Topic: The madness of gambling addicts. - page 89. (Read 15791 times)

exactly. family is one of the drugs that can help an addict distract from gambling.
because family can help provide any motivational spirit to get rid of thoughts of gambling and on the one hand family is the main factor for gambling addicts to be able to recover from their addiction.

With very interesting points of view, personally I believe that when it comes to gambling, each person has their strengths, first they must have and apply what they know so that their game is favourable, regarding impulsiveness you are absolutely right, those impulses It is the worst thing that can be done when playing in a casino, and the worst thing is that these impulses make you want to do them when you play, it is something inevitable, these feelings are very common, personally, managing these emotions is the most Difficult to master, even when you are very experienced and veteran, you can make simple mistakes that also make you lose.

A lot has changed over the past years and I think that a lot more people talk openly about mental health issues than they did in the past. But mental health issues isn't always the same. I think talking about mental health when you lost a loved one is different from talking about an alcohol or gambling addfiction. Stigmatization isn't specifically happening for mental health issues in general, but for some types of that illness. That still makes it difficult for people to open up.

Because there's still a stigma running around the world, people still not accept or understand mental health issues which addiction could be one. It should be taken action asap before anything happens in not a good way because it can ruin themselves and the people around them, only professionals can help them.

A lot of people tend to hide their psychological issues from others because they hesitate to discuss things with others, even if they have people that are very close to them, they still sometimes don't share what they feel, and that becomes the reason why many people commit suicide only because they've been suffering from a psychological issue that they never discussed with anyone nor did they seek any help but they just kept it to themselves and it kept eating them from the inside.

It's definitely the responsibility of those who are close to them, especially the parents for their children from an early stage, they should take care of every single thing so that the children don't get into psychological illnesses that will eat them up from the inside and they won't be able to live their life and will finish it some day in the future.

 A good alternative remedy is not to let those who you love to stay alone.

If you will take some time to spend with them, the chance that they will divert some of their attentions and that will help
them to speak about something. Though there are people who are not vocal but the companionship will allow them to
lose focus on what they are doing. It helps not to let them getting addicted.

While a more adequate treatment for those which suffer from a condition that is mostly on their minds would be great, the price we will have to pay as a society is too high, after all in these days in which people are connected with each other all the time and they share almost anything too, the only time they do not do so is when they are alone with their thoughts, if people were also forced to share whatever little private thoughts they have left they will surely complain about it and any reform on this regard will be quickly suppressed.

I think having free (paid by taxes on gambling for example) access to mental health would definitely help many people, and definitely save some lives.

Having the service there available for anyone, for free, is something that could actually help people in need.

But there's not much talk about mental health, specially in gambling. I guess it's just there to make money, and no one really cares about the people losing their minds alongside their money.

But this relates only to situations that can be looked at over a long period of time. How would a system treat people that have a life-changing experience and then crash psychologically? That isn't something which can easily be predicted or anticipated. In my oPinion one of the safest situations is if someone has a healthy social environment and doesn't isolate themselves. That is when people can detect changes or even know that someone must be suffering and took a bad turn in life. Otherwise you would have to allow the health care system to be very intrusive and value all data that ever is collected about someone. That doesn't sound very good to me.  

Just imagine how we need to change the system of health care and society so that we can identify psychological problems at an early stage, because most people will never admit that they have any problems on a psychological level, although very many people have such problems to a greater or lesser extent.

In my opinion in order to do that we would have to introduce stricter control over each of us, and no one would like that, so society will never get rid of inadequate behavior of a certain percentage of people. We'll just have to accept it and be more attentive to our children and loved ones to protect our families from it.   

Yeah, I absolutely agree with you.

It's just that it's easier and cheaper to treat physical illnesses than mental health issues.

They are of course important, but given that it's more complicated to diagnose and treat them, I reckon they will always be behind the treatment of physical illness, although they do deserve the same or more importance.

I get your concerns about inadequate mental health services, more so in developing nations. However, implying that those with mental health issues might commit crimes due to lack of cheap help might be too general. True, money problems can hinder mental health care access, but linking crime strictly to this overlooks things like societal norms, personal choices, or legal systems.

Further, your argument about diagnosing mental health being more complex than physical health neglects strides made in the field. Methods like mental evaluations, guided conversations, and symptom tracking are often used in mental health diagnosis. They may not yield a value like BMI, but they give trustworthy mental health assessments.

The price tag and intricacy of mental health treatment doesn't undermine its effectiveness or necessity. While it can be pricey and demands lifestyle alterations, the upsides of mental health care surpass these challenges, leading to better overall life quality.

The thing is that mental health is extremely difficult to diagnose, specially for a large number of people. There's no test that you could use to sense the current level of your "mental health", whereas with physical health you can simply step on a balance and you'll have a rough idea with BMI.

Also the same events in life affect people differently, so one person might be struggling, whereas another one would be absolutely fine with the same lives. So, it's hard to know when someone is having mental issues, plus many people never stop and ask for help.

And even when you do have people asking for help for mental health, then it is really hard to help them because the treatment might be so different to different people, and it usually is very costly to make effective changes as they might require long time, many people, changing lifestyles, etc.

This is the kind of news which makes me wish there was more reliable and affordable mental healthcare around the world, specially in developing countries, there people can be struggling more, both mentally and physically.

Perhaps there was a time when that man realize he had a problem, but did not have money to pay for help, so he did not get help but decided to commit this crime in order to continue to pursue his gambling habits.

When people talk about health, the first thing that comes to mind is physical health, vaccination, pills, exercise, but most of us only take a look at mental health when it is already too late, so do the governments around this planet.

This is an example that indeed gambling addiction can have a negative impact on committing a crime so you can get some money to continue gambling.
But this is a case that cannot be taken lightly because he kidnapped his own grandson and demanded ransom from his own son.
It is better to limit gambling immediately if we cannot control it in the future so that we do not do reckless or criminal things.

Nothing more than the fact that they mix a vice with drugs is something very bad, it is something that should never be consumed as far as I am concerned I have seen some cases of addiction in the game, but for it to be removed correctly the person has to go to a psychologist to help you, there is no other way, it could be said that we as people and that we like casinos should always have self-control, firstly to take care of the balance and secondly to never fall into addiction, because it becomes in a difficult social problem to overcome when you don't feel like it.

Such stories still exists in our present day? Gambling has broken families and pushed addicts to take numerous risky measures all in the name of being capable of wager. What would his child think if he saw a mature man take his granddaughter for ransom, not to settle bills or loans, but to gamble? It's ridiculous. Gambling at that age implies that he is a full-time gambler and will face the wrath of the law in prison. I doubt he'll survive the conditions over there; he's old and may never see his granddaughter again because they'd be too frightened to get close to him.

People kill to satisfy their addiction, he only kidnapped and got punished. I am trying to deduce his understanding of the word grand daughter. According to my understanding he doesn't care about anything else but his gambling addiction. He didn't even bother to foresee what kind of a crime he is going to commit nither its repercussions. The addiction has crippled his mind so much that he hatched the plan of kidnapping his own grand daughter.

If he would have in his young prime then he would have sold his kids and his wife for gambling. Why he did not do it might be because he was earning money at that time. Now at an age of 65 he couldn't work anymore but still needed money to satisfy his addiction and that might be the only reason he committed this henious crime. Good he was caught and put behind bars. For the rest of his life he would be haunted with this crime in his dream. He would cry and ask for forgiveness but he won't get that till he dies.

That's why we really need good self-control so we don't get carried away by emotions because those emotions can come at any time, especially if we have lost several times. Many people have finally lost self-control because of increased emotions and try to increase the bet amount just to win. It is highly not recommended and if we feel that our emotional level has started to rise, we should try to rest and take a breath so we can calm down. Meanwhile, people who are addicted to gambling are not easy to handle and that is why they need to invite other people with them to prevent people who are addicted to gambling from losing self-control. We can't force those addicted to gambling, but we can approach them slowly and start helping them until they can open their minds that they need help.

We should ask our relatives if we hear about the gossip because it will be better. We can hear the story directly from our relatives so that we won't be wrong in knowing the real story. Maybe we can only see from the habits of family members so that we will know if changes have happened to them. Once we know that, we can approach them and talk to them and who knows, it might open their mind to want to tell the truth. Maybe that person will hear our advice more because we can approach it kindly.

We will try to approach him to ask the truth to find out how to help him. But that will depend on the people we are going to help because if they still insist they don't want to be helped, we can't do anything either but we can still be with them so they know that we are with them.

Indeed, it is not easy to approach someone who is used to gambling, let alone being able to give advice to him. If they don't want to accept it, we can even fight with them and they might stay away from us. That's why we must be careful in approaching him and use ways that won't provoke his emotions.

Yes, we really need luck in gambling but unfortunately, we will never know when that luck will come. We will only find out after we have finished playing and if the result is that we win, regardless of the amount, it means that luck is with us. And we can't hope we can win again in the next round. But if we lose, it means we don't have luck, so we have to stop playing gambling before it's too late to do it. A gambler doesn't need to recover losses because it's difficult. After all, we will also need a lot of money and maybe it will exceed the previous amount of money. And the goal of gambling is to have fun; when it's over, we must stop immediately.