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I just discovered a friend's personality, who in real life is very thrift and very conservative but once he played online in casinos he became very reckless and loved to play the risks because for him when it comes to gambling if you cannot take a risk you don't have a chance to win big, that's a big contrast from his real personality for him he has alter ego when it comes to gambling, so his outlook and decision is very much different when playing.

How about you Are you gambling in a way that is very different from your true personality,

It seems like I don't have those characteristics. In real life, I am still the same as I do in gambling games by always limiting myself by not buying things I don't need. I only buy things that I think will help me in carrying out my daily activities, and the same goes for when I gamble, where I still try to limit the use of money and time for gambling. Even though I realize that I still often waste my money and time, so far, I am still fine with managing my emotions and all things related to gambling. I also don't have any serious problems related to gambling and can still control myself well during and after I finish gambling.

But this is a normal thing experienced by a gambler, where when he gambles, everything will change from being able to save money and save his money well to being more wasteful in using his money to gamble. Perhaps your friend needs to learn self-control to control himself like he does in real life.

I believe most of us here usually become more reckless when we first enter to gambling because this is the first time we exposed on this kind of risk. It’s just peculiar for a conservative person to become interested on gambling since things that have high risk involved usually a big turn off for a person that you described.

I’m not familiar with alter ego but it looks like a psychological disorder since it’s behavior which people usually hide. I’m not conservative in real life but I’m not a risk taker either but I become a medium risk taker when I’m exposed to gambling since that’s what gambling games real effects to player.

We all have this, and that is part of the human nature, it's like when you're drinking alcohol and your other side will come out.
My alter ego most probably is also about being greedy fortunately I was able to prevent this from happening since i started to become more responsible. Your friend most probably can't control yet his emotion and that could be risky if he continues to behave like that. In gambling, we all have our own alter ego and it can be a good side or a bad side.

There are gamblers like that and I have met some they are quiet and conservative they work hard but on weekends they are reckless in gambling they have no control over betting, they are very thrift, have no other vices but behind these characters is a personality that is different from the real person.
These kinds of people have no control over their gambling activities and can be considered compulsive gamblers, they have good character but totally different when inside a gambling premises or platform.
I think these kinds of people are the ones who need help to combat addiction, you should not be a Jekyld and Hyde when it comes to gambling, your true character should control how you gamble.

Don't put gambling in the center of your life and this issue will solve itself. Some people take gambling way too seriously. There is no need for that. Gambling is just a tool to pass the time. The same personality change happens with the alcoholics and drug addicts too. These people think they will become a totally different person when they do drugs or hit a few beers. It is true in a way but not like what they think. (getting smarter) They become even dumber when they do that. If you want to become dumber and act dumber, you don't need to gamble or do drugs. I do dumb things every once in a while but I don't blame my bad habits because my bad habits also reflect my intelligence. (intelligent people don't have many bad habits)

Gamblers might be behaving differently at first but in the long run, your true personality will naturally come out even without forcing yourself. That is because what we do or how be behave in real life has always its reflection even in dealing gambling. If we are naturally risk takers, the more that we become more passionate to gamble since we love to overcome risks most especially if there are rewards waiting ahead.

But if asked if that alter ego really exist when gambling? Probably yes, but not on my part. I don’t take high risk most especially in gambling where uncertainty is high and results are always unpredictable.

In the beginning I gambled, it was probably like that but indeed the further I went into gambling, especially for now I think I got out of this trait because after all, when I was at the beginning of gambling and was happy with gambling so that it made a habbit inevitably something like this must have happened because after all, seeing from the situation that happened, I think it is possible that everyone feels the same way, especially when they are in a situation that is in a very strong condition for encouragement in gambling when they first feel gambling.

But something like this is only a momentary situation for some because this is just their habit and waiting to get bored even though sometimes things like this sometimes won't feel bored especially when we talk about gambling that we really like :D
Now I seem to be a little clean from this kind of thing because I don't feel it for now and I started to manage my finances in a controlled manner especially when in a gambling.

Those gamblers didn't have self control then they are too greedy they can't wait for another day all they want is to gamble without knowing that everytime they put a bet and  loss that money they loss is very important that can sustain their daily needs. But we can not force them to stop cause the more we get involved with them they will become arugant and  then they will say that we are different which is we don't have the right to teach or to let's say yo stop them for being gambling addict.
Anyways it's all up to then if they gonna play or stop.

Whether someone has an ego as a gambler, it does not necessarily if that's is our true colour. But looking at it from an angle, I think is it someone that keeps making profits in gambling that would have the ego to react or do whatever they like to do and there confidence will increase with time. Anyone that has an ego and kept losing is a waste of time. We need to be ready and make sure that we are among the winners not just being in the gambling arena not doing anything meaningful. We can earn and still lose in gambling but consistently is very difficult.

This means he has two personalities, Peter and Judas rolled into one. One personality is just not so vulgar but the other always wants to win a gamble. It's possible that he just loves to earn but not spend yet gambles to make a profit too.

I knew someone who had this attitude, he isn't into gambling though but I can compare it to what OP had described. My guy barely buys food/beer for himself but when it comes to buying crystal the guy can find something in his deep pocket literally.  

I am like your friend except that I am not as reckless as him,I have got to play games with low bets and the rewards,the max win up to over x50.000 in bet,not longer than yesterday I started 2024 with a x11339 multiplier from the Return of the Green Knight slot and withdraw 1000 dollars,the other 252 left I played in the most reckless of ways,just playing a few spins with 20 dollar as bet,from 0.10 where I won that huge multiplier,so the difference from me and your friend is that I only take risks after have been in a great consistent profit,if not I continue playing with the same low amount of bet.

I am the same kind of person when it comes to gambling, and I am always cautious with what I do in real life so that I don't over spend the funds on me. The same happens to me when I am gambling, I don't allow my gambling activities to control me, as I always try to have self control, so that I don't end up spending recklessly. This is because the casino is always there anytime, any day for you to gamble again, and so why will I spend all I have at the moment and lament tomorrow. Those kind of people that are hard working and reckless in their gambling activities are compulsive gamblers

Not exclusive to gambling, but to everything. But I want to refer into it as part of our personality. What makes gambling entertaining and addictive? That's the involvement of money and that's a different thing which forms this 'Alter Ego' in our personality. Indeed taking the risk brings excitement but that's different from being greedy. If you are hungry of profit in gambling, then that's greed alone although it is a part of one's personality, it is only evident to particular activities or things unlike with Alter Ego which could take place anytime and without any sign.
Addiction is another thing 'coz it requires proper diagnosis. We are sometimes complicating the idea of gambling addiction or let's say addiction in general. Not because a person is spending too much time with this industry, and is losing huge amount, they will be addicted already. First we have different loss tolerance. Also, there are just people who can spend a whole day but still be able to manage loss and profit at the same time which means, he's conscious and aware of things still.

No, I don't think that I have a different Ego when I gamble to the rest of my everyday life Ego. I enjoy gambling whenever possible and have done so at a young age before being able to visit casinos. Competitiveness is what brought me into many different games at a young age and it makes it so much more fun when you can bet money with it. For example, my friends and I have already played cards for money at the age of 14. So, if I wouldn't gamble at a casino at all I would just gamble more with friends directly and not change at all.

Fortunately, in my case, in the real world I am exactly the same person I usually am when I play, I don't make any decision without thinking a lot, in the case of games I don't change my bankroll management pattern and what I hope to achieve when I play. My objective when I play is very clear: to have fun and be able to win so that the money I put into the case continues to increase until it can keep me playing for longer without me needing to put more money into the casino. This is the goal I set before I put money into the casino. I also define the amount that I will put in each game so that I don't keep changing it later and get lost in the accounts later and lead me to a path in which my bankroll runs out quickly and forces me to deposit more money.

For example, when I put 12$ to bet, then I get it into my head that I'm going to have to put 1$ in each game and each week I'll be making 3 bets, so I can spend a month making bets and if at the end of the month I realize I managed to make a lot of profit so in the following month I increase the value of my bets, but if the end of the month arrives and I see that I lost everything, then I deposit $12 again and continue doing the same thing. In my opinion, it is very important that the person has a plan, before depositing money in the casino, the person must have a plan of how they will do everything when they are at the casino so as not to end up aimless and then go bankrupt and lose everything.

That's the gambling activity because their ego and desire to win makes them lose their habit in real life. There is nothing wrong with your friend's understanding because he is aware that gambling will definitely result in big risks. But the way he engages in gambling shows something, that gambling is an activity that does not affect his finances and it is possible that he is not an addicted gambler. Because every decision taken in a hurry will provide an opportunity to lose more quickly because we are not always lucky.

So when gambles he takes risks and winning or losing becomes another problem for him. This is different from me because every time I am involved in gambling, I will try to play more carefully and not take risks by rushing to increase the bet. Maybe each individual has a different view of the way he or she is involved in gambling.

My alter ego in gambling is dip man,  because both my wife and family members knows hate gamblers who are obviously buried with their gambling the involvement or addicts who don't practice privacy while gambling or discussing it in the larger environment.

But the real me also gambles and discusses gambling daily which they are not aware of,  unless sometimes I just gift them money when I win a big amount from gambling,  so I can say a lot of other members also will have a similar alter ego experience or different from the mind.

Well, I do not think I have an alter ego. But I believe I could certainly develop one if I continued to have longer gambling session than I am used to.
Though, I do cannot blame anyone for behaving in a different way when they blame, after all, gambling is supposed to be an activity for you to forget about our problems for a while, leaving our inhibitions in a second plane.
I am not sure, but there could be occasions a person lives in conflict because of the alter ego they have when they gamble, when they do not gamble those people can be very strict with their money, their expenses and try to be responsible, though when their other personality comes out and start to gamble money away then there comes a collision of reality or some coping mechanisms for that person not to lose control over their life.

It would be similar to when a person who believes in God decides go engage in gambling, prostitution or heavy drinking. Just speculations from my part, by the way. I am not a psychologist.  :P

Also, it is obvious that someone having a gambling alter ego must invest in time and effort for others not to find out about it, which only adds to the stress a regular gambler (an irresponsible one) could feel.

Since its all about luck why should I risk more money so that I can win? Because the risk will only grow higher than usual and you can still lose money, only those who don't fully understand gambling think this way.

If you know how to risk a lot on gambling you will be humble by gambling sooner or later, because the proper way of gambling is by using very little amount, even if you can afford to use a lot of money it's not advisable.

The chances of winning big by using a lot of money is what I have also heard from few gamblers but I wonder why they mostly end up keeping their heads down, because losing is unavoidable for them still, don't be a fool, risking big does not mean you will win.

I don't know what your friend thinks, indeed sometimes everyone has a different personality when they are not gambling and when they are gambling, there is a personality that is inversely proportional, as you said, this is an alter ego, but as far as I think, isn't it usually our character when we are not gambling and when we are gambling it will be the same, for example I am sometimes careless so when gambling I do the same thing.

There is no difference between my personality when I am not gambling and when I am gambling, I gamble responsibly, just as my personality is responsible with my family so that they are in line with each other, there is no striking difference, let alone a split personality when gambling, but I think what is what happened to your friend, I don't think there is a serious problem because maybe there is someone out there who is also the same as your friend.,  ;)

In my case I would say that I don't always have the same situation. Sometimes I feel comfortable taking risks when the money is adequate. But when my bankroll is small, i try to take less risk. But gambling is good for those who can change their personality temporarily. What is usually expected to happen in gambling happens the opposite. Those who can take risks can win at times but those who cannot take risks tend to lose. I support gamblers who are willing to take risks. Their variable behavior gives them a chance to win big that the average gambler doesn't. A gambler should not only take risks but also he should think whether he has money to lose or not.

        -  Some gamblers actually think like that, and others don't. If you look at it from another angle, it is also true, like "If we don't try, we won't experience winning the gambling jackpot" or, in other terms, "How can we get the jackpot if we don't try to bet on gambling?".

Those thoughts, for me, really have a point. That's why there are only two types of opportunity in gambling: the good result and the bad result, and we also know that most of us in this industry know that the result of the gamblers is always a bad result, and that is always losing, and we should be aware of that. .

I think every person has their own alter ego in many different things, you can observe it by yourself but mostly some people are not aware of their alter ego as they consider it normal despite not being their usual self. Well, I don't see myself having an alter ego when it comes to gambling cause knowing the fact that is it risky and relies on luck, if you can't even control your emotions for sure it would just give you a worse outcome. Plus I think we all behave differently when it comes to gambling but doesn't mean that it is your alter ego, the roller coaster feeling you would feel in gambling can affect your decision-making making but after learning and having an experience for a long time you true personality would eventually come out.

What I notice is someone that is having fun from gambling. A fun activity should be an activity that should be able to bring out another side of you and for this your friend exactly, I feel this is what gambling does for him. Your friends has found a way to bring balance into his life by not allowing his personalities to mix, his serious and fun side. He knows when to be serious and when plus how to have his fun. He just needs to be advised to control his recklessness so that it does not run him broke.

The thing about this is that you can’t actually tell who is their real personality, or maybe we can say it’s the one he does when he’s alone all by himself. I think many people do this in the form of giving you advice on what to do and tackle a problem but when they face the same problem they tend to handle it a different way. But looking at the meaning of alter ego again, I don’t think it’s the case for this friend of yours.

Multiple personalities that can occur when someone is in a depressed situation or vice versa that can make them feel attracted to something. But on the other hand, in my opinion, your friend experienced a change in  behavior and mindset because he saw a winning opportunity in gambling, not only your friend because I think cases like this happen and most gamblers experience the same thing, and I will say that people like that are those who are easily provoked by something that looks quite tempting which in the end they try to take advantage of the situation and circumstances, On the other hand when they are in a situation like that then I am sure that they will not consider that it is carelessness especially if at the beginning of the session you are given a win, that's the danger if you are too sure of something that has no certainty.

Any Gambler or not a Gambler is a conservative then he would not progress in the gambling field because he would be using one method and wys to gamble and instead of changing method to discover new skills and technics. Your friend has a wrong perspective on gambling. Yes there is always a risk in gambling but there is risk management in gambling who your friend can apply to control the risk that is involved. Some people when they are gambling, their mood of interaction would changed and and friendly. Well in the gambling hall, there is nothing like bad mood and good mode, in gambling you loss or you win and that has nothing to do with your mood there  ;D

not really. I'm sure your friend is a beginner gambler. At first it must have been very difficult to control it, especially since you didn't have any principles when you jumped in here. If we just want to try it without knowing the risks then being prepared will change our nature drastically. like what happened to your friend. I'm sure he wasn't guided when he entered gambling. he followed his ego with a lot of gambling making his attitude change. I hope it's still not an addict. and you have to remind him of the dangers of gambling too often if he starts to get out of control.

Haha you know what there's actually some legitimacy to this here.  If you look at this post at face value you might be tempted to think this sounds silly or whatever, but the truth is an "alter-ego" could legitimately make you a better gambler.  Now I'm sure we could argue when and where it could be useful, but for me it's when I play poker..or more specifically Texas Hold'em.  I am normally a pretty goofy person who like to have fun, make jokes etc.  When I play poker I get very serious, making as few facial expressions as possible, not holding much dialog etc.  This helps me to be able to keep an even keel and not show my opponents any sort of tell.  I love getting in this "mode" during poker play.

If you don't pay attention and get dragged by primitive emotions during a gambling session, you may end evoking your alter-ego without further notice. However, I don't believe alter-ego is a mirrored personality you have hidden inside yourself, rather I suppose it's just the irrationality and impulsivity taking control of your body, consequently decreasing your self-awareness state to an inferior level, so such opposite behaviors to your personality can manifest.

Alter-ego is not a secondary personality, but the absence of your conscious personality.

For that reason, every gamblers should be careful to not let their alter-egos show up, otherwise they can face considerable losses and spend beyond their initial budgets. I would be very concerned if a friend of mine, who uses to be very conservative, became highly prone to taking risks during a gambling gameplay. He must practice his self-awareness and self-regulation skills during moments of high pressure and tension to not repeat it futurely, for his own good.

Definitely true and i do agree into this one on which on the time that we do step our foot into this field on which personalities could be changed yet instantly or on point and this is why its not really that something
new and shocking if you do see someone who is really that too thrift and conservative but on the time  that they are doing gambling then those personalities would really be totally changing up on an instant.
This is something that would really be just that so normal because we do know that once people would really be doing gambling then they would really be on the storm of those emotional things
on which personality would really be that totally different on what we are before but those are really just that temporal, we are just humans and its normal that we are really that highly reactive
on things specially if we are dealing with money.

People would usually be ending up on having those kind of reactions on the time that they would be losing money.This is why it would really be just that normal
that seeing them with those kind of behavior is a casual stuff and its better that you should really get used to it.

alter ego is actually a good thing if you can control it wisely and i usually use my alter ego when i'm working so that i look like a professional.  but if i look at your friend's story, i don't see that your friend uses an alter ego when playing, he just turns into a gambling addict, he is not able to control it, someone who is very careless in gambling will only find himself bankrupt every time he gambles.  Gambling often makes us change 180% of our personality before we start gambling, so we are always alert when gambling and careful in every decision we make. 

Some people do really mind on how they do look on other peoples eyes and this is why they would really be doing as much as they could on looking cool or having that compusure but on the time that they would really be that dealing with gambling then those things would really be entirely be changed on which i could say that it would be normal. Just like on what most people been saying on here that we are just humans
and we do hate up on losing money on which means that those reactions were pretty common.

It did really just turn out that you arent that get used to into those kind of images that you've known on a certain person on whom you do though that
you are really that seeing them to be that too having that thrift personality.

I can't relate cause I have zero confidence when it comes to gambling, I don't know about your friend but the person might be an expert for him to be so brave, if I may ask how often your friend visit the casino shop or he can't resist from the urge, if you find yourself discussing with such person it's better to stop him cause gradually with that impression and braveness he might likely turn to an addict. There's no such thing like taking risk in gambling cause a lot of people who choose to take risk with huge money to win big might likely not even win. In my opinion no one should have an alter ego when gambling it's best to stay real and gamble what you can afford to lose.

I do not think your friend is that thrifty at all.  The only reason why he is saving is because he wanted to have a huge bankroll when he engage with his scheduled gambling session.  Since his purpose  for saving money is to have a good time having a deeper bankroll, he will surely not care on how he wager his money.


I don't know, since I always allocate certain amount if I wanted anything, it does not differ on how I allocate some of my funds to gambling.

Alter ego is part of your ego that turns on and off in certain situations, it's sort of part time protection for something you consider you real persona.
It's part of your true personality, even if you think it's not though it seems like other side of you as you don't use it as a defence mechanism all the time. We also have hard time accepting ourselves with all our different sides, so we put our blame to alter ego when we do something that we ideally don't want do, or that's far from our every day behavior. But it's always our real personalities doing the stuff.

That ego is always there in everybody but it depends how we are able to suppress it when it comes to certain things like you have used gambling as example. It also shows in our dealings with another person in relation to money and like gambling is involved, the ego will show in some people bringing out their greedy tendency to win big despite the challenges. So they keep playing no matter how much they have lost.

Alter ego is very influential and it makes a gambler not to accept defeat or loses and this is why they will keep playing even when in loses. Thus, if we can suppress it then the better we gamble not to focus mainly on profit.

People personality can actually differ from their risk appetite and it's not a problem because most of them are just maybe excited or are too determined to get just the best from that which they are doing, someone can be calm and really conservative but their quest and hunger to getting money may differ, they could be risk takers unknown to you.

People Usually have different character when money is involved, they can be wild than you have ever known them and for me it's really not strange because there's a trigger present which is actually inducing the exhibition of that part of them that I've not seen before now. But then there are also people who have got the balance regardless of what ever is involved they are still able to keeping their cool enough to still maintaining their normal self with which you knew them.

Well, that what actually happens and there are certain conditions where personality attitudes change instantly if they trigger emotional or psychological pressure which gives certain boost to person mental state.
Similar things often happen and are experienced by anyone, even I myself have experienced the same thing before, when I first felt how happy it was in gambling and experienced series of defeats, there would be phase where I couldn't control what I was doing in gambling.
But as time goes by, if you want to learn and also understand how you should and best gamble then changes like this will never appear again and of course they will remain as they know where to gamble carefully and always avoid carelessness when gamble.
Everything requires experience and learning, so whatever attitude happens will automatically change for the better.

Sounds like you’ve got a pretty consistent vibe, whether in real life or in a gamble. I try to keep my spending and emotions in check both in everyday life and when I'm gambling. It seems to work out fine for me. For your friend, if he's going all out when he plays, maybe some tricks to rein in the excitement and set some limits could be useful. It's all about finding that balance. If your friend's on a wild ride with gambling, maybe some self-control tips could help him cool down.

i think the average gambler has a character like that when they gamble for the first time, because i have also experienced something like that where i gambled quite recklessly and was impatient to win big. it was only some time after i started gambling that i was able to control this, although at times i also took bigger risks, but not as often as when i first started gambling.

i think it's not an alter ego, but more just our natural nature, because maybe people can appear relaxed and calm on the outside, but when they gamble they forget to control themselves and this leads to them showing an impatient and aggressive attitude.

This can happen because gambling causes addiction for some people. I'm sure this change in character occurs when the addict is very addicted to gambling. they forget how to manage money well, save, and even worse, forget to work. hope they realize it is also very difficult. I can't cure it, but those of us who still have common sense will definitely avoid it because it changes the nature of things which are quite dangerous.

What really is "EGO"? I'm not sure if I have the same opinion as everyone else, but I'm quite simple with stubborn things, beliefs,... that can all be changed. Although with the excuse of money, I still have the attitude of simply viewing it as an entertainment field, but maybe that is also somewhat "EGO". Actually, there is no need to impose too many personal opinion, so anyone can freely do what they want and their responsibility after that is what they need for their previous actions. I also just want to suggest to my friends that gambling is not a way to make money, but I don't want to change them too much, but just let them experience it for themselves according to what they feel.

I mean there's a lot of individuals who have like this kind of personality, not to compare them though, but if we look as some of the derange man in our history, they both dual lives, in the morning they are a happy family man and in night they are completely opposite.

So I wouldn't be surprised if there is some individual as defined by the OP. It's like Dr. Jekyll and Hyde, complete opposite personalities and it's really hard to read this kind of individual once you meet them until you see their true nature.

I'm not sure if this is a one time first time or if this is something that how the OP describe, it's always like this to the individual that he describe it. However, it's ironic isn't it, I mean you are not known to be a gambler and has save money, but then again, it's a complete personality when he started to gamble.


It's also hard to describe this kind of personality, because of the contradiction. However, this could be common to some gamblers? As for me, I'm not into like this, I just have money for gambling, and play what I can afford to lose and not have this kind of attitude or persona.

I don't believe that each of us has just one "mask" but on the contrary has different aspects on life.
I think that there may be particular moments in life in which one is led to a certain approach, this does not mean that it is forever.

Well, I admit my personality changed sometimes while playing gambling because sometimes I get into zone where in I let loose and bet or keep on playing especially if I feel lucky and I notice I earn or win often but also If I lose some or I notice I'm unlucky I still let loose and hope to recover my losses, anyway in short I can't help sometimes to let other personality in gambling to take over, and I'm sure I'm not alone many gamblers experience this too when they are in zone they can't help themselves and they have a change in personality wherein they have no fear in gambling more or sometimes they are getting more skillful in playing, not to brag but i,f I let my alter ego take over I get into zone and getting more focused resulting to more skillful playing and often win, anyway we all have our own alter ego so we are all the same I guess.

Yes. I've noticed I act differently when I gamble versus regular life too.  Usually I'm pretty careful 'bout stuff - I think hard fore making choices and don't take stupid risks if I can help it.  But put me in front of a slot machine? Whole other story.  I get all impulsive, throwing down bets left and right.  Supposed it's 'cause gamblings not like normal decisions - you never know what'll happen.  That mystery's part of the thrill.  Gets the blood pumpin' not knowing if youll win or lose.  So I let my guard down and take chances I usually wouldn't.  Still try to keep some control but it's hard when the bells and lights are flashin' everywhere.  That casino mood must infect my brain somehow, cause cautious me and gambling me feel like different people sometimes.

Maybe you means a selfish person who changes things quickly for easy expectations. You as a friend can read the situation well, and you try to help him to realize his actions and minimize the loss that may occur more in the future. That's a tough situation for you to be in. If someone is highly suggestible, it is very difficult to minimize their actions, let alone stop even for a moment. You try to take him on vacation to enjoy the technological advances around you or maybe you can introduce other investments that are not too big a potential loss, and can be learned to get according to his passion in his business. that the risk is always there let his instincts choose about opportunities and teach a little bit that if coupled with other investments it will add to the portfolio rather than continuing to have fun while there is still money.
Mood conditions with characters in my area may be rare, but I think there are also those who experience, hopefully your friend can come back, have fun at a better portion and patience, and all people and their problems should be rehabilitated if they have friends like you.

That should be an alter ego, because from the Op his friend has been a gambler and already devised his own strategy of taking risk in gambling. And without risk he won't earn big. So he chose to take the risk while gambling, but his personality isn't a type that cherish taking risk. However, he only need to begin trying out risks on other activities of his, maybe in his business. Because as a gambler, applying what gambling teaches on our daily life activities helps us to outperform our competitors.  I'm of the type that have same behavior whether in gambling or outside of it. I don't act differently. Gambling have some correlation with the real life and it's required for gamblers to take gambling serious, like it's a virtual lifestyle. Don't know if his friend is profiting from his actions, but it's not a good strategy for gamblers to gamble recklessly, when they can't live a reckless life. Living a reckless lifestyle is wrong, so those who gamble recklessly will as well face the consequences as though they're living a reckless life.

In my case, I don't think I change in any way when I gamble. I try to keep the coherence in the way I do all things, and if my personality is rational in my everyday life I strongly believe that it is the same in my activity online in general. "Porfirii" is a good example of what I'm saying: looking at how I write here you can make a good idea of my real nature. In the rest of online environments it is the same.

Its amazing how gambling can reveal so much about a person. Your friend's change shows the human psyche's complexity. Gambling makes me waver between cautious and brave. The game's excitement awakens a buried part of me. The split between our practical selves and our "alter egos" craving excitement and unpredictability stems from our quest for balance. Gambling lets this alter ego push its limitations.

Gambling reflects life's uncertainty, on the other hand. Each gamble symbolizes life's bigger risks to me. We consider our options, evaluate the probabilities, and sometimes take a risk. My cautious-adventurous gambling style isnt only about winning or losing. Lesson on recognizing and appreciating my multiple personality layers. Gambling is one way I express my complexity, like many others.

I mean I don't really consider it an alter ego if you save up for a trip being frugal or thrifty and then you spend all that saved money during that vacation. That's how I see your friend's "change in personality". Of course he's willing to take those risks since he saved up all that money for gambling purpose.

I think you just don't know your friend very well. A lot of people when it comes to money and risky endeavors show a different side of themselves. Most likely this friend wears a mask in everyday life, and when gambling shows his true character. At least I think so.

But it could be something else. They say there is such a phenomenon - split personality from strong addiction. If he has a gambling addiction, he is likely to fall under this phenomenon.

Yes, I do have alter ego in gambling. When I gamble I count on Luck more than in real life. I want to win something the chances of which are 0.1% or 0.01 % or maybe even one in a million. That's why we gamble, right? In real life such approach was only possible when I was young. Adults usually don't go on thin ice hoping for the best, and I am trying to act like an adult too.

Even now I can't define my own personality, I mean this can only be judged by other people or people who have known us for a long time. What I have done so far in gambling can be said to be fine (in my opinion). I have a little control for example sometimes in a week I will visit the casino 1 or 2 times and that can be maintained without any compromise. For the first reason which is quite convenient my gambling budget is limited. Like it or not, I have to arrange entry and exit, because the gambling budget has been agreed and I am ready to lose. Meanwhile, if I win I can increase  what was originally 2x a week to 3 or 4x.

What criteria do you think to describe my gambling?

Not really, I still have to learn a lot in controlling my expenses and emotions because I still often experience a loss of self-control and emotions in many things and gambling. But I don't want to lose control of myself and my emotions completely, so I keep forcing myself to learn to control myself and my emotions to improve. We just have to continue to learn self-control without stopping because it really helps us in getting through every day, which is full of challenges, and not just in gambling. If we are not gambling, we will also face many things that require self-control.

Not sure if you've heard this or not, so I won't surprised when someone show a different personality on different situation or condition.


Similar like when you were a student, when you want to talk with your teacher, you will use formal language and try to be as good as possible. But when you want to talk with your friends, you're using informal language and say bad words for fun.

So alter ego in gambling is definitely possible.

This seems to happen to many people, the way they think when gambling is different from the way they view everyday life.
Of course the factors are very varied, it could be the desire to win big at gambling. Therefore he will go all out and not use logic well so it looks like his alterego is working.

Most gamblers are reckless at some point. Sometimes I bet all-in just for a thrill and sometimes I'm cautious with my budget when gambling. I guess most of us are up for a thrill at times and put our faith in luck too much at times. There are instances that I test how lucky I am and have this thought that if I'll be winning by the end of the day then I'll win this bet no matter what, which is really reckless. This is a personality of mine that I don't apply in my real-life. Each of us has their alter-ego but some are really strict when it comes to gambling, especially if you know the real risk of gambling and its effect.

If you have an alter ego in gambling that could only mean that you have no control over how you gamble, what you truly are should be an extension of how you gamble, I don't have an alter ego I am what you see in my true character in gambling, but sometimes there's a positive in having an alter ego like you have a reckless character in real life and yet when it comes to gambling you are so soft and you are very careful on how you bet but its seldom that way, all I know is if you're reckless in real person you tend to be like that in anything you do like on gambling.

Yes so I think this is a common scenario experienced by gamblers and as I said before that most of them experience the same scenario when they see an opportunity or that means too focused on winning opportunities and obviously changes in mindset, beliefs and behavior will occur, not only that the wrong point of view and understanding makes them experience encouragement when in certain situations, losing and winning situations can change a person's behavior, and it happens more often when they are in a losing situation which ultimately affects mentally and psychologically which ultimately acts under emotional pressure.

You have proven it by experiencing it yourself, not just you because I also admit and I think this scenario applies to all gamblers, sometimes even though we have self-control and boundaries, it's still like you said that there are always times when we are careless because our consciousness starts to weaken which eventually falls and forgets the boundaries we have made before. But on the other hand having a plan for self-control and boundaries is much better than having none at all, because obviously there is a difference in terms of minimizing risk if you have a plan, so self-control, boundaries and awareness should be prioritized when you are involved in gambling.

I don't have any alter ego as far as I'm aware; I'm just exhibiting my normal self whenever I'm gambling. I just play normally and don't exhibit anything unnatural from what I normally am. I believe that people who have an 'alter ego' whenever they are gambling is because of their excitement and their knowledge of what they're doing. Of course, you wouldn't normally be a high stakes player if you don't know what you're betting on. Then again, it might just be the dopamine that pushes people to do some things that they normally wouldn't do.

You had made the good research of the gambling site,because to tangle the alter ego we are keep playing the game to recover the loss.But casino was unpredictable one,sometimes game favours you.So use that chance to recover the loss of your past,but if you come to play for the next week.The game May changes upside down,if you suffer a loss in the gambling site,it’s far better to hold the game for the longer loss.The gamblers should hold for few weeks deliberately if they possess the loss,big loss can be avoided only by doing the damage protection techniques.Because the usage of the important money can leads to the big impact of your monthly expenses.

As you go through life you will see this sort of hypocrisy in many different forms, but it can actually be quite damaging for people to act like this. Sometimes if people have lived a sheltered life, where they have not had exposure to all sorts of entertainment - like gambling for example, then they can sometimes be overwhelmed when they finally get to experience it. Somebody who is "very conservative" may not often get enough dopamine hits to be able to understand and control what happens when they get any sort of win in gambling. It may be a crazy new experience for them and they can end up going much deeper down the hole than someone who has experienced little hits all throughout their life by experiencing the many things on offer.

i believe that's normal to most gamblers especially those who are playing online as people don't know their attitude when in online. they can totally be the opposite person as they can display their true behaviour online because no one is judging them. i guess, that's one advantage in playing online. you can mind your own business and no one will bother you for what you are.


i am also on this level as well. i am the same person as when i am playing online. maybe, a lot of people around me don't know that i am betting online. but that's it. they don't need to know that, right? am not stingy or generous, just the same as what i am everyday as a regular person.

People who usually hide their true faces and real personalities from the world are the ones who have alter egos. You can't have an alter ego or a hidden personality if you have been you throughout your life and never tried to hide your actual feelings and emotions from the world. Some people are too shy or introverts will generally have such things in them, when they get to experience things they never did and enjoy themselves without any boundaries, that's when you see their real personalities.

As far as I know myself, I don't think I have an alter ego or anything like that because I am myself when I'm doing something, I become childish if I'm enjoying what I've always loved and I make my decisions based on what I feel all the time instead of taking decisions that are or will be liked by the world around me.

It's like having an online personality that's different from who you are offline. I know people who act like that in other activities, especially in online gaming. They become crazy competitive, ready to sacrifice everything just to win a match. I know people who do that in sports. They don't feel pain and can endure a lot to show that they're good at something. I also know people who have an alter ego that manifests itself when they get drunk. They become different people, can fight you over nothing, will end friendships and relationships just because you did not want to party anymore and preferred to go home, or because you were looking at his girlfriend.
I don't have a gambling personality and I'm glad I don't.

I believe that most of us would really be just like this on which i could say that it would really be just that normal since we are really just that humans on which those reactions and
composure change instantly basing up on the condition or situation that we are really that experiencing into on which you cant really just that make yourself that
maintain up your posture or the way you do behave on the time that you are losing much. No matter on how good you are on controlling yourself but when it comes to the
moment that you would really be losing money then it cant really be that avoided for you not to be able to have those kind of reactions on point.
This is why it would be always best that you do enjoy up yourself despite of those actions.

Really does alter ego signify uncontrollability in gambling,  I thought in a different direction anyway,  because since the term represents a wrong identity in,  if related to gambling then we can say that a situation where a gambler acts in a way and behaves in another particular way.

E.g those who publicly speak against gambling in real life but gamble in online casinos without those around them knowing that they are truly involved in gambling at some point.

Many times we have the terms playing out in a lot of other ways aside from gambling and most times in real life we have several situations that prevent us from acting or seeing people acting that way.

Well, the alter ego does not necessarily have to be intrinsic to your personality, so I will try to be someone with a winning personality, someone real.  Since it does not personify only itself or someone fictitious.

In any case, I think you are confusing things, the attitude you have when playing games does not necessarily have to do with your daily personality, the decisions that are made are always different, you can make a bet of $1000, but you don't spend that on clothing, for example, is another attitude.

As he always mentioned, a poker player thinks differently than a player of traditional casino games, at least those who are documented, study the game, so having an attitude at a gaming table has nothing to do with the as a person you are.

Isildur was (is) one of the most aggressive players playing at a poker table, but his personality was one of being a shy person.

I have met this kind of people in real life several times. Whereby what they do most times differ from their personality. You might see them as people who are so cool and they could not even kill an ant, but when there is a fight you will see the beast in them. I have never seen such in gambling, whereby someone who appears not to be able to take a risk begin to gamble more than they can afford to lose. What I have witness is someone who always pretend not to have money and is not willing to spend money whenever he is with his pair group. Whenever it concerns gambling or something to his personal life he will spend more than expected. I don't now if this category of persons belong to what you describe as alter ego. If yes, that means I have witnessed them but I don't have that character. I am always myself, I don't fake it and I am always real to myself.

Arrogance works in almost all people and it is not right to apply them in the gambling stage. Having a great desire to win can have a negative impact on day-to-day activities as it is not possible to know when it will actually happen. That's why you have to stick to caution without feeling arrogant about betting and deal with risk by presenting your arguments well.

I don't really change my behaviour when I am gambling. It is possible that I could change it slightly, but I have not observed it. Maybe I might ask somebody if I really change my behaviour. I have observed that I usually change my behaviour when I am among friends discussing. I also alter my personality when I am playing football. I could be loud when I am among friends and playing football which is the opposite of who I am.

But you are correct OP that gambling could change people's personalities because I have seen a friend who is very quiet but he is always wild and violent when he is in a physical bet shop especially when he is losing. Some people become drunks after winning big in casinos, which is not their true personality. Basically, I think different games or environments could change the personality of anybody.        

This is very unlikely in the sense that he might have a personality disorder or something. That's two very distinctive and far away in terms of a spectrum and maybe he just had that touch when it comes to gambling. He might have that personality in terms of risk-taking and maybe he is addicted to the thrill. It's quite intriguing, to be honest.

I don't have any alter ego but I have some bursts of "LET'S FUCKING GO" when I don't care about anything in the world.

When someone experiences a personality disorder it will be much more difficult to control themselves. Gambling should not change our personality but rather we control it, but it is a shame that many people have problems with this. Taking risks basically depends on how responsible a person is, but if the intention is to gamble and make profits regularly, it is an unreasonable risk.

It's the same with me because when we don't care about anything we will try to do things that are much crazier than gambling. But his nature is more responsible, including when involved in gambling, because if someone cannot control himself this is where his downfall begins.

It is natural for many people to be arrogant because it will arise when we are making big profits. We tend to underestimate other people and may not think that they can have the same luck as us. And when we feel that our abilities are better than other people's, we will try to take greater risks than we use. But the results will not be as expected because we are already arrogant. And if they can't control their arrogance, it's only a matter of time before they see someone else can beat them and achieve greater victory than they did. That's why we need to learn self-control to control all the negative feelings that will come out when we win.

Your attitude reflects on almost everything you do in life... I can't say for sure what would've made his case different... Maybe for the fact that people could be a little bit temperamental atimes... ?? Maybe he doesn't just wanna show forth his real attitude?? Maybe he's prone to being extravagant when it comes to any course of making money?? Maybe not.

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People who gamble can't keep money in any way. I think we should keep some money from our income in our bank as well as gambling with some money it can be good for us. While gambling we have to pay attention to some aspects so that gambling  We don't waste much money in the game. Never take any wrong decision while gambling we have to face big loss. Gambling can't overload you.

I once felt it when I was still in a bad situation at gambling when I had positive thoughts about not gambling again with large amounts but after entering gambling I became very confident that betting large amounts would give me a very big win but in the end I lost and I often experience conditions like this until in the end I experience something like an addiction, almost depression, but I can change everything to become a healthy bettor or gambler, always committed to what I have planned beforehand, not to gamble beyond my limits and throw away the alter ego from my life as a whole slowly and to this day successfully become a safe gambler.

what I can take from my experience is that the alter ego has positive things about doing business, such as feeling hesitant about doing business, but when you start wanting to run a business, that feeling of doubt turns into very confident.
but unfortunately this alter ego has a bad impact on gambling because anyone must have experienced it when they dont want to bet too much but under certain conditions their character changes to become very confident in betting large amounts and this can have the impact of addiction in the long term.

Good personality doesn't matter in gambling, it will surely corrupt it if one is not careful. Gambling could be good or bad depending on the approach used by the person and the preparedness of the same matters so well. Even if you are the best person in the world, well-cultured, and well-behaved, that doesn't mean you will not be affected by gambling and start gambling anyhow, especially if you are greedy, just like your friend. I sense greed there, not even the ego you mentioned as ego doesn't have to be with the money involved and your friend is not overconfident but just needs huge gain. The money involved is a thing of choice as he believes he can make money through gambling which is possible but not easy.

I hope this works well for him, but if it doesn't, it is better that he retraces his steps before it is too late. Wasting big money unnecessarily is foolishness, particularly in a thing like gambling that is very risky. I can also advise that casinos are not the best places for such to play as it is not what I will trust entirely even as some casinos have their provably fair system. I would rather prefer sportsbooks for him and he should be wise in the selection of his games. With this, playing with big money that is well planned and managed will only amount to higher success if he knows how to forecast well.

The impact of gambling on an individual transcends their personal goodness or cultural background. The difficulty of making money through gambling also adds a pragmatic aspect. It only needs a seed of greed for anyone to be influenced by gambling, Regardless of being a good or bad person, well-cultured, or well-behaved.

The motivations, such as the desire for substantial gains, can play a significant role in the engagement with gambling, but people need to realize the challenges involved and cautions. There is a broad-reaching impact of gambling. It needs to recognize personal motivations and the realistic challenges associated with attempting to make money through this activity. It serves as a reminder that caution and self-awareness are crucial when navigating the world of gambling.

When someone gets to know gambling, their attitude can change and be completely different from usual. They don't even realize that something has changed about them and only the people around them can see it. But they can continue gambling while their attitude will become increasingly different and clearly visible to other people. Those who gamble can get joy and sadness because of the results they get from gambling. By gambling, they show another side of themselves that is very different from what other people know, so if they get deeper into gambling, they will change drastically so that the people around them will be surprised and confused to see them.

It's pretty normal to know that there's a lot of people who has their other personality when it comes to gambling or other activities. Especially if a person builds a strong connection to that activity, their attitude will change and become different than their normal self without realizing it. That's how gambling affects a person to the point that they didn't aware even in the smallest changes. People should know it as early as they can, so they can balance their self behavior depends to the things that they do.

I carry my personality in everything I do and everywhere I go and whatever I do because I don't want to lose control, especially in gambling where there's a probability of losing everything, I want to be in control especially when there's money involved.
So no about the question I don't have an alter ego I don't want to surprise my friends with a different personality from the one that they use to know, it will cause discomfort for both of us.

Your gambling alter ego experience is shared by many, including me. Its remarkable how this alter ego may be friend or adversary depending on the situation. As you said, this alter ego promotes business confidence, turning doubts into determined acts. Its valuable there, right?

In gambling, this alter ego becomes something different. I've noticed the cautious-to-overconfident shift too. Like a switch, the risks become minor compared to the rewards. This is the key: gambling is a game of chance and probability, where the joy is in taking risks. When does excitement become a trap?

Your "healthy bettor" transformation is admirable. Its about defining and maintaining boundaries, right? I think the secret is to enjoy gaming while minimizing the risks. The dance is delicate, but you've demonstrated its doable. Lets support fun gambling without sacrificing responsibility.

It is Okay disguising your personal life at when in the gambling boards.
Gambling has a different phase of life because it is a field of tournament that when playing on making predictions, an attentive perceptions of analytical mindsets is required. It depends on individuals perspectives whether you stay cool and calm or you behaves rugged but al depends on how your inspirations of comfort is attained but if the negative effects of it is if your gambling ruggedity is intensively chasing a "MUST" while gambling.

Gambling seems to awaken a hidden part of them. This metamorphosis presents an intriguing question: do we constantly control who we are, or do particular conditions reveal hidden parts? Gambling delight and misery represent a deeper, often undiscovered inner environment. Understanding this feature may illuminate human behavior and the complexity of our emotions

Human psychology's self-change blindness is interesting. What makes someone understand this transition within themselves? I often wonder. Is it self-awareness, family intervention, or a major life event? These questions demonstrate the complex link between gambling and self-perception. The huge transformation you mention isn't only about gambling; it shows how our personalities may alter. It emphasizes the importance of self-reflection and awareness in life

Risk taking is the most important in any field, without risk taking in life progress is not possible. So I give more priority to risk taking, usually risk taking is most important in gambling. If you gamble with risk then it is certainly possible to win, but if you are addicted to excessive gambling then the gambler is more likely to face losses.

I don't think I would say that it's a split personality, because it's not just one or two gamblers who experience it but most gamblers will have the same mindset when they get into gambling, on the other hand it is true that gambling is a risk taking activity to get involved in the luck of the outcome because all gamblers take risks but maybe the difference is that each gambler takes a different amount of risk. and some choose to take big risks and some are small, but on the other hand it's very wrong if you assume and think that by taking big risks then you will be able to win, I would say "YES" if indeed luck comes in, But on the other hand it's very wrong if you assume and think that by taking a big risk then you will be able to get a win, I would say "YES" if indeed luck comes at the same time when you bet, but we must understand as a whole that the size of the risk we take has absolutely no effect on the final result, there are still only two possibilities to happen, namely winning or losing. So I don't think this is a split personality that a person applies when he enters gambling but rather someone who does not have the right understanding of what gambling is so he acts in a different way and outside of his habits in real life.

No, I don't think I am a risk taker in my personal life so it's the same way when it comes to gambling. I only bet for small amounts because I don't like feeling regret in the future. As long as I am having fun either in casino games or sports betting, that would be fine with me if I don't win big. It's not like I am aiming to be a millionaire in gambling, unlike others who are pursuing it that way.
I've seen one friend who seems like he is also changing once he is hooked on gambling on his phone. He is known as the talkative type when we are having a drinking session but now, you cannot even talk to him and his eyes are just glued to his phone. It does change people but I think those who are responsible in their gambling habits don't have that kind of effect whether they are gambling or not.

I gamble the way I am, with my true personality, I'm very much of a risk taker so some times I don't mind I go all in but then it's usually a calculated risk because no do observe the trends carefully and using statistics there are times I could anticipate the bet may turn out in my favour very surely so I would just go all in wiy the mindset that if I win it will be profitable but I don't do it all the time, I do it a few times so I don't go bankrupt and don't get addicted to it.

I'm an occasional gambler, I gamble mostly when I see a great tendency of a possible event happening but aside that I don't gamble daily and that matches so we'll with my personality because when I see that opportunity I utilize it.

This is very common, especially with the quiet and conservative people, in their everyday life they do everything as they should, but there are activities in which they transform and become someone else, this is especially true on the hobbies in which they have to perform a role, like acting or a live music performance, and as soon as their performance ends they go back to normal, so it does not surprise me that this can also happen to some people while they gamble.

I am a responsible gambler that is aware about the negative potentials of gambling and I don't want to influence anyone around be to gamble because their emotions to take control of their emotions when gambling is not assured to me so, I walk in to the gambling hall in a coded (trickish) and humble manner with all possible best not to be noticable or tagged a regular customer in the gambling because I still want to maintain my inside life of personality at in and outside my gambling life.

It's true especially if someone can't control their greed. everyone has it and we already know that in gambling that's what's at stake. if the greed can't be controlled no matter how many wins you get, it won't be enough and you'll keep playing until the game capital runs out instead of winning. and when that happens, they realize their mistake.

Wouldn't you think that his personality during gambling is his real one? I wouldn't really call a mask an alter ego tbh. Though I guess it's still up to you to judge but really, personalities are often shown on situations where emotions run high, and I reckon gambling is in most instances, one of those situations. Not that it's bad though since said person actually has enough control of his emotions to not show it normally to their surroundings.

But anyway, I can't really tell if I change or not. I'm pretty honest and straightforward when it comes to bets and I myself do admit I have anger issues when emotions run high and I've seen it myself before, rather similar case with your friend. I wouldn't really call it an alter ego though.

I think I don't have that kind of "Alter Ego ", because in real life, I'm an investor and I'm into business. That alone demonstrate my personality that I'm a risk taker, and we know gambling is risk taking.

What I'm doing all the time is I do some Calculated Risk, because for me that's very important if we want to stay at minimal risk and we won't go reckless. Getting reckless is losing control in gambling, and once we lose control, the outcome is certain and that is we might lose everything we deposit and worst is we might end up adding more since we are into this kind of "chasing our losses" situation.

I think that this is a great way of thinking and Seeing things , because Mainly I don't know if some people change the way they think when they play, or I don't know what they think about when they play, but personally I would say that things When they They try to make Things different in a casino to improve the game and not for others to look at it, that is something that does not go well for many, sometimes people want to demonstrate a style or something that is not, or that is not represents for his person, so I say that one has to be as he is, if we are humble people, believe me that the Doors will always be open for whatever it is in every sense, because it is very pleasant to treat people like that , and not with people Egocentric that by themselves many Reject them and with the Majority that they are it is because they are interested in their money, unfortunately the world is like that and things are like that, for the reason that I have Always said that some activities are always to try to To improve , in the casino we must be free , aware , Responsible and Show What we Are , not to Impact Others, but for Ourselves.

In our way of seeing things we must Always Accept how we are , we Cannot be a Person here, another person in another district, because I classify that as a lack of personality, and it is something that is very difficult to deal with , because there are people who want to to be liked Everywhere pretending to be what they are not, and when they can no longer disguise it? When can't they do the things that Character demands of them ? That is Something that we must take into Consideration , also pretending to be something that we are not, will create friendships according to what that performance is, and it is not the idea , because when someone wants to be as they are , they will not be able to, and that of having changes of personality is something that can be quite hard work , I couldn't , Because I'm very lazy, and it Would be very Annoying for me to Pretend to be what I'm not.

It's not a real him because when he is gambling and everything is normal, the gambler is not reckless. he will only become reckless when he is down, he will be chasing losses because he can't accept that he'll need to stop being down a certain amount of money. I think we also experience that once in our lives,  because in reality, gambling is really risky, it could affect our emotion and most of the time when our emotion is high, we tend to follow it when we are making a decision.

I know a friend that is very successful in business, he is making a decent profit on a monthly basic, but when it comes to gambling, he is very aggressive, he is gamlbing more money he could earn, but the good thing is that he is still not bankrupt, maybe time will tell but I'm hoping he will realize it sooner or later.

Maybe it is what it is, we all learn from our experience, but it could be on a hard way.

I think no. Because my personality is, i'm not afraid to take risk when there's something I want to try on. The same goes when I gamble (though i'm not mainly playing to profit), despite of the fact that losing our money is inevitable, I still want to play. Because this is my time for leisure during my off from work. I don't show different personality as I can control myself and not pressured to win. Just enjoy the game and the time spent in gambling.

You are an investor and businessman, of course you will have much braver attitude in taking risks but be responsible and wise about all the results that occur in every risk you take.
Looking at your profession as an investor and businessman, I sure you are wise gambler in every attitude.

As gambler, we must be able to have an attitude that easily accepts defeat from taking gambling risks.
If we cannot accept it, what happens is just an attempt to recover the loss until in the end we are in condition where we are truly experiencing big defeat.
We must always learn to have responsible attitude and we know that gambling is full of risks so we really need to accept the results that will occur.

Many people who gamble take risks and hope for luck to win. But I think that the way people act and think when they gamble can be different from how they are in real life. It's like two different personalities.
I think people act differently when they gamble. They might change their mindset and behavior. They might become more carefree and take more risks. This change in behavior is like having a split personality.

We should control ourselves when gambling and not gambling that takes over our minds by telling us to continue gambling because it will give us bad results. Happiness and sadness in gambling always come and go depending on what we get, but we must still be able to think of gambling as entertainment that requires money to get that pleasure. Understanding gambling as entertainment will make us distance ourselves from excessive use of gambling because it does not provide good changes for us but will give rise to gambling addiction problems later.

It was his self-awareness that there had been a change in himself that made him start to open himself up to receiving suggestions from those around him so that he was willing to admit that it was true that he had experienced a serious gambling addiction. Hence, he needed help from those close to him. However, there are still many gamblers who don't want to admit that they are actually addicted to gambling and instead continue gambling as usual. This will make it difficult for them to self-reflect and be aware of the changes they are experiencing, making it difficult for them to heal because there is still resistance from within them.

I also have similar friend like that, ever since he started playing gambling he always chooses the risky and highly impossible odds with the belief that he'll win big if those odds delivers and he kept on being hopeful despite his numerous losses but at last he actually won big. Gambling itself is a risk so I see no reason why a gambler can't risk higher and rarely possible odds and for me risking those high odds in other to win big is even better because if you become lucky and win big it can enable one to invest in a project that will sustain him in life unlike always gambling the least odds and even if one eventually win a little amount they can still play all the amount they won while trying to place bets and win more thereby they can't really account for their winnings. A lot of gamblers have this same ego in gambling unlike outside their personal or real life.

We all have a hidden primal side to our selves which we keep under control by the nature of civilization but in times of emotional or hormonal outbursts, this alter-ego manifests and then we learn how much of an animal we actually are, of course we are civilized animals.

A part of this might be a manifestation of hidden desires and needs. Things if getting worse, ask the friend to seek professional help though.

Most people who investing for long with a calm mindset have controlled this alter-ego with practice and time. Indeed it is possible but difficult for many and seeking help for the same is not a weakness but a strength that the person accepts they have a problem.

Are you surprised? I have a brother that loves gambling, he is someone who is well calm, and easy going, you will never know that he is into gambling unless you get really close to him.

I never knew that he is a reckless gambler until he got in a lot of debt and the news got to me, I talked some senses into him but he never changed but after he lost everything in gambling he soon change is ways, now he spend more time working hard and saving money, something he should have done before becoming a gambler.

I advise him after, to always use what he can to gamble, not all his money that he earned the hard way, I did this because my gut keeps telling me that he is still into gambling, since I don't see it coming the first time around I have to just advice him again.

He later open up to me that I was right, that he is still gambling, but with only $0.27 on sport betting, I felt he just need someone to talk to about it, we talked a lot on this and I showed him some topics on this forum regarding gambling addicts and the mistakes they do make, I believe he learned something, he is now a better gambler than he used to.

Well, I disagree. Read my post above (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480620.msg63456887#msg63456887) to see my opinion on this. And you are right, it's rare or even never happens that a reckless character in real life suddenly becomes very careful when he's gambling. No. It's actually the other way round most of the time.

My personality when it comes to gambling, however, varies depending on how I'm feeling. Sometimes I'm observant and cautious when it comes to risking my money. As you may know, people's personalities truly shift when they engage in their favorite pastimes or activities,  to the reality that people make careless decisions in an attempt to fulfill their desires related to their preferred pastimes.
 Cause honestly i experienced that also like shifting certain personalities like an other person. Particularly when it comes to gambling, the sensation of winning on your first try and then the second, as in my case, making me want to wager a large sum of money in the hopes of winning twice because, when I win, my winnings start out small and increase in value.  So back to my story, yeah I gamble a big amount of money hoping I would win again this time buttttt to dismay, I lose. And iii so much regretttt itttttt. So yeah, we change personalities.

Perhaps our senses respond better to stimulation, I mean in most stories that involve challenges and rewards, a little risk always comes with exciting inspiration and despite the common sense of safety, we absolutely believe that our risk is justified, if there are no results, how can we understand that we are making such mistakes? The human ego only believes in the truth, if there is no truth, they believe in the hidden secrets within people. People have many personalities and gambling combines such egos, the weak are afraid of loss while the strong are arrogant, no one is willing to stop.
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I'm really not surprised based on your story in this thread, in fact there are many types of people like the ones you describe and we can meet such things from any friend. one of them, like the personality from the other side of what happened to your friend. in real life, a person can discipline himself in any form. whether it's work, having regular financial management, being frugal, even your friend is someone who is very conservative. but on the other hand, it is as if your friend has a different personality that is not like what you know or his habits are different and unusual in certain things. the question is, is this related to the ego factor that you call an alter ego when it comes to gambling? or, something that he cannot control, such as habits that he has mastered with his discipline. IMO, the answer will vary greatly depending on the individual.

Actually, I don't know your friends so I'm not measuring based on my personal point of view. I'm just assuming, based on what you said in this thread. I can take another example, let's say my friend has a personality like your friend. but at the same time, he finds it difficult to control himself when faced with women. for example, my friend, who is usually frugal, suddenly became generous and didn't think about anything else except his focus on the woman in front of him. even though the cases are different, the essence remains the same. in essence, we feel that we cannot always fully master everything and be able to control it. especially those related to gambling, which involves many aspects. whether it's entertainment, fun, even the lure of high winning rewards. referring to your question, I didn't even think about it at all. what I do is, everything must go smoothly and in balance. thus, I rarely have serious problems due to the gambling that I enjoy and problems in the family from a financial perspective. btw, what happened to your friend, IMO, where he couldn't control himself over the gambling he did. It's not just an ego problem, but it's more complex than that. and, only your friend really knows what happened and what he actually did.

First we need to know what is EGO in gambling. I think any gambler Ego will be if he or she do not want to lose in gambling and losing in gambling go against his ego. These things can go against the gambler in a very bad way because if the gambler lost in gambling, in order to fulfill the  ego of not losing, he will continue to play to get himself in profit.

This ego and desire of winning may turn out to be bad for the gambler as if he again loses, it will further hurt his ego plus at the same time he will lose more money.

Therefore for a gambler it is very important that he/she plays without any ego's and accept the loses which comes along the way. The gambler should know that losing is a part of gambling just as winning, that is again a part of gambling.

As I said above, all gamblers must take risks in gambling, because even if they only put a small amount, it is still a risk that allows them to lose their money or the whole point is that gambling is an activity that requires you to take a certain amount of risk or a certain level, But for those who take big risks in the hope of winning, honestly, I really don't think in that direction, as I said above and it is clear that no matter how much risk you take, it will not affect the possibility of winning, simply put if you are lucky then you will be able to win and if not then obviously you will lose.

The problem is if you put a large amount on gambling that basically has no certainty and guarantee of any outcome at the end of the session then what if you lose and lose the large amount you bet? obviously you will be upset and regretful, most gamblers who are always focused on winning never think about this so it's normal for them to experience a large number of losses because they gamble with the wrong approach based on a wrong understanding, so that behavior change can only happen to someone who has a wrong understanding of gambling.

Well of course most people that gamble online are gonna play a character when they do so.
Think of it like this, out of all people in this forum, very few have spoken publicly with their face showing and their voice being heard.

Maybe some of these would be developers, who do most of their work with their real name. But for hobbies such as gambling, probably they also use pseodonyms or an outright fabricated persona that you could call an alter ego.

But it's also my suspicion that most people who gamble online are doing so without any public interaction with others. Online gambling can be social, but in very different ways than how in person gambling can be.

Ego in gambling means according to the op is that he acts in a strange way while gambling. Which lifestyle doesn't correspond to his real-life attitude. He only gambles compulsively and takes lots of risks while gambling. Hence the gambler may be enjoying the behavior or is not having the right orientation about gambling. I don't know how he's able to achieve such an act, like actors do in movies. If what he does while gambling doesn't affect his daily life attitude. He is required to stay observant of his moves, such that he wouldn't have a hard time with reviving himself back when facing symptoms of problem gambling. Limitations pays off in gambling. That's where the most work is need as a gambler. Meddling with our emotions while gambling could be risky on the long run. As our life still plays a big role in the gambling process.

I remember reading somewhere that an alter ego usually comes out when a person is doing something that they are very interested in or like. if there is an big contrast between how your friend usually act normally and when he is gambling, I'd say your friend really likes gambling and the thrill, emotion and other things its provide.

I'd say not to different from how I usually act, but I am far more cautious on my spending when it comes to gambling.

The gamblers should not play by trusting the odds alone,because we don’t know how the odds will work.Some odd May give you huge profits and some may not.Actually gambling on the sports betting also the risky one,but some gamblers also earn huge from the sports betting.Still the football survive among the community,we can able to get the bets on the sports betting.The gamblers who feels betting as the risky one will start the betting with the minimum amount of money bets.It allow the gamblers to lose the less money in the gambling site to their bad luck in the gambling sites.The ego of losing funds will leads to more loss of the gamblers money.

Everyone's an actor in online gambling, playing roles that may be extremely different from their real selves.

Im fascinated by how alter egos reveal hidden elements of ourselves. Let a part of you play and enjoy freedom - not just hide behind a screen. Isnt that exciting? Gamble with your identity, not just cards or dice.

Talk on social aspects too. The interactions might not be face-to-face, but they're still rich, layered, and incredibly compelling. I think its interesting how people connect with each other that its a mix of being alone and being with others.

What we do consider as ego might just be normal thing to other people and not really the way we picture it but I have a question. With the way does his gambling and the risk, is he winning or losing? If he is winning despite the associated risk, I don't see any problem with it because I know people that gamble some games that I could ever imagine and yet they won, they makes money from the way they bets and I'm cool with it, there ways their life and their money, not mine.

But if he losses often, then I think he need help. Basically, you don't need to make risk much to win in gambling but the more the risk in gambling, the more potential outcome you get and if that actually happen, you will recover all your years of loss in gambling but I will prefer to gamble simple though. If you risk much in gambling, bankroll will even hard you to manage.

Also, there's nothing wrong when you do have those kind of reactions even on public places on which as long you arent hurting someone then it should really be fine.
Its none others business if you would really be having those kind of behavior on which this is much preferred because you do let your emotions come out whether you are winning or losing
on which i could say that this is where thrill and excitement do really be able to feel on. This is why it would be always best that you shouldnt really discriminate someone or yourself
when you do have these kind of emotional changes along the way on which it would really be just that something to be normal and this is something that you do get used
to on the time that you do deal with gambling.

The emergence of the alter ego seems to be more from the online games. Although disgruntled players are not uncommon in offline casinos, but I feel that the physical interaction with a dealer and people on a offline casino might cool the situation down.

Remember that casino dealers want you to win, because if you do, you might tip them, which they wish to get. So if you lose, they might console you and attempt to stop you from losing more.

It how people change behind a keyboard and they become keyboard warriors.

Being alone is one of the reasons why the alternative ego gets stoked. It is interesting to see if any study in future is done on such mental health aspects.

I think it's not alter ego, but your friend have just showed the real of his personality. If you think you're know your friend personality very well because you've knew him for 3+ years, working together, eating together, hangout together, playing together etc you're wrong.

You need to take av vacation with him and involve him with money, you will know his true face.

True. Years ago when MMORPG was a blast, I was a different guy when I show in our guild chat. I became a guild manager too so there should be a different way on how you will treat your members. I think OP is pointing out that when it comes to gambling but I mostly see this in poker games. I played physical poker before and all I can tell is some of my friends' aura are changing when they sit down at a poker table. The friendly aura type is gone and they can become serious types of people that you won't even recognize anymore. ;D Well, that's needed in poker games to confuse your opponents and bluffing is essential in poker if you want to win games even with a bad hand.
After that, they will be back to their old selves and we talk about how the game went. But, never have I ever asked them why they do that because for me it is normal to change when you are facing opponents, it's a must that they won't be able to read your moves or else they will be going home with their pockets empty.
In chat boxes too of different gambling sites, I can see a lot of people doing roleplay, in my opinion, these are just normal things when people try to act differently because they might have different reason on why they do it. Boredom could be one of those reasons.

Is there any need for someone to fake himself while gambling?
Despite how economical we can seems to be but when it comes of gambling if we don't carefully sets some restriction we might still ends up becoming addicted gambler, gambling is actually a game that brings out the real you while holding money it could be public fund or maybe organization funds but when you are not carefully being controlled you could end up turning back the other side of you by allowing greed to engulf you, i think that's what is happened to your friend. For me I remain whom I am not without having to play and display another character while gambling or in other places I could find out.

I think yes. In real life, I'm very practical in terms of finance, that I don't usually spend on everything that I see. Be it food in the streets, shirts in the mall, some unnecessary items in the grocery, etc... . But I'm quite amazed on how I can spend a lot of money in gambling. By that, I regret too, and question my self on why I can't do that outside or at least spend small with them?

I only want to earn small profit in gambling but it's just that it won't happen when I badly needed it. As a result, I keep coming back to recover what I previously lost, only to see that the result are still the same. Risking small in gambling can still give us a big win if we are lucky. We only need to choose the right game for it. But the chance of getting them is even slimmer than usual, and this can still make someone else to bet more.

Each person has their own preferences, so as long as you are spending your money in something that you like then your behavior is acceptable, what can be a problem is that it seems you like chasing your losses and this can be dangerous, because the more you gamble the more losses you will get, which in return will create a stronger desire to keep gambling and so on, so try to control those feelings, and if you do then you will be free of that issue and any negative repercussions that behavior could have brought to you.

Its your money and its none other fucking business on what would be the reactions you would be making. Mind their own business as you mind your own. As long you arent that using up someones money to gamble then it should really be just fine.  ;D

People would really be that normally be that emotional on which it is really that having those reactions on losing money.No matter how fine you are or really that too
be cool but on the time that you would really be losing money then these reactions would really be just that so normal.
It is really just that people should be having that kind of acceptance on the time that they do deal with gambling on which these reactions
are really just that common or something that you could really be able to have that kind of after effects.

Well, aside from the fact that most people around me do not know I am a gambler, or that I engage in gambling, this people are actually people who are very close to me like my wife, neighbors and so on, they could consider this am alter ego of my very self if they ever get to learn that I gamble, most especially my neighbor who actually owns a betting shop, and never for once have I ever stepped my feet in there or asked him or his wife how the business was going, to them, I am completely a no betting or gambling person, as I have never spoken about it to them, or showed in my my behavior, and even when they are come up with discussion of some one who won a big amount of money in their bet, I usually instantly act uninterested in such discussion.

So, aside from this, I wouldn't say that I have any alter ago towards gambling, but for this my neighbors, I doubt they would believe this if ever they get to find out that I actually gamble, but who's gonna tell them anyway.?  ;D

Reminds me of someone who used to be friends, but when all involved with big money, his true nature emerges and that's his true nature.
It's not in gambling, but it has to do with what you say about someone's true face.

The alter ego in gambling is just a mental problem, it's about being on the good side and the bad side.
All will be seen when you start playing gambling and get a loss or victory.
Because every emotion of a person will not be stable when receiving shocks when losing, or when receiving a big jackpot.

those people that is spending money in gambling is it that is what then like or they have another intention of spending their money in gambling the thing is that we need to understand what the gambling is all about and also make a statistics of what we end weekly or monthly before we can be spending our money on necessarily because sometimes some people engage in gambling due to the need more money or they want more money from gambling thinking that they will win but at the end then lose that does not necessarily mean that they are spending them money in a good Direction.

Definitely the negative repercussions that can come with such continuing gambling habits is most definitely addiction which will beat problem to both the gambler and his closet related People around them. Gambling for fun too can at some point turn this bad too aswell where you will crave for wins after too many losses and with the hope that you will win back your money.

Sometimes there are things you like and spending your money on them because you like them , will never be acceptable because sometimes that could be at the detriment of other people, so before you venture into spending your money the way you like make some reconsideration, the concept of chasing losses is one very dangerous end in gambling that most gambler seem not to take note of how dangerous it can be because they are yet to be hit by it's adverse effects, sometimes it could possibly lead to addiction without out the players consent.

I don't have an alter ego. In reality, I love moderation, that is, I try not to take things to the extreme and I have applied this in my gambling. I always control my stake and the potential outcome since I believe in building gradually and not by winning big.

Trying to win big is an attribute of greed in my thinking and so I always want to win little. I know that nothing is certain about gambling and this universal truth has also helped me control how I gamble.

Staking high does not guarantee winning but rather results in pain if the bet is lost. Hence, no need for panic gambling. Stay in control.

Yeah! You should be allowed to spend your hard-earned cash as you see fit, without judgment from others.  As long as you're not gambling away money that isnt yours, then there should be no issue.  Point is, money gets people feelin' some type of way so don't judge others because you dont know their story.  Just focus on your own wallet and everything will be gravy.

But there are somethings that we choose and like doing on privacy and won't want anyone to get involved on it majority of us, despite the fact that we work and own our money, we still spend it with discretions, so for that there are some lifestyle that we may counsel from others amd making us have am alter ego which is what majority do and experience.

Just like others have mentioned how many people around them don't know that they gamble but in reality their call gambler's which is what we are discussing.

One thing I noticed about playing online gambling is that when you are playing you play like someone who is playing with free money or like someone who is using a program money in the system to play. And you don't care to know how much you would spend for a game. Let's take for example when you have cash at hand and you want to play game maybe you are holding like $30 playing it all to gamble will be like a reckless person, but that same $30 can be funded on your online betting app and played the game without given it a second thought. I think physical cash have a great role to play in gambling. And when it's funded you start having that ego or pride because nobody is seeing how much you play online and wouldn't ask you or advice you. But playing with cash at hand will expose you to too many questions.

There is no need for an alter ego for this. It is enough to be aware of where and how you should behave. Your friend may be conservative in his daily life, but being conservative in all areas of life does not make him different from one place to another. I think your friend knows the rules well. Because the way to win at gambling is to take risks, and if you remain conservative when you gamble, the only thing you can do is to get your daily allowance. If gambling is gambling, it has to pay off and the necessary risks have to be taken. Every person's character can change when gambling or react differently to each event. In fact, it is wrong to identify this with alter ego. Changes in character, especially when gambling, can be linked to reward deficiency syndrome.

That true, but if it related to things that have risks, such as gambling, we still have to be able to maintain it and have limits that are appropriate to our ability to lose that amount of money.
Don't let us be like the saying that today we can have fun uncontrollably but tomorrow we hungry.
A person needs money to live their daily life and we work to make money with the aim of having an adequate life to be able to have decent life and not experience misery so there must be control over the use of money.
Don't feel like we earn money with hard work and can spend it according to our hearts desires and then we can lose control, remember that when we get old we need savings and preparation to face conditions that will not allow us to be able to earn more money.

Gambling should use money that we earn ourselves, it is not appropriate to gamble only by relying on other people gifts or borrowing money.
Gambling will have significant impact if there is an appropriate approach and implementation of all aspects of management that are needed.
We have the desire to be able to constantly have fun, which is normal, but on the other hand, we have to think about the long term.
We have to be able to have number of assets and savings which might later be of great help.

It's strange to hear that someone who is very thrifty is able to have an alter ego that is so wasteful. Usually someone that takes care of their money stays far away from gambling, but I guess if it's new to them, it's possible to get caught in the allure of easy money and thinking you can actually turn it into an income stream. Unfortunately as with many things in life, you can try to educate someone and steer them towards resources that might help them out, but they will have to make their own mistakes to learn from them. Sometimes the pain associated with making a mistake can be the only thing that will stop someone from repeating it, as it can be burned into their psyche from that point onwards.

Indeed, there are consequences to excessive spending that we may later regret, and it is common, especially when it comes to gambling, but we shouldn't normalize this kind of behavior. I mean, rather than merely chasing losses and being unable to effectively manage our bankroll, there are better things we could spend our money on that may help us in our everyday lives. Because, whether we like it or not, there's a potential that we could end up in debt to someone, making it difficult for us to save money for the future or pay for necessities.
 
In order to accomplish our goal, I believe we need to make it usual to put needs before wants. Yes, gambling can make these people happy, but we should be careful with how we spend our money. If we continue to gamble as a habit, it will be hard to break because we will keep looking for lost money and thinking of ways to make more to support our addiction.
 
In my opinion, spending excessive amounts of money on unnecessary things could make you feel good temporarily, but it might not have a big impact on your happiness down the road.

I'll tell you from my own experience. Gambling has taught me to be more relaxed when it comes to spending $2-$3 on street food. Previously, even if I was hungry, I thought it's too much for a snack, I'd better eat something at home. And now I think, "I can lose those $3 on slots in less than 2 minutes easily, even betting with the smallest amount possible. So, I think I can afford it." And my life has become happier. :)


Just don't do that. It's always a bad idea, trying to recover anything through gambling.

I think when he gambles, his true personality is revealed, because only when doing things directly related to life or money can he reveal his hidden personality. Sometimes everyday life forces him to create a cover and not live up to his personality, and he is satisfied with his personality when playing because no one is looking at or judging him. In everyday life, sometimes I also have some different personalities which depend on different situations.
Mostly I have to live for my family, so when it comes to spending or investing where my wife knows, so I have to be very careful and cannot take risks. But when I gamble, or invest in crypto (this is money that my wife and family don't know about), I can feel comfortable taking risks, because if I lose, at least it won't affect to my wife and family. I think many of us also have different parts of our personalities where we play things that are not looked at or judged by others.

It could be that the situation will be like that so that in gambling, we will see how he really is. That means he seems to have multiple personalities, which he will use according to his conditions. He must be careful with the people around him by not showing their dark side to them because everyone has a dark side they don't want to show to those closest to them. They are really good at hiding their other personalities from people because perhaps they have been used to doing it for a long time, so they don't have any trouble and look like they are professionals. And from the gambling game, we can see a different personality from him that maybe we wouldn't see in his normal life. It could be that he is protecting his prestige from people, so he is trying to hide his dark side. I think I've seen this before from some people in my circle, but they keep saying that they don't do it and still hide it from people.

That's true. In real life it's difficult to take risks, in gambling online we are different, we can somehow pull some courage and try different things that we don't normally do. We can be braver. While some do it the other way. They take risks but not as far as they do in their personal life and gambling is just entertainment for them so they put small bets only which I think is fine, or actually better than being careless with their money. They know how to keep their emotions at bay and they won't just spend money that is meant for other things.
Personality changes are normal when we are on a different side which I think happens a lot nowadays. Young guys especially, because they have their own different characters when they are online but can be silent when talking to people personally. They can talk more when they are unseen while they zip their mouths when facing another human being.
I think the same goes when it comes to gambling, especially those who are active in chatrooms. I've seen characters that I don't think can happen in person where they get so aggressive at talking to other people and sometimes asking for a fight. That's because their faces won't be revealed so their courage are so high that they think they can say anything.

I'd say I pretty much do the same, only in reverse. In real life, I'm much more likely to take a risk which might or not pay off. When I gamble tho, I tend to be more cautious and reserved, as I understand chances are against me, and substantial losses could happen quite quickly. The attitude helped me save a lot on Roobet and Dplay, and only once on Stake I actually lost some money I considered to be something I didn't want to happen again, so that only reinforced my future behavior.

That’s why the best is to only gamble money you can afford to lose and that won’t make a big difference for you
I know its not the coolest and most exciting strategy but better safe than sorry

What do you think?

I don't think I have one, but I also know some individuals who are like your friend. They are too simple in other things like their looks, but they spend big on gambling. I'm also a simple man myself but I don't spend much on gambling. I gambling moderately. So even if I don't eat at expensive restaurants or don't wear branded clothes, I'm not spending the rest of the money in gambling. I sometimes bet big but that's not at the expense of my other needs such as food. I don't sacrifice my other needs just for gambling.

Be grateful if you can get rid of your ego in gambling. because this is a basic human characteristic that has been present since birth, of course there must be this characteristic.
If you can't control it, it's very annoying when gambling and will only result in bigger losses.

Is there any study, which proves that your personality has something to do with your style of gambling? I don't know about such study.
Maybe you don't really know your friend. I don't think that somebody can be a huge risk taker in gambling and very cautious and conservative in his normal life. Maybe your friend is at the early stages of developing a gambling addiction. You should talk to him about this.
I'm conservative in life, but I'm also conservative in gambling. I don't like taking huge risks in both life and gambling. I like to be predictable and stable.

People can act in very different ways at times, like when they're gaming. There are people who use gambling as a place to take chances and try to win big, which is not like them at all. I understand what your friend went through. When I bet, I always do things the same way. Seeing how the thrill of the game can bring out different sides of people is interesting. This makes the experience unique for each person.

When they feel pleasure, they will be different from what we see in normal situations. That is normal because a person's attitude and emotions will change so that something different emerges from him. But if they choose to use gambling as a place to make money, they should think about the risks. They will not find the pleasure they found before because their goals have changed. And that will only make our egos change to become even more eager to get a big win. Those who do it will only feel that it is a unique experience that they are getting even though their ego has changed from its normal state. We must be able to avoid this because it can trigger us to forget to be careful when gambling and can make us lose more money without us realizing it.

I don't think this is funny as it is a mixed behaviour. If you don't do a thing in real life but doing otherwise in gambling, that will certainly not be good and it could easily bring out the irresponsibility in that person. What the guy is doing is reckless and if he continues that way, it can't never have that happy ending, which is why it is good to be careful even from the beginning. Some people have their near-perfect behaviour, and some can even help you to plan your life and you will hardly see a fault in their doings and the way they handle matters wisely. But that does not mean they are without faults too, they are humans too. They might have their devil one way or the other, and it is good when it does not involve money, but in the presence of money, another issue might arise.

To you, the person might be okay, but he is not, the psychology that is attached to money is different from the one that is attached to behaviour without money. All that matters is for someone to be cautious no matter how good you think you are, and whether it is in gambling or not and maybe other things where money is also involved or not, we must not be egoistic, we must not let ourselves to be affected or being driven without a control. If money is being made, that is a different ballgame, but when money is being lost regularly, C'mon, it is bad. No one is perfect and motivation might creep in when we least expect it, which is what might cause some people to believe they can do it better again but will keep on wasting money. There is nothing better than discipline and being neutral in gambling, and when you have a good plan and budget, it makes it better.

I dont see any irresponsibility thing when everything is really just that normal reaction for a human being to have specially that we do lose money and we do know that no one does really like on losing money.

This is why it would really be normal that even on how thrift and conservative you are when it comes to behavior and overall, it cant really be just that avoided that you would really be having those reacitons yet we are really just that humans. I dont see something bad if you would really be having those kind of switch up when it comes to posture and overall behavior on the time that we do lost money.
Just like i have said that no one really likes on losing money so reactions like this are normal and it isnt shocking.

Why would really be that to be an issue on something like this? People do have emotions and losing money is never been that giving that good feeling.

Everyone has their alter ego or another personality when we do our thing. If it's about gambling, I am sure that most of us changes our ways and attitude towards the bets we make. And for investing, many are also aggressive and doesn't listen to anybody because no one is better than ourselves. I don't have an alter ego when I gamble and I typically enjoy whatever happens to my bets and that's simple like I am enjoying every single bet I make.

Ego is of course an integral part of every human being. That is of course inborn within each one of us, but that doesn't refer to an alter ego in gambling. That alter ego in gambling is not a basic human characteristic. Not everybody has that gambling alter ego in which they are thrifty in some other things but are very extravagant in gambling. I myself have an ego but I don't spend minimally in other things but a high roller inside casinos.

Things like this can happen because people have different preferences, not everyone likes branded goods even though they have the ability to own them and also not all gamblers like to bet large amounts even though they have the ability to do so. It could also be because they prefer to make the games longer rather than increase the risk to get more.
However, in my opinion, if there is a gambler who in real life looks safer but in gambling actually prefers risk because he sees that taking risks in everyday life does not give him the opportunity to get a lot of profit quickly, but in gambling there is a chance to get it, even though it is not something that is guaranteed to be obtained, and I am the same person in everyday life and in gambling, always making considerations and occasionally making big bets, but that is money from gambling profits, not from deposited capital, so it could be said that I am not someone who likes to take risks and if I do, it is because previous results have been profitable.

We all have that alter ego, some knows how to control and some don't know how, but for me I strongly believe that gambling is dangerous, the only way to be ahead of gambling emotion and other problems is to avoid risking too much on gambling.

Avoid having the mindset that gambling will give you things that your jobs or investment should, I know the dangers awaiting me when I am gambling, this is why I am never going to fall at the mercy of gambling, I don't expect much from this..

I prefer working very hard and saving up money and also investing my money, gambling is just something I do for fun and only when I missed it, with very small amount of money, the expectations that people have in gambling is what get them wrecked.

Many people have an activity in which they can let go and enjoy themselves to their fullest, where I live the most common place where this happens is a bar, in which people that you can see at your place of work be incredibly professional all the time, seem to transform and become someone else when they drink, but this is not so much a transformation as it is simply those people showing you who they really are and what it is what they truly enjoy.

If you are under in the influence of;

1. Alcohol
2. Drugs
3. Depression/Anger/Anxiety
4. Family problems or any other

Then there's no such thing about those formal people not to show off their real selves excluding on Drugs on which we know that this is the most severe thing
that could affect peoples mind and could do such things which a normal thinking people wouldnt be able to do so.
Alter ego? Its normal since we are just humans but as long you arent that affecting someone then it should really be just fine
but if other then it would be an another story.

First, when reading your post I wanted to argue, but then you said it yourself, you do have "some different personalities", and one of them is revealed when you are gambling. It's a normal thing. I'm like that too most of the time. If I was behaving always like when I'm gambling, my life would turn into hell. All of us need an alter ego for doing various things, gambling included.

A simile explaining the situation indeed. Gambling does bring in a rush of emotions and thus a number of neurohormonal changes in the body. This leads to a primal state of the body to reawaken which has been kept in control by years of civilization. It should be kept in control though, because the bad effect is that the casino is taking the control over you if you lose yourself in such manner.

It does not happen to everyone but it happens to many and not just in gambling, but in games involving a lot of emotional flow, these things are not uncommon.

As far as I know, the nature or concept of alter ego tends to be more psychological and social in terms of individual human personality. If the nature of alter ego is related to gambling, of course it creates itself in carrying out gambling activities, For me, whether I realize it or not, if someone is in the gambling arena, an alter ego will be created by itself.

The fact that alter egos occur does not only happen in the real world, in today's digital era it also happens, such as carelessness in gambling and this also happens on most social media platforms, By being aware of the changes and gaps in gambling, this includes emotional character and forgetting the risks that will occur. In essence, I also gamble and do it in many ways based on my own personality.

And surely it was kept in control for a reason. Those individuals that are too risky could die without giving birth to offspring and their genes wouldn't be transmitted further. So, if our Alter Ego in gambling is some unhinged character from the distant past, we better keep him in control, just in case. :)

My alter ego in gambling is Scrooge McDuck. I am rich but I am greedy as hell :D Really, I am able to bet more than I usually bet, but I prefer to save money. Sometimes I prefer not to bet, but just look how game is going. Also, compared to IRL. I do not tip in gambling. Call me greedy, but I dont understand why should I tip or rain money online. IRL it is clear, I get service, attention. Giving tips online (live games)? What for?

That does make sense. Tipping in online gambling is just like ordering food at home and tipping the person who is taking your order while sitting in the restaurant it would only make sense if you tip the delivery guy or if you tip a waiter if you are at the restaurant yourself. Tipping in live games might make some sense because most of the time, in live games like roulette and stuff, humans are managing the tables and games and they deserve tips for their service and time even though they are already getting paid for that.

When you talk about being rich and saving money, there is nothing wrong with that. Just because someone is rich, it doesn't mean they shouldn't save money and spend a lot of money on their gambling activities because you might not stay rich forever, dynamics in life take no time to change.

Some people run out of options when it comes to spending their money just like what Andrew Tate said when you reach high and buy yourself a yacht, that's the end game and you don't have anything to buy anymore since there is nothing to buy literally. that's why we see lots of them in the Casino, not to make themselves richer but they find it to be the best place to spend their money and to show off and those are the ones who love to waste their wealth, unlike others who choose to build a foundation and used his money to help others instead and when helping others, you will find peace when you see the smile on their faces.

Yes, those who spend a lot of money when they gamble want to show off to people who gamble that they are very rich people who can afford to gamble with a lot of money. They can also accept their defeat well because they have a lot of money, so they will not feel like they have lost a lot of money due to their defeat. But we also don't know how much their total wealth is so that they can spend so much money on gambling, so we might just be amazed to see the amount of money they use for gambling. But some rich people won't use much money when they gamble because they don't want to see huge losses they can't afford. And that is in line with what they do in the real world, which always emphasizes living frugally.

This is just normal to me, what you think you are in real life when you handle situations is not what you may be when you are dealing with money. This is especially true if the money is being made in a risky channel like gambling. It all depends on psychology. The psychology in which you handle real-life issues, especially when money is not involved is not the same psychology you handle the issues in which money is involved. This is special when it comes to gambling. Do you know why? It's because gambling is still the kind of trying-your-luck avenue where the person who is near-perfect in real life will be deceived by his own ego if care is not taken.

Such will be believing that he can handle himself but the truth is that if care is not taken, such will regret his actions. It will be loss upon loss and before he knows it, money would have been wasted. This is why we should first drop our peculiar characteristics and principles while we gamble, we should rather go for the gambling spirit when we engage in it. We should have the mindset of it, and also the principle and the best way to handle it and even ourselves, and stop the egoistic approach as humans. It will only put the gamblers in trouble because gambling life is different from normal life.

If you're a gambler, the people sees you as a different entity and right within you, you're also a kind  of different personality which is also different from how the people picture you, when we are gambling, we should not make the people feels been disappointed in us from the way we are gambling, we have to take away our pride and be considerate in how we gamble and from where we do it, this is not because we are interested in enticing others, but we are being mindful of the consequences that might comes out through any of our actions whenever we are gambling.

Hahaha, this is a truly blind ego, it is called blind because it is willing to lose unlimited amounts of money for the sake of the popularity of an individual name in the gambling environment.
Sometimes it is quite surprising to know and see people who do things like this, they sacrifice money that may be beyond their own ability to lose and of course this is characteristic of gamblers who will never be able to survive for long with their own finances.
But we should not imitate or do similar things, if the goal is to have fun, then forget whatever other people say so that we are not influenced to do stupid things that endanger the financial continuity that we manage.

But the same thing will have different context if it is at table filled with rich people or business people who deliberately gather in the casino to gamble.
They will use large amounts of money but not to gain popularity or name but to really have fun with relatively large bets and for longer time.

We will not be able to follow the gambling style of rich people because they really have steel mentality in spending money for each game session.

I don't think emphasis should be on what people actually see you as because if you keep emphasis on that then you may just be trying to look tailored to a pattern to suit people at your own detriment which is otherwise not reasonable enough because this same people have their various ways of getting entertained especially when you gamble for entertainment basically.

Responsible gambling solves it all, I mean if you are a very responsible gambler, you wouldn't have need to bother so much about the ripple effect of your gambling activities on others around you because gambling hasn't stopped you from attending to your responsibility as a person and it has not aswell affected how you behave or react to things, it has rather been an entertainment for you where you catch some fun and get to relax more , so it's only irresponsible gambling and addiction that can present you otherwise.

so long you know what you are doing and you are not getting the money from someone else, i guess, it is up to you how you will live your life in gambling. i can understand that a lot here have different personality when they are in front of their games. it is very understandable as the emotions are quite a roller-coaster one especially if the game you are betting with is getting exciting. there's nothing wrong with that i should say. as long as you are not bothering anyone or not stepping on anyone, you can do whatever you please.

I’ve never considering using an alter ego while gambling. It seems like disassociating yourself at a time when you’re risking money may not be the greatest idea, but if your alter ego is a gambling master then maybe it works out. Seeing other people talk about their alter egos makes me think I need to have one. Brainstorming…

And yes, on which its none others business on how you do look, talk, react, do something on which this is something your full rights since its your money after all. No matter how good looking or cool are you but we cant be perfect because when those thrill and excitement and disapointment would happen or kicked in. Then there's no way that you couldnt really be able to make those reactions on which its normal since we are really just that humans on which have emotions and having those kind of impulsive reactions on the time that we are on a condition on which we do win or lose something such as money. We do know that we do value money that much
and losing or winning could really give out that kind of significant impact.

It is really just that there are people who are really that a fan off on trying to see those imperfections or odd things that they could really be able to see on someone
without trying out to look for theirselves on what they've been doing.

It just makes sense that the personality will be different once a person gets involved in gambling.

For example, a person who is known to be calm and always relaxed can be expected to have a different behavior while playing gambling. The reason is simple, the environment in gambling is different from the usual environment they are used to. In the gambling world, it can affect the person's emotions and feelings, and ability to think properly, and the worst can bring stress.

It's not an alter ego exactly but a usual approach from a gambler in most cases.

The gambler who had ego in their character surely get into the alter ego against the gambling site.When the luck was not good the gambler will loss all the capital,So the gamblers may triggered in a way of revenge towards the gambling site.But he need to understand the game with the emotions whether it is anger or alter ego.Both will leads to a loss in the gambling site.The gamblers will triggered to recover all the gambling loss in the one game.But thinking in a way to recover all the money in one game is not the possible one.The big loss can’t be recovered in the single game,it take many games to recover the losses in the past games.

Do gamble or not gamble doesn't really change my ego or other activities what happens in the gambling world will be staying in the gambling world, If I feel messed up and full of emotion because of loss I just tell my friend and he just hears it out all of it and after that, all continue normally with a big laugh at the end and realize how stupid I am and the cycle is continue.

and I suggest all of you start doing the same as what happened in the gambling world let it stay in the gambling world. sometimes when you play a game you might fueled with punch of greed or boom of anger but just put it all of this on gamble and stay calm when the games end.

I hope you find a good one. :D

It helps those gamblers without courage when they gamble because we need that badly when it comes to risking our own money. Without the courage to take a risky bet, I doubt we can be winners. Right now, I have some wins from my sports bet and I'd like to risk it more in the casino games but my instincts tell me not to do it because I might lose it all in the process. I don't also have an alter ego that will tell me to take that leap and try it out but I do have an idea to bet it in some safer game with low risk. Maybe just take a x1.10 - 1.20 bet and I will be fine.
It's not easy being in that position especially if you are thinking the gambling site would try to win it back, that's why I think there are gamblers who would need this kind of strategy, an alter ego, a courageous feeling, so they can be brave enough to continue betting.

They will fall because of their selfishness without realising the cause, especially if they want to be seen as rich people who can gamble with lots of money. It's really unnecessary because they have to sacrifice a lot of money for something that doesn't have to cost much. But their ego really blinds them because they want to be popular in their environment or community, so they act like that. Just let them be like that, and we will continue to do what we have done and cannot imitate them because we don't have as much money as they do. We must really limit our expenses in gambling so that we can prevent large losses. And we only gamble with the money we can afford and try to prevent other problems that could arise.

Rich people will gather with other rich people, so they will gamble together and spend their money and gamble perhaps longer than usual. These rich people are used to using a lot of money, so it doesn't matter if they lose it. They really want to gain popularity or name, but it is not worth it for us because we are just people who use gambling as entertainment.

We should really regulate our gambling activities sufficiently so that we are not influenced by anything from gambling. Moreover, we just play gambling for fun.

It's actually a good advice! Gambling is fun, but who can have fun all the time? It's boring! We can allocate some time and money for that, but not all our time and money. Lest we turn into addicted gamblers. After we end our gambling session we must switch off that gambler person and live our main life like we never gamble. But it means we must have an alter ego for gambling, right?

There should be a thrill in gambling, and if we feel upset or happy depending on the result, that means we are enjoying gambling. Some may not feel something, I find them not enjoying what they are doing. Gambling should be fun, and you can't have fun if you are not feeling the thrill which you'll experience the ups and down in gambling, but at the end of the day, we have to understand that there's a limit for everything.

We lose, we stick with our limit, we win, we know how and when to stop. Doing that or having that kind of control, we should be able to enjoy gambling for a long period regardless if we are winning or losing.

I watched a lot of interviews with avid gamblers and many of them said that it was like they had another personality. As the author of the topic writes. I don’t mean a full-fledged personality, but several behavioral aspects that were not characteristic of this person before he became a gambler. What bad qualities does he have through this “second personality” - this desire to constantly lie, bringing pain to his loved ones. Greed, because of which even a large win will eventually be lost and left in the casino.

As for myself, I noticed this only when I told myself: I only play 10 bets. But then I really wanted to play more, and sometimes I continued.

We all got that inner risk-taker, that gambler spirit that whispers "go big or go home" sometimes, right? Even the most level-headed peeps can catch themselves saying "screw it, all-in!" for a shot of excitement. It's like a switch flips – suddenly, luck feels like a superpower and the next bet seems guaranteed to win. But hold up, partner, that's where things get tricky. Gambling can be a fun way to blow off steam, but gotta remember it's all about chance, not magic. Chasing that lucky streak can be tempting, but before you know it, you're betting the rent on a hunch. Not cool.

In my personal life, I use my money more for other needs than gambling, as much as possible I save my expenses and can still save so that if there is an urgent need I can use the money and don't need to borrow from other people, in my gambling life, I I don't dare to take risks that are greater than my ability, even though I gamble, I only use less money because if I use more money and lose then I will regret it because I know how hard it is to make money so it's better to use gambling as I can.

Your story reminds me of my friend, when my friend didn't have enough money but he was willing not to eat just because he wanted to gamble until finally the money just disappeared and he had to endure hunger all day and in his daily life he was not luxurious and frugal. , this can be said to be careless because gambling is not something that can double our money even if we dare to take risks.
Don't harm yourself just because of gambling, limit your expenses in gambling, because it is better to use your money for other things that are more useful than taking big risks when gambling.

It's not that they run out of options about how they should spend their money, but it's just that they don't want to explore all the possible ways for them to spend their money in the best way possible. Gambling your wealth away isn't the best way to get rid of it, as you mentioned, millions of people around the world don't get to eat a meal two times a day, they don't have cloths to wear or a shelter over their heads, and they deserve all the help in the world.

If a person thinks that they have unlimited wealth and they don't know what they need to buy anymore, they should do some noble deeds so that the world remembers them when they die instead of them going to a casino and gambling all the money away and making rich casino owners even more richer.

It depicts discipline and gambling. Like you, I prioritize basics and allocate my finances wisely. Gambling is fun, but not at the expense of my finances. No more than enjoyment, I gamble with money I've set aside. Entertainment, not wealth accumulation.

The steep slope of gambling is illustrated by your friend's story. Use only what you can afford to lose without regret when gaming. Remember that gaming should enrich our lives. It becomes a hazard when it forces us to sacrifice basic requirements.

We do have different priorities in life on which we would really be normally sticking into those and would really be that focusing rather than on spending tons on something which it isnt that important
Once you do make some gambling activity and spending up tons and you arent that getting used to it, no matter how well refined you are as a person or really that cool looking and something
that doesnt look to be impulsive but on the time that you do lose money then those things or everything would really be changed up but well each person would really be that different
when it comes to those kind of reactions on which someone doesnt really lose up composure and there are ones who are really that highly reactive.