gambler was became the gambling addict from the gambler position.The gambler may act like the animal in their family after losing some money in the gambling.If they person doesn’t have a capacity to balance the money loss,they can use the other game to entertain themself.Some gambler will loss their family after the rude action in the family by the gambling loss.

It seems that clustering in gambling is still happening. which is when rich people play with rich people who have the same social level. And likewise, when people have a low social level, they will play with people who have the same social level as them. But not with online gambling, everyone can play with anyone without any social barriers to play together.

yes.. indeed, addiction to gambling can be influenced by our own views on gambling, because when we talk about gambling as "fun" then we will be normal when gambling, but things are different when we think that when gambling is for a profit, where in the end we will lose control and continue to chase victory.

Like any addiction its possible for the stream of consciousness during a day, what motivates you to continue doing your job the difficult things in life; all that can be disrupted.   I would argue none of this occurs by gambling cause alone, underlying causes that push a person into a negative bias is what I would mostly blame.  Depression or grief from loss of a loved one is perfectly normal behaviour and thats all it takes to de-stabilize someone enough to develop some kind of addiction imo.  The worst addictions are physical like drinking but also uncontrolled gambling would be a large negative imo its important to keep a fixed budget weeks ahead of time for this reason, avoiding upset.  Ideally people are helped as much as possible and consoled by a professional where possible.

Always losing control is why they cannot prevent themselves from continuing to gamble and one of the consequences of this behavior is not only becoming addicted or losing money but also if the gambler is too crazy about gambling he will lose his family because a family does not want to have family members who has a very serious gambling addiction and I once found an addict like this in my city when he was gambling online I asked him where he came from and he answered which surprised me that he came from far from my city and he chose to leave because his family had kicked him out because he often stole money to gamble.
Maybe this is one of the craziness of gambling addicts and I think several people have also told stories like this.

It sounds like philosophy applied to gambling and the way we human beings behave under certain circumstances.
Honestly, I have not researched about gambling in a context of human development, because it is easier to find information on the superficial part of it, the commercial portion, the strategies and News which are in the mainstream.

If you asked me, I would say gambling is an activity which is full of relativeness, from the amount of money one can lose, to the way other perceive our status (according to the money wagered).

Though, if we talk about addiction, it would be better to stay within the psychological literature, where the most useful approaches are supposed to be.

not sure if there's consensus regarding this topics but it's a really interesting one, I'd say it's the most interesting topic I've ever talked about here on the gambling boards of bitcointalk.

I think it's a two way road too with our attention influencing our thoughts but random things happening as well and we "deciding" to stick with them or let them go.
attention is powerful, for sure.

There are many threads in the forum that are all trending in a direction that worries me, I have said it before, it is addiction that is being talked about a lot now, this is something that we must pay attention to because things are not about doing something better , you need to have everything under the best control and be healthy, when a person is addicted, not only money is spent, time is spent, and many things come together so that people begin to lose control, in a casino things must happen Naturally, always having control is very good so that we as players, as people rather than players, can have control of our emotions, and our money balance, what's the point of losing control of our lives? That doesn't make any sense, because we are the ones who should do something to be able to establish something to be able to help, I don't know, maybe if we all Start making a Group, a help thread, something like that, like As I have already said, I am concerned that so many members may be in this difficult period of addiction . I hope that everyone can get out of this problem. For my part, what I can recommend is that they can first go to a psychologist to make a recovery plan. quickly and constantly, also oppression on the part of the Person to be able to Get out of it, because they can have the best psychologist in the world.

Now if a person has a lot of problems and this type of problem is added, it is Dangerous Even to have a big health problem, there are people whose Stress level Goes up, they Can cause Cardiac Arrest , Stroke , All of this is true to Avoid , all these things are the ones that are very likely to occur in people, so what I think about this is that you can Help people from here, it is not bad, it is something that can have many aspects, there are Many ways to attack this Problem and Well , being there already in that , we have to help in any way Possible.

Yes, crazy with the last times in gambling and crazy with getting back capital then quitting gambling, those are widely propagated sayings from addicts, more precisely, those who have fallen into a miserable life due to gambling. But to be honest, the perspective of these people is also mainly on gambling, a circle whose focus is on gambling, while others are trying from outside jobs then settle down again, crazy people and compulsive gamblers still maintain the same mindset of making money and recovery, that is to try a few more times and wait for miracles in gambling

Such things really exist. You will continue to justify things and will continue to be in denial of your addictions. It's tough since the battle is inside you and only you who can help yourself to quit and stop.

A domino effect that will continue to worsen the situation both mental and financial and together with
the after-effect to people who surround you, addiction can take you to the extent where control is no
longer in your grasp.

Crazy people who go crazy for gambling lose control and make life miserable better to quit gambling before it becomes an addiction. No one trusts or respects those who gamble is an addiction in which you will always be in a daze you will feel like playing this one more time taking the profit and not playing again. Then when you win you will say let's play for the last time, when you lose everything while playing for the last time you will say I will take the original and resign from gambling then that last time will leave you destitute.

You are right about gambling having to be done wisely and responsibly. We probably won't be as lucky as his friend, who got a lot of money to pay back his debt. But if we are lucky enough to get that money, we have to realize that we don't need to gamble anymore and end it immediately before everything changes again. From that story, we should avoid borrowing money from other people and not gamble because there is no guarantee we can win unless we are lucky like his friend. And it's best if you want to gamble, you use your own money so that if you lose, you don't have any risk except losing the money and not having to pay back any borrowed money.

Easy to give up if the addict is not among your family like a brother/sister. Upbringing sometimes can twist someone's mind, it is why fatherless kids often mix up with the wrong crowd or easily stray with life goals into crime and drug addiction if not gambling.

But you would rather see him/her living remotely on the outskirts than keeping his life in the city where he can snap any moment with just $100 in his pocket. He best stays alive somewhere at least even with one kidney than buried inside a barrel.

Even if there is no addiction to gambling, some people will still never go for it as people have different mindsets about it. Besides, the case of your friend is pathetic, no one should tread through this lane if they want to make it in life. When it has gone to the level that people started gambling desperately to the point of not being able to save anymore, borrowing money and all that, then it's a shameful habit that needs urgent attention.

The most desperation sets in when they believe they will make it in life with gambling or want to win back what they've lost by all causes but this often ends in more losses and will eventually cause the person to lose his mind. Your friend was desperate but thankfully luck shone on him and managed to gain much to stabilise and pay back his debts. Many are not this lucky and I would have loved it if I could read more on this story as I am sure that it can't end well for him if he continues like that, he's just lucky this time. Gambling must be pursued sensibly and responsibly, not with desperation.

I don't know if there is a clear answer to this in the literature, but at least to me, it seems like it's a bit of both.

On one hand we just get random thoughts all the time, but on the other hand, things that you have paid attention to in the past tend to appear in your thoughts as well.

I'm sure advertisers would know the answer to this, because they pay a lot of money to be in the minds of the people.

It's sad how some persons allow themselves to get to this point with gambling and that's why most times I advocate for responsible gambling or some Period of abstinence so as to keep yourself in check enough not to get to the point you can no longer control it and would want to do crazy stuff just to maintain your gambling habit which definitely have an adverse effect on you.

Most gambling sites and casinos usually advice people gamble responsibly but sadly some gamblers don't pay attention to this, when ever you are beginning to go crazy and do crazy stuffs for gambling I think it's high time you take a break, it doesn't matter the gambling reputation you are trying to protect or keep just keep off for a while so as to fix yourself.

If you are getting to the point you do crazy things for gambling, seek help, go for therapy or better still get an accountability manager to help you keep your habit in check before you loose it. Some persons like the man in the story above go crazy and loose their sense of reasoning because they have a so called gambling reputation to protect which lead them to doing crazy stuffs which may land them in troubles.

Well I mean consciously in the sense that we consciously see those gamblers who go overboard in their gambling actions, and obviously like you said if they were aware that gambling would only make them worse then obviously maybe they wouldn't go so deep into that trap with all the exaggerations there. Because their conscious mind seems to always limit themselves, and well if on the contrary they just let the wrong mindset continue to happen then obviously as we know maybe something unexpected will always happen to him there.



Obviously exchanging one victory for a hundred defeats is completely unfair, they should try to spend a little time calculating all the wins they get with all the defeats they have spent, obviously losses will always dominate. But in fact it is very rare for most of them to make these calculations, they seem to have entered the network of cycles provided by the casino, not looking back about how much they lost to consider so that they can minimize their losses a little more the next time. Yes, it all depends on their mindset, if they care about themselves, especially their finances, then surely any action or the best solution will definitely be done there, it's for their own good too.

It is true with what you said that if we do not immediately overcome the bad thing about our gambling activities, namely "gambling addiction" then this will only make the situation worse. And whether we realize it or not if we ignore the problem of gambling addiction that exists in us, this will have an extraordinary domino effect, because when you are too addicted to gambling and become a gambling addict, you will justify all means in order to get some money to satisfy your lust to go to the casino and do gambling. and not a few people think short and do heinous things in order to get some money which in the end they end their lives behind bars.

If gambling could be managed without becoming addictive then everyone would love gambling. I have seen a gambler who spends a whole month gambling and when he loses all his money he borrows to raise money again. At one point he also managed gambling on loan. I was sometimes surprised because he used to spend his entire monthly income on gambling. As a result, at the end of the month, the money from his job would go only to pay off the debt. But there he also won big reward and paid back all the money he owed but that will not be effective for all. Personally I don't support gambling with loans. If a person has own money then he is suitable for gambling.

To me, if someone addicted to gambling is willing to go for sharkloans in order to make their habit to last a little bit more, I would sadly call that person to be a late stage addicted person; there are few things which are worse than taking those loans (like stealing or murder for money); since I am well aware that those sharkloans usually have a pretty close relation with crime syndicates which won't doubt a single second on killing debtors, if that means to give out a message to others who may consider to try to fool them and run away with a handful of bills.

If someone gets to that extreme, then it would be fair to assume that person already sold or lost (got seized) most of their material possessions. Incredibly sad.