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Time to face the truth lads, cryptos are nothing but a filthy addiction, not much different to gambling.


UK hospital launches rehab programme for bitcoin addiction
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bitcoin-addiction-rehab-cryptocurrency-trading-castle-craig-hospital-a8373801.html

You don't have to live like this. There's more to life. GET HELP NOW!

how on earth can one be said to be addicted to bitcoin and then a rehab program will be organised in favor of such, i consider it ignorance because the bitcoin technology is good enough for an entire nation or continent to want to get addicted to it as it has come to stay and change lives of people in it.

Utter nonsense! I see this as an organized effort sponsored by an organized corporate entity to de-frame bitcoin. If this hospital want to genuinely help people, they should start rehabilitation program to come out of facebook addiction. This facebook addiction is actually harmful for the society which only fills up company's account without fetching any personal benefit.

That's true with sir its okay to become addicted in bitcoin no need to make organised rehabilitation, is better to become addicted using bitcoin than to become addicted in any substantial prohibited drugs or alcohol or wasting time to the non profits online social media's.
addicting in bitcoin is not bad because helping their lives to get profits and income for their daily needs.  

It's maybe because there are lots of newbies that are addicted to gambling sites with the use of bitcoin as wager.

I think their rehab program is useful to some people who invest in any coin(even if it is just a shitcoin) without doing prior research(and uses gut feeling and emotion in picking a coin to invest into) hoping it would rise. It is not an utter nonsense. Nevertheless, I agree with you that they should first start to rehabilitate people who are addicted to facebook because those kinds of people mentioned above can easily change.

Addiction only occurs when you scammed people just to earn money I think.That is crazy when they will generalize all bitcoin members.We are just here because we wanted to learn something new and to earn.

Ha ha. I do not think they need to mention that Cryptocurrency is a dirty thing. I am a little disappointed with them.

if there is such thing as bitcoin addiction in the form of cryptocurrency trading
why there isn't fiat money addiction in the form of stock trading and forex trading
the hospital probably just need more patients or just use "bitcoin popularity" to boost their business market and exposure

It may be, but new and much skilled users are using bitcoin as gambling, but we all must remember that all five fingers are not equal.

I don't understand, why is bitcoin like disease (addiction), so it must be rehabilitated. I think this is just the uncontrolled people's emotions that drive them crazy. Actually, their first step is enough to release emotions somewhere, if it can't be cure it should be rehabilitated

I agree with you, they neglect the things that needed urgent attention, things like the Facebook and Instagram addicts, these social media has added no value to the society, i see no sense in calling someone an addict for trading cryptocurrency. we are all addicted to our jobs and the things that fetch us money.
They that are calling for crypto rehabilitation are addicted to the profession, we are addicted to trading crypto.
If crypto is an addict what do they have to say regarding forex that has long been in existence?
These guys should stop playing politics with crypto!

This article got me laughing  ;D ;D ;D ;D......   Now using of bitcoin has become a health-related problem.  “Addiction to cryptocurrencies is a sub-type of online day-trading addiction. I see these as akin to gambling addiction.” This statement made me laugh so hard that I nearly cried. Some people are trying so hard to kill bitcoin and the idea of decentralization... I will not be surprised if they start developing drugs to help with bitcoin addiction. ;D ;D

As OP says it similar to gambling and I also belive that one. I can say that day trading is somehow addictive because its easy to make such deposits and withdraw it later on. I believe the difference between a gambler and day trader is that a day trader anayze before he make such decision while gambler is just wishing for the price to become higher.

I find it ridiculous, trading is just the same with other works, some people like to work extra hard to make more money, its almost the same with people that obsessed with their work, and the process of trading crypto and stock is the same, but I never heard anyone being rehabilitated because of trading stock, I think it just another scheme to bring down crypto

not everyone can have their name in history for their contributions to the world. so some people decide to have their name in history as one of the biggest idiots of the century. well that is also a record. for example the Guinness World Records is not just all filled with athletes setting records in sports or scientific doing their thing. it is also filled with idiots who did idiotic things. like the longest fart believe it or not, which is 2 minutes and 42 seconds LOL. we will put the name of this hospital after this record.

I am surprised that they actually open one for Bitcoin. Stock trading has been public for a very long time and I know many people who are also addicted in trading stocks but I did not hear any type of rehabilitation for stock trading. I know some people who have lost everything in trading stocks. 

Anyway if their intention is to really help overcome addiction then it is okay, crypto trading is okay but too much everything will always end badly.

Its really funny exactly and confusing at the same time and I would want to know the amount of candidate they would have to test run their program. But there is really some take away to go about it because launching a program means they are acknowledging that crypto exists and for those facilitators too, they would have had some training on bitcoin to be able to "tackle" the problem. So either way, its still a win for bitcoin.

yes really masters, addicted to social media like, Facebook, Tweeter, Instagram it is very dangerous for psychological people continue social media is also not making money, different things with Bitcoin yg mengahsil money and always teach me be patient when I get caught in Altcoins bought.

What is your reason to say that bitcoin is gambling ?. Bitcoin has been very useful for many people. Gambling is an act of drawing fate, and gambling is relying on luck alone. Bitcoin is synonymous with trading. Trading is a decision-making activity involving many aspects ranging from market research and analysis, financial management and risk management to psychology management to recognizing market psychology as well as the ability to control oneself. Trading and gambling is clearly different.

Aren't they working on a USB vaccination to cure this?

I thought this was pretty funny at first glance but I guess it's sad it actuality.  I personally don't understand the addiction to gambling and "trading" cryptocurrencies, but I understand addiction is a tough thing and everyone's genetic makeup is different so one being addicted to bitcoin isn't really that far fetched contrary to what other comments in this thread say / believe.

Hahahaha, do we really need help, bitcoin pays my rent, give me a car, and lot of nice toys, so, does it really damage my life? i don't think so.

If we see a rehab program it means they don't understand bitcoin... they should launch a dollar rehab program too  ;D

The idea of launching a rehabilitation program for bitcoin addiction is simply absurd. Why will someone who is a fanatic about a particular technology or someone who takes pleasure in trading or studying things relate to the latest technological innovations that disrupts loads of professional sphere be seen as an one that needs a mental rehab. I don't just buy it.

People become fanatic about loads of things and there seems to be no problem with it. They aren't seen as people that need rehab and don't even attract sanctions and all other stuff from the agencies or government, IIt therefore becomes a funny news to hear about the rehab for bitcoin addiction. The question is, what will they tread the addicts of? Something tha makes them feel good or what?

The only way I'd agree to go into BitCoin rehab is if I could pay for it with my bag of Crypto.

(Boom-Tish!)

I wonder when will rehabs for USD addiction be established

I guess the OP won't be proud to own those words above as his construction and view at a time like we are now. Things have changed and have become clearer now unlike what obtained a few years ago when a lot of people screamed that Bitcoin was a bubble. A lot of views and mouths have been shut off that mindset now. It's a good thing and from the look of things the community is winning a lot of converts daily. I should confidently say we are closer to mass adoption than we even know.


I guess they contracted that out to Africa. Timing and promptness are big issues for such a continent. 🤭

Spot on mate. This mad bull crap about BTC addition. FB, Instagram and such is probably where this should be targeted towards, not towards something that actually improves future finance and helps millions of people escape the centralized system.

I just can't be more upset to see that people would even go to such lengths only to attempt to slander crypto. These people should be ashamed from trying to stop progress.

So what's the difference between a stock trading addiction and cryptocurrency trading addiction? Is there even any?

Why are they trying to open a crypto specific rehab? Probably because they think a lot of people got rich trading crypto and rich people will pay more. They could go to a normal rehab the same one the stock traders or computer game addicts use but no. There's a special expensive rehab for crazy millenials waiting for them.

British Hospital Launches Bitcoin Addiction Rehabilitation Program? Thank you, - I had a good laugh. This is from that area - a car mechanic will always find something to repair, even in a new car. The doctor will always find what to treat in a person - "heal to death."

Lol! In that case, they could have opened a rehab program to treat stock market trading addicts. This way they could have received more patients.

If making money is an addiction, then I must say it's a good addiction because money is everything in the real world. I want to be addicted to making money and I bloody don't need a hospital to treat my addiction!

Bloody nonsense! (Not to op but to hospital)

Trading is not only related to bitcoin.There are many other trading platforms also,  which are used by people on large scale then why a rehab for bitcoin traders only.If we talk about addiction then it depends upon the trader not on the trading platform.Bitcoin provides the traders with high returns so they prefer regularly trading in it and we can say that somehow  they are addicted to it but what if a trader is not interested in bitcoin. May be he is getting good returns by trading in stocks and is quite addicted to it. Will a new rehab will be launched for him? This is just because bitcoin is in limelight as the returns are quite high and the users are increasing day by day.

That is somewhat misleading since being addicted to Bitcoin itself is not even a threat BUT the greediness to gain Bitcoin by doing unnecessary procedures is the problem. Its a safe precaution but maybe before proceeding into the creation of rehab program's, they can tackle the fact that people only get addicted is when they do not have enough knowledge regarding Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies. People will still spend some money when they go through the rehab UNLESS its free. 

I wonder how those MDs in that hospital are paid? Where those money for their salaries come from? Bitcoin was created to give people money, a doctor in Romania is asking for hundreds of Euros  for a direct consultation (altough the Romania official money is Leu).

I was reading 2 days ago that a medical assistant was saying that he went to hospital duties for a day and he has not got his salary. I was in hospital with FORCE 10 years ago, and they have steal all that I had (money, clothes, etc). I've got no food and no sleep for 5 weeks, I was locked with force in 2 square meters as in prison for half a day.

Those men in the hospital were STEALING money from the patients to release them.   

Thats an another topic to be discussed but to talk about on where these MD's do they get their pay then of course it will really be into the association that had been starting this kind of non sense idea.
Hospital launches up a rehab program for btc addiction? Dont know on how they do make out these kind of conclusions knowing that this isnt something that would be similar with other addictions
like drugs and gambling.A certain person might be dealing up too much with crypto but we are trying our best to make some profits and i dont see for it to be a problem.Well, there might be some
issues in time management but actually this is just a personal problem that can be settle by yourself.

I wonder who really need help, the crypto lovers (so called addicted) or the crazy dude who come up with this  ;D,  this is hilarious indeed, the only help I would need is if the agree to fill my empty wallet because only if I have enough btc would I consider myself as addicted but now I don't even have 1 btc then how am I addicted.

This is really serious, then what is the medical or health implication of the addiction. All those game addict, frauds, scammers need more rehabilitation than thinking about bitcoin users. What makes us sit night and day with bitcoin is all about the commitment. And there is reward with bitcoin. Even in the rehabilitation center bitcoin users will still handle their phones

[quote = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bitcoin-addiction-rehab-cryptocurrency-trading-castle-craig-hospital-a8373801.html]Experts at Scottish rehab centre say crypto trading holds appeal for problem gamblers[/quote]
Sad to see that they are implying bitcoin investment is a form of gambling and will attract mainly those who are addicted to gambler. I mean, any kind of trading in the financial markets can cause addiction. Trading addiction isn't a new thing, but its funny how the media represents everything with their manipulated words.
But good thing, at least those negative publicity will attract more people!

Bitcoin addiction?
 If it's for a good purpose with good income on it. Then it's certainly a good addiction though. But it was quite confusing. How come one will end up being addicted to bitcoin? Like how? By buying and buying more bitcoin? Or by frequently watchinh charts and everything?
 
 At first I though it was bitcoin gambling that is so addicting it makes more sense if it was. Or maybe they are implying about bitcoin trading which is kinda addicting too.

Bitcoin addiction? What do they mean? It is unlikely that there is such a diagnosis and it is definitely not included in the international classification of diseases.

Maybe they're mistaken, bitcoin is just an asset on exchanges and can't say bitcoin makes them addicted. They may become addicted to trading and become unprofitable. They find a way to find their money back. This library is making bitcoin in public perception, we have to find a way to block this.

This is one of the funniest article I will read on the web today. So if you hodl a bitcoin, you are automatically a gambler ?. This is bogus. People develop mental health problem sometime when they lose money but that doesn't make it unique to bitcoin. If you own a business and you invested a big amount of money but latter the business fold up and the owner develop mental problem, does that make fiat holding gambling

It is possible that a small number of people are addicted to bitcoins and cryptocurrencies. The fundamentals of Bitcoin are clear, there is no indication that it leads to addiction.
Rather, Bitcoin provides you with solutions to the current problem banks have.

If you become addicted for this cause it is because you have already treated this pathology before.

In any case, if the problem of addiction to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were to transcend, it would be a health problem like any other.

I can only imagine the NHS has been scrambling to find things to pour their efforts into with the wave of Covid cases slowly declining in those countries.

Isn't the image show trading addiction?  It can happen on anything that is being traded.  I wonder why they capitalized only in Bitcoin when there are  several currency that had been traded and there are lots that experience the same interest and being hooked in getting profit. I agree to some reply that this is one of the action of those groups who wanted to either decredit Bitcoin or take advantage of the
 Bitcoin craze and get attention or profit from it.

Isn't it much better to say a rehab for trading profit addiction in general?

What the hell? There are addicts in crypto? That is pretty crazy considering this might be an obsession that inhibits people to do other things other than Bitcoin. Maybe gambling is one thing but this is new for me.

When I saw the headline, I thought it was a click-bate. No, trading addiction is the real mental disease now :o Who knows that the problem of Bitcoin obsession is so wide spread? 

I don't think anyone is addicted to Bitcoin, because Bitcoin is not a drug or liquor that everyone is addicted to. Maybe you should do some re-research to create a rehabilitation program on Bitcoin, because I think Bitcoin is just digital money that makes it easy for everyone to make transactions using Bitcoin, but if people use Bitcoin just to play gambling or buy anything, I think that's normal, because everyone has their own way of doing anything to use Bitcoin.

I haven't seen bitcoin to fall down drastically, or to make it's hodler lose their investment as if there's no hope for them to have it back. Bitcoin didn't made us suffer, but to have profits while holding it. If someone is addicted to trading bitcoin, there are two outcome, either he is earning allot, or losing his funds. If he is earning huge amount, then there's not reason to call him an addict (why would you call a rich person to be addicted while he is experiencing positive effect from what he is doing). On the other hand, if that person is losing, then Rehab is not the solution, thus, he needs a full tutorial on how to trade to avoid losses.

It's kind of weird that UK hospital needs to rehabilitate bitcoin users.

this thread was created in 2018 and from what I can see maybe they changed their mind (I think they must have taken the vaccine) because today everyone looks at bitcoin with good eyes except the gold fanatics. see that they currently wrote about bitcoin:

CORONAVIRUS TRACKED: HOW BITCOIN, GOLD AND OTHER ASSETS HAVE FARED DURING THE PANDEMIC (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/coronavirus-bitcoin-gold-oil-price-dow-jones-a9676236.html)


can we consider that they have been vaccinated and are already well?  ;D

Hearing this for the first time like bitcoin addiction, also then there would be something like stock market addition also would exists. But this is nothing more than an opportunity to create a new field and get a good consultancy charges and the treatment charges form the users and make money out of nothing.

I get that addiction can be caused by doing excessive different activities or something but I don't think it should be called bitcoin addiction since I just don't find it as something to be addicting, personally. It's more proper to call it trading addiction than "bitcoin" itself since if you are going to search, there's really trading addiction and it comes in any form, not just bitcoin.

It's good that they are opening such a program for others who suffer from this kind of problem but calling it bitcoin addiction is not really the right term for me.

but my take on this, should help other people with other detrimental addiction rather than this  so-called "bitcoin addiction". do you really think this program will help those traders to address their behaviour towards crypto? if you are into trading, you really need to check the market quite often. even us, regular crypto users, the first thing that we check when we wake up is the crypto market and just before we go to bed. but do we need therapy? i dont think so.

I definitely agree with you. Addiction does exist but not just really with Bitcoin trading in particular.
I think that intensive use of technology can really lead to some health problems but being a trader would require online presence.
But, if this cause is for addressing health problems, then overall it is good. But corrections must be done with the context.

As ridiculous as it sounds, this kind of thing is actually possible, but my question is what approach are they going to use? Having a dedicated wing for bitcoin addicts is one thing, but having a treatment plan that is tailored with bitcoin addiction is another. I bet the doctors must have at least basic knowledge of bitcoin to properly diagnose their patients' condition. After all, they must be able to understand how someone can develop bitcoin dependence. Anyway, in my opinion, the most effective treatment would be to lose all of your coins. That experience is definitely a huge slap to the face.    

This is purely comical. How on earth would an hospital be opened for rehabilitation of bitcoin addicts? If this is true, then the government should have opened one for Facebook addiction.
This is just a scheme to defame bitcoin and its advantages.
In our fight for bitcoin adoption, this might come as a setback as people will now see bitcoin in the same light as drugs.
However, I hope the government will see the need to embrace bitcoin

On a serious note, I've definitely witnessed a few examples of people displaying signs of addiction here on the forums.  This example (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5204547.msg53189374#msg53189374) springs to mind.  Take a look at the last topic they started (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5215436.msg53540121#msg53540121) along with the subsequent replies and then try telling me they don't need some serious psychiatric help.

I don't get why the hospital is singling out Bitcoin in particular, though.  It's no different to any other form of gambling addiction when people demonstrate poor impulse control.  It's merely a new medium in which people can indulge their existing problems.  The root cause is the same, though, I'd imagine.

interesting and funny news, how people can be addicted but not addicted to negative,
in my opinion, maybe addicted to gambling using bitcoin, not addicted to bitcoin.
indeed when we trade Bitcoin it does require a lot of energy and thought so that people forget themselves so they are forced to be under pressure which is addictive in the end, but in my opinion this does not need rehabilitation, it only needs a correct understanding of Bitcoin trading..

I haven;t noticed this thread til today lol
Its true thats trading is addictive though but I don;t think you will need a program for this because once you gain more experience in trading you willl profit. And the only treatment for this is getting more profit. Or probably bullrun.


And look at that. LOL A former addicted fellow will be treating you there.

LOL and what would be their next move a rehab program for those who are addicted to money?
I don't get it why would they even have this kind of rehab when there are more things that is way more important than this they could use the money on something better.
And isn't it a good thing when the person is focus on something that they could make their selves better?

Really? Why is it so someone like getting addicted to bitcoin?

Anyway, UK hospitals really know what their doing and the fact that they prepared for this kind of addiction meaning to say that they are doing their job well. Anyway, giving solution to this kind of problem of addiction is same as or it could be mild compare to drugs.

I wish here in our place hospitals will too accommodate bitcoin addict though we are more concern about the covid19 cases than any other diseases.

Wondering on what is the symptoms for being a bitcoin addict since its crazy to hear this and why on earth does a hospital implement that, Bitcoin enthusiast are going on bitcoin to earn money and I never see any people getting crazy because of this. Maybe they became crazy because they lose there money from scams or by playing gambling and for me if that's the case well that's different story and belong to other category.

One symptom is that staying all day long in bitcointalk.org and browse CMC all the time.  ;D Joining the forum signature campaign that only pays BTC and if not. this addicted to bitcoin individual will scream scam all of a sudden. Somehow I can see a lot of users already are going to be admitted there.

All that's too much is always not good. So if you felt like you are an individual who bookmarked CMC and click it all the time. Its time to call the hospital.

Can someone really addicted to a currency  ?
People can become addicted to gambling, trading, scamming, investing but I don't think anybody can become addicted to a particular currency.
Even if someone does become addicted to a currency how can a rehab help them with it ?

Hahaha 😄 Excuse my so may too frank reaction and emotions)))) In my opinion there was a genius person who decided to fulfil such an idea to create something like that and even launch the idea via hospital and special program to treat people of the addiction that does not exist)))) first my thought was - what a silly thing)) but after reread post It hit me - what a genius thing is to use some popular thing and create the addiction to it, organise the real program, implement this program into some institution and really to make money on this fiction with a very serious face))) in such case it should appear the separate direction for treating people that have the money addiction )))) The whole planet will become patients of this program and these doctors will become millionaries))

They have their own reason why they are doing it either they are against to bitcoin and other crypto currencies or they consider bitcoin as a threat to their country.

Many are earning a good profit in bitcoin and other crypto currencies, with regards to comparison to gambling then I can say that they are very different in many areas.

If they are addicted to bitcoin, does it affect their living? Does it ruin the way they live everyday?

Addiction in bitcoin? Or a solid fan of bitcoin? You will only categorize bitcoin addiction if he use it in the wrong way, if it ruins his life and investments. Being a solid fan of bitcoin is really a good thing because you are an example that bitcoin is really a good store of value and an efficient asset to invest.

I don't think that people are getting addicted to bitcoin, maybe they are getting addicted to the activities that includes bitcoin such as gambling.

maybe it's like internet addiction.
we used gadgets everyday and connected to the internet for almost 24/7.
when people don't have access to these things, most people will experience fear or anxiety.
fear of missing out information.

according to the article,
bitcoin addiction in this article refers to the trading of digital currencies or assets by people who obsessively following minute-by-minute fluctuations in prices.
CMIIW.

That's unfortunate news from Bitcoin haters. People with other addiction who needed help aren't getting the help, so, let the government or the hospital help those with severe addiction problems. Although those with such addiction are very few I assume, the fact still remains that trade isn't meant for everyone out there. If I can't trade, then I can hold for a long-term which also looks like trade in my opinion.

Trade is as risking as gambling if not check.

Seems like people really can get addicted to chart-watching. I've been guilty of spending too much time watching the chart action myself, so I can understand the issue here.

I think it's definitely a bigger problem when you've got a lot of skin in the game, and exchange 1-2% move could be knocking thousands or even tens of thousands off your portfolio.

People can get addicted to practically anything, especially things that make or lose money.

There's even an entire series about it on Youtube called My Strange Addiction—where you've got people addicted to eating plastic, sniffing gasoline, and one person was addicted to eating her dead boyfriend's ashies  :-\

If it can spike or drop your dopamine, you can get addicted to it.

It's needed to launch a rehab program for the launcher of the rehab programmer, for their addiction to opening the rehab center.  ??? .  
How bitcoin could be an addiction? I have no idea!!! the real money is much more, is there any rehab center for the rich businessman due to their wealth addiction?? This is pure stupidity, I have  enough doubt about the mental health of the rehab center owner.

yes dopamine is what they always say. you'd laugh all the time when you see the green.

it can be addicting to watch the charts if you are winning. if you are losing, its best to just look away. but i admit i still keep trying to trade even when i'm losing, this should mean addiction just like gambling that even when losing all the time a gambler still gambles because they wanna feel it.

I absolutely agree with you. What is sexual about being focused on your goal? If it gives him pleasure and doesn't harm others, then why the hell should he listen to someone who doesn't like it? I definitely definitely support rehabilitation and everything related to it. A person has the right.

what ?? bitcoin addict rehab looks absurd. this is not a pain but it is a job but maybe more precisely these bitcoin addicts should be more resistant to being in bitcoin so as not to get caught in a difficult situation. not taken to the hospital

At first sight on this thread I also believe the impression to be stupid but after reading the article link and also remember Bill Gate's circumstances when he's still bachelor dating his wife then he's also addicted to coding then which also affect his relationship until he get help, everything we do that somehow affects our partner emotional passion need to be correct.
Have you ever think about how crypto day traders manage their family especially the kids?

I think that this is Bitcoin addiction thru gambling and trading.
Again, Bitcoin is being used again so people are getting addicted to it.

I don't know how is this possible though and what is the progress of this already?? It has been 2 years but still no update on it.

Forget who dig this topic and why he did it, this is a nice catch. I don't know where I am when this thread created, honestly I'm not aware of this one until I found it :D.

Anyway, like most of us here, I find it hilarious at first because who would have thought that all of us here can have a chance to get admitted in such place lol. But kidding aside, we must realized that excessive is not good all the time. Too much trading is not good for our health because our body will get used to it thus crave for it all the time (like the usual alcohols, drugs and other vices). If you will imagine, this can be a form of OCD wherein you feel the need to buy/sell crypto every minute of the day. And it will surely affects your appetite, social interaction and other responsibilities.

But I won't hold myself back, I still want to pursue my dream of becoming a daytrader. If I became a psycho in the end but rich in return then so be it jk ;D.

I'm also surprised to see this thread here existing but with the adoption on going and many people are added in the community I don't think any hospital can keep up, everyone could become addicted if he is a trader or he invested a big amount to Cryptocurrency, he will check almost every hour what's going on in the market and we have millions of that doing daily, if this is your livelihood that doesn't mean you have a mental issue, it's just your business that you have to take care.

Yeah I understand but I think you are missing some points. Of course you will not be considered an addict just because you treat trading as your job and do it routinely, it is way more than that. Once you go compulsive, disoriented and agitated when not engaged with trading then that's the time we can say that you are now having a mental disorder. If you are not experiencing the signs mentioned then there's nothing to worry about. So chill and keep the balance in your life :D.

so far i havent heard a working person that gets out of his mind  or becomes addictive to it  but its possible .

say if your job is enjoyable , you will feel excited all the time and you will forgot important things like taking a break  .  this is risky and bad as it breaks your self  . same thing happens on here in bitcoin because all jobs related here are enjoyable and we feel excited when we are about to get a btc  .

Everything will be fine if you do it well and correctly, try to think of trading as work and there is a time limit for taking a break like an office worker and doing it casually without ambition and getting carried away in trading and have to control yourself.
and trading addiction must also be supported with balanced capital and if you have mediocre capital in my opinion it is impossible to become addicted and people will judge their own capacity, unless playing online gambling using Cryptocurrency is likely to be addicted.

Bitcoin addictions are wide and varied there are trading addiction, gambling addition bounty addiction airdrop addiction but it's part of livelihood and entertainment but if you are it 20 hours a day there's really something wrong on it, then that is the time that you need to a doctor soon rehabilitation will follow.

I don't think there is any need for that. we all know that; Bitcoin is a platform where we can invest our money. we can compare it with share market. there is nothing to be addicted to. it is not like gambling. even we even we don't know what the relief of being addicted to bitcoin is.  so how do we know we are addicted? so I think that rehab programmed is totally useless. I personally know a lot of people who are invest on bitcoin. but it didn't see any single person who r addicted on it.

Let bitcoin and cryptocurrencies usage be an addiction, and I would like to have a question. Whenever someone gets addicted to something there is more and more suffering. In what manner the bitcoin addicted persons are getting affected. To overcome addiction is a must when the same leads to unsafe conditions. With cryptocurrency people were benefitting bigger than the loss when practiced in a safe manner.

Oh, seems it's a little bit old news but cmon, is bitcoin trading really considered as addiction?

Well, by that logic we can call a lot of behaviors an addiction. Everything that affects dopamine and happiness hormones is addictive, that also includes sugar, emulsifiers and it's related products: Pizza, chips, chocolate. Also, for some people, they can become addicted to certain persons, someone gets addicted to money, etc but we can't call everything an addiction. We are addicted to air every second after all... Ok, joke.

Bodybuilding also turns into addiction for some people but I hugely doubt we should move them into rehab, same applies to any other sports.

When they decided to launch rehab program for bitcoin addiction, were there really a lot of cases when people were selling their houses, did they commit suicide because of unsuccessful bitcoin investment? Or what did give them a reason that it was so huge problem that it was necessary to call bitcoin trading an addiction and launch rehabs? Isn't fiat trading addictive? Cmon...

Dependence on bitcoin? What?)) Dependence may be on the ability to pay for services via bitcoin or on some things purchased only through bitcoin. Or from the darknet, where there are a lot of forbidden things - but definitely not from bitcoin itself. People don't have enough of it to depend on)

Ooooo thank god!  I've been needing something like this for a LONG fucking time now!

Maybe I can pull my life out of the gutter now.

I was also feeling like this but sadly right now I am not able to visit UK as many restrictions stopping me from this otherwise surely now time to get out of this addiction as my wife is also not happy with this all and this addiction creating many other social problems as well even right now we are living with social distance due to thanks this Covid-19.

I think fiat is more of an addiction. How many people chase money? Bitcoin is a currency anyway so it is normal for people to be very drawn to it. Setting up a hospital seems really strange to me.
I still don't understand how you get addicted to a currency? Talking about it? Using it? What exactly us the addiction?

It could be the reason why they get addicted to Bitcoin — especially when used in gambling. But I still can't believe that there's such thing as that and that there are people experiencing such. Anyway, who am I to judge? Maybe some people really get too attached with it and causes them negative effects when not dealing with such. If that's the case, then they really need help.

For others, it's important to always keep the balance in everything we do in life. As what we say here in our country, anything you do overly is dangerous.

^ This is true and it makes sense to me. See the links below.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/scotland-hospital-opens-rehab-center-crypto-trading-addicts.
https://coinspectator.com/news/448641/uk-hospital-launches-rehab-programme-for-bitcoin-addiction.
There are people that can't truly control their selves and turns to addiction. They need to rehab just to be a cure because mental illness is not just easy to cure. It takes time before it will be totally healed. W are thankful enough to these countries, they are concerned about their people.

How can someone get so much addicted on using Bitcoin that it is already in need to be put into rehabilitation? Maybe this was just an exaggeration on how they interpreted Bitcoin usage do happen. Maybe there could really be cases but still I cannot believe how a certain individual do get addicted by using Bitcoin. I wonder that maybe the addiction comes due to anxiety and improper management and control of him on how he uses his funds to be able to obtain Bitcoin and uses it on certain things like trading and gambling where those people who get addicted supposedly be doing. I get it that it could be possible to get addicted on gambling using Bitcoin but on trading, I don't think so.

Anyone can suffer addiction.  It's actually fairly common.  Whether it be serious things like alcohol, gambling, drugs, or even more mundane things.  Some people spend more time than would be considered healthy on social media, for example.  It can still be considered an addiction.  Most people just develop coping mechanisms so it doesn't have too much of a negative impact on their day-to-day lives.

Again, see my post here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5204547.msg53189374#msg53189374) where I highlighted some trading behaviour that sounded incredibly unhealthy.  If you're not eating or cleaning because you're glued to a screen watching trades, that's not normal.

The problem this year has always been people have been required to remain in lock-down for extended periods of time, but no government has really put much thought into what people might do with themselves while sitting the year out.  Some are in a form of isolation without nearby friends or relatives and are turning to their phones/PC's and connecting online.  Others are turning to gambling which like any other vice can be moderated in real life, but in an online world with no moderation people can develop any number of addictions.

Addiction is common, but how one can state a person to be addicted of bitcoin. Just because a person following the minute to minute price fluctuation, he can't be termed to be addicted to bitcoin. The same is happening with the stock market, and does that can be mentioned as stock market addiction.

What I see with the UK hospital's rehabilitation program is a form of promotion for their Business. This way health industry too is making money in the name of bitcoin.

Agreed!
The rampant addiction of folks feeling the need to constantly txt and use other social media platforms is a far bigger problem. Hell, each year many people are killed because the idiots walk into traffic while texting. The problem is bad enough that several cities have installed warning devices that flash in the sidewalks at intersections along with location-based apps that trip the phones to display crosswalk warnings (https://gcn.com/articles/2014/10/27/apps-traffic-pedestrian-safety.aspx).

Funny I think, addiction that should be rehabilitated is an addiction that poses a threat to himself and or the environment around him, such as drug addicts and maybe gambling. Bitcoin is not gambling or something that will damage someone's health, even though there are bitcoin users who deviate, I think it depends on their personalities. That is, a drug user even if only consumes a little but clearly, it will definitely damage his health and that is clearly different from bitcoin. A user who is new to or owning bitcoin, obviously there is no threat to him and if they go deeper then it will be good for the economy and not at all a threat to bitcoin users.

I don't doubt there's an element of that going on.  But at the same time, it's a little surprising to see how few people recognise the potential for addiction here.  Speculation is just a form of gambling by another name.  Surely people must see that? 

People who suffer from poor impulse control can become addicted to just about anything.  And I'm speaking from experience.  I've caught myself doing it years ago with a free-to-play, browser-based online strategy game.  It started as "I'll just stay up another 30 minutes to finish building that unit and send it to those coordinates, then call it a night".  Next thing I know I'm getting up in the middle of the night to boot up the PC (pre-smartphone era) to log in and wasn't sleeping properly.  I soon realised it was becoming quite an unhealthy obsession that could start to disrupt my life if I didn't get a handle on it.  I went cold turkey and don't play it now.  Believe me when I say it can happen to anyone with just about anything. 

You are kidding right ?  ??? Because if bitcoin can be an addiction then I would love to be addicted to bitcoin  ;D ;D
Bitcoin is a tech and people love this tech for what it is. I really don't think bitcoin as a cryptocurrency can be addictive in nature.
The method of using it can still be addictive (example : gambling / trading / investing etc...) but the coin itself cannot.
That's what I think. Besides that, I didn't know there are rehabs for such addictions. It must be crazy how they would cure us from such an addiction  ;D ;D

This will be the good news for the investors.Because it will increase demand of bitcoin in the market.The trading of bitcoin will be done more legally.Everyone need of hospital or use of it.So the demand of bitcoin is going to moon soon.This will be followed by many sector in future for sure.

Being a good bitcoin user is not a problem but being addicted to it is not a good idea. Even if we say that you are helping the bitcoin community, having a good income for your family if you didn't manage to maintain the healthiness of your mind, all of your hardwork will be nothing. We also need rest so that we can maintain our healthiness. If someone who has a big contribution to bitcoin community gone mad, it will be having an effect to the whole community specially when you are already a whale.

LOL, Really is it really a need to have a bitcoin rehab programme? I do think that this is very rare to happen to get into bitcoin addiction. I do not really what trigger on this because bitcoin is just like money and all of us do like to have money but no way that one could be get addicted to it.

I guess those individuals that do get addicted are those with mental health issues not really like a normal person that could think rational. Even now with pandemic that most of us do need money but it will not get to the point that too much attraction to it will get into addiction. Sana all!

btw, I just found out that a topic like this exists...
I wonder when they are called 'Bitcoin addicts', whether Bitcoin can cause addiction?  :D even if you are a Bitcoin trader, you do not deserve to be called a 'bitcoin addict'. addiction has a negative connotation for those who can no longer be separated from it like drugs, gambling or sex but it is inappropriate for Bitcoin.

any one knows how many patients they treat in this rehabilitation program, this is junk program no body requires bitcoin rehabilitation they are better off allocating their funds for alcohol rehabilitation, because it makes more sense.
there is nothing to rehabilitate, people spend time analyzing bitcoin not because of addiction but want to earn money and have a decent life.

When it comes to bitcoin it can affect your mental health if you keep thinking on how to make profit or speculating about the price. Its like gambling, no assurance of 100% profit if you become a trader or as an investor.

Nevertheless bitcoin is just a currency like fiat and people are the ones who control their assets. Therefore if you're not greedy to aim for lots of money then you would not end up addicted. Well any addiction is not really good but its just funny that there's a rehab for btc addiction which I think is easy to deal with and there's no harm, if ever you became addicted to it.

And nothing to do with Bitcoin addiction essentially!

I read about Canadian tracks that install a smart code on every crossing where you can scan and watch all the near misses that happened at the exact track code. Generally most of them are glued to their phones while crossing or only looking one way, and not the other. The worse is that train drivers suffer PTSD  when they get to see many near misses and unfortunately, sometimes hit:(

Is the article really serious about it, When we say addiction meaning it's not working normally anymore, and what kind of addiction is it? I think it's just a simple misunderstanding between addiction and hard work because when you aim for something and you want to use Bitcoin as a stepping stone to reach that goal you need to work hard for it and to me thats, not an addiction. Talking some nuts here is there any specialist about that problem which is called Bitcoin addiction?

Its actually relevant because anything which is too much can really be considered addiction but if we do talk about profit addiction just like on what we do treat on fiat money then
there should be at least some fiat based rehab programme too.

Anyone that cant really control up their emotion and way of thinking just because they are just minding too much on how to make money then its really a problem.
Its good somehow that they do had those establishments that do offer but for me its also funny just like you.

Minding too much about your crypto or bitcoin investment? Its somewhat can be considered as hobby i guess?

This is my first time reading somehing about bitcoin addiction.
Lol. Is there any such thing existing right now?
Really? Bitcoin Addiction?
Why not also launch rehabilitation programs for Dollar addiction?
Did you had any client that was addicted to bitcoin?
Can you please give some of your patients, lol.

Bitcoin addiction, wtf.

To be honest, I was surprised when I read the title of this topic, I am quite surprised if there are people who are addicted to Bitcoin.
If people are addicted to gambling or addicted to drugs I can understand, but this is addiction to Bitcoin, very rarely people get addicted
to Bitcoin. Maybe people who are addicted to Bitcoin are obsessed with getting as much Bitcoin as possible, so his daily activities are only
analyzing and observing the movement of Bitcoin. If this happen is not healthy, then it needs rehabilitation.

The funny aspect is this, the rehab program will be taking care of all the junkies and addicts and they might do a survey that anyone of these junkies used bitcoin and then they can represent that as bitcoin addicts  :D :D. Not heard about a rehab facility that could cater for financial addicts even though there are gambling rehabilitation centers.

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The catchy headline world over is what the hospital was looking after and they got it by adding bitcoin  :D.

I think this is some kind of a joke. When I first saw this topic (actually observing it on first pages of unread posts for a couple of days) I thought "Now way people got treat from that kind of addiction". That just done make any sense. What is bitcoin addiction? A wish to trade, observe graphs, predict prices, check news, search for valuable ICO/IEO/DeFi projects? This is not an addiction, this is just an interest in something imho.

It not a joke situation mate and the reason behind the rehabilitation make sense because we certainly need to put everything we do in check and whatever we're doing that skip our attention from our partner (friend, wife etc) need professional help. Besides, this is among the reason why previous CMC owner sold CMC to Cz Binance and the last time i check one of the profitable trading rules is not spending too much time on trading but some people really abuse that.

Having an interest is fine.  Having an obsession might not be.  Why are people having difficulty comprehending this?  Are people just reading the OP and completely ignoring all the replies?

Are you familiar with the phrase "everything in moderation"?  It's when people take things too far that it becomes an issue.  If someone becomes so consumed with checking their trades that it starts to have a detrimental impact on their life, then they likely need help.  

I've seen it happen right here on the forum with someone complaining about "problems in Bitcoin" when their actual problem was addiction.  They were completely in denial and wanted to blame everyone else for the fact that their life was falling apart.  They couldn't leave the exchange alone and kept trying to place manual trades in a futile attempt to keep up with automated trading bots.  No wonder they went crazy thinking that would work.

I'm familiar with that phrase. I agree that if something becomes your obsession and your physical condition or health is getting worse, or this endangers other life, then something must be done. Perhaps a visit to psychologist, maybe taking a course of medicine. In most cases these kind of people just need to learn how to cope with stress.

addicted to crypto? this sounds strange to me. and to say crypto as something dirty is redundant and even outrageous. Crypto trading does rely on fluctuations for traders looking for a profit, but can it really damage / change someone's behavior?
I also take the point from the article "A UK hospital is offering treatment for bitcoin addicts, aimed at helping people "who have developed a compulsion to trade the cryptocurrency". What does "compulsion" mean here? Has crypto really forced someone to involved?

WAKE UP, PEOPLE!

Bitcoin addiction is a serious problem!

While HODLers can successfully quit cold turkey, BTC traders need to do it steadily. Akin to methadone threatment for heroin addicts, they let BTC junkies check graphs twice a day and make a couple of shitcoin transactions.

I agree with you. Addicting in bitcoin is worth than being addicted in facebook because facebook already destroyed many relationship and it also bring bad things and mentality to young people about many things that published on their plarform. Addicting in bitcoin can give you a good future and you can earn a lot if you know about it.

addicted to Bitcoin??  I just found out there is this kind of this addiction "lol"..   my question is whether anyone likes Bitcoin so much that they forget to eat, drink, shower, or have sex??  addiction to Bitcoin is not much different from the addiction to work that many people experience because it ultimately makes money.  addiction to Bitcoin in my opinion is very positive than addiction to twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram or youtube.. :D

Was supposed to say the same thing on where Bitcoin addiction is much better than Facebook or other social media platform addiction.  ;D

Its worth on the sense that you can make money out of that addiction not just on gaining some friends on social media which doesnt really mean a thing.I dont know on why they do get rid of it
and just let people do the things on their own.They decided to engage that much with Bitcoin and yes it might really have some cons but this is better rather than
wasting up your time on things that doesnt really even let you earn a penny.

Rehab program? Its nonsense but since it is already created then some bitcoin addicts might find it useful but honestly is this kind of addiction really that harmful to someone?

there are some persons that can be addicted to everything (literally). it's not a process related to something specific but it's just how their brain works. Did you remember on 2014 or 2017 pump how many people have sold even their house just to buy bitcoin?
Probably this is a sort of disease "believe to get rich fast"... I am curious to see if DSM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 will add this addiction to their compendium.

Hahaha. I never noticed this topic.

What's the treatment for Bitcoin addiction? Forced-sniffing newly printed bills, while being repeatedly lectured with propaganda about why the Central Bank is the only true path to a "normal non-addicted life"?

Im wondering too on what would be the cure for this one, maybe those medical staffs will just keep telling you that "FIAT ALL THE WAY".
Just like on what others been thinking on how the hell they do make this possible on making such Bitcoin addiction.It has nothing to do
on someones possesion if he decide to accumulate it via means of trading or too much engagement on it.Just like on doing hard work
just for you to get that salary.

This is ridiculous news.  I don't know how the UK can take such a step.  They should make such arrangements for those who are addicted to Facebook.  Bitcoin can never be the subject of addiction.  That Facebook is harmful for the young generation, It is foolish not to take any action for that.  And it is better not to have so much fun with the bitcoin that is made for the welfare of the people.

The governments have always try to defame the image of crypto world and most probably Bitcoin due to its vast growing popularity among masses as they fear of losing control over fiscal operations due to btc usage at large scale. The opening of this type of rehab center is such a practice by them and how the hell you treat them with indulging them in trading with fiat transactions?So just ignore all these negative news and make all the efforts to rise and lift others with strenghting btc power in few years ahead.

That is a funny one  :D. Yeah that is a good therapy forcing addicts to make a few shitcoin transaction.

Coming into the rehab program i am not sure whether it is a serious addiction but if people are using bitcoin for gambling then it is a different story as they need help. If anyone needs help for anything so be it and a hospital is providing a service but it has become a headline news and that surprised me ;D.

Therefore we must be able to control ourselves, not to be obsessed with Bitcoin, liking Bitcoin is not prohibited. By paying attention
to its movements, predicting its price, and reading news about Bitcoin. All these things anyone is free to do as long as they are still
within reasonable limits. But if we do all that too much, until forgetting to eat and exercising. Then don't socialize with the surrounding
environment, all of that is not healthy and we may have become addicted. If it is like that, it requires immediate help, and a rehab
program must be carried out. So UK hospitals provide facilities for Bitcoin addiction, maybe there is a high number of addictions to Bitcoin,
if so it is appropriate with these facilities.

That news is scary. There are people who are reaching the point where they are already addicted to bitcoin, in fact it is not impossible to happen because all the things in the world when you don't control, it can really lead to addiction. They may have come to the point where they can no longer sleep due to waiting for fluctuation overnight until every day this is what they did and this is what they always have in their mind. We must learn to limit the use of bitcoin and do not let our world revolve around it because anything too much can also be detrimental to our health.

According to their site it's not Bitcoin addiction but addiction to day trading.
https://castlecraig.co.uk/treatment/behavioral-addictions/bitcoin-addiction-treatment

I wouldn't want to be treated by someone who obviously doesn't know anything about Bitcoin.


They said it in 2018 and some poor guys went there and paid for a therapy that stopped them from buying in 2019 ;D
They literally paid to be stopped from making money on Bitcoin.

Then they should be in rehab for gambling, not "Bitcoin  addiction". The OP's title is very misleading, although it would also be very funny if there truly was a "Bitcoin addiction". I would be one of the patients. Haha.

So there are people that needed Bitcoin Therapy Specialist already. But good thing UK already established program to this so called "Bitcoin Addiction". Well if they will be paid doing it why not. Win-Win situation for Therapist and Patient.

I also wonder on what will be there treatment regarding to Bitcoin addiction since for my personal perspective they are just riding the fame since provably bitcoins gaining popularity in the UK and some medical institution want to gain from this and create a Bitcoin addiction syndrome or what so ever they call it and I really wonder if there's a patient confined already on hospital there.

Lol :D. I don’t know, but this is the funniest thing I’m seeing today, how the heck does one have Bitcoin addiction? Well, if there is such thing as an addiction for Bitcoin, then it’s not for me. And moreover, if people invest their money in Bitcoin, I don’t see anything wrong with them putting focus on it, it wouldn’t be bad because nobody would invest their money in an asset and not keep their mind on it to avoid being at loss.

You need to know what’s happening with the market you’re investing your money, although that doesn’t mean that you should be carried away with it to the extent forgetting to your life and other important that you’re meant to give your attention.

If the rehab program is anything like those for cocaine addiction the 1st thing done is that the rehab facility drains your bank account by charging you nearly every penny you have for treatment. No 'spare' money = no way to feed your addiction...