Is gambling addiction mainly due to loneliness and dissatisfaction?

[JL421]

It is sometimes because of that, it mostly happens if you don't get enough satisfaction from your partner or you don't have a good connection with your family so people feel depressed and they end up gambling as they win for a while but as they start losing they keep getting addicted to gambling

[pitiflin]

Honestly, the reason why people are addicted to gambling is because of them being delusional on how they could easily make money. The thought of them becoming rich in seconds is what everybody wishes for, so gambling addicts initially start it for fun, get a small win, and then they start going deep, remain positive even if they lose, because of their delusions, and all this leads to the tragic gambling addiction. Drug addicts get addicted to drugs because of the apparent pleasure. The issue of loneliness and dissatisfaction just isn't the initial reason, bad company of people and the need for pleasure is.

[nydiacaskey01]

Addiction to gambling is not comparable to addiction to illegal drugs. I have seen people who are desperate in buying illegal drugs and will do anything just to buy what they want and this people don't even have money to feed themselves. While in gambling, there might be a small percentage of those addicted to gambling willing to do anything to play but not like those who are addicted in illegal drugs. Illegal drugs ruined a lot of lives and families and once you started taking illegal drugs it will also affect your way of thinking.

[outsole]

I don't get addicted in gambling but sometimes I want to get satisfied through winning in gambling, i feel satisfied when i got doubled my money in gambling and after that i stop and withdraw all my winnings

[JanpriX]

Gambling addiction due to loneliness and dissatisfaction? Well, based from my personal experience, being lonely and dissatisfied with your life don't have anything to do with gambling addiction. People around me get addicted to gambling because they are greedy and think that this is a good way to earn some extra cash out of their free time, in which, they are completely wrong. They become addicted because of the false pretense that they have in their mind. Loneliness and dissatisfaction with life will definitely lead to depression but not gambling addiction.

[ethereumhunter]

I don't get addicted in gambling but sometimes I want to get satisfied through winning in gambling, i feel satisfied when i got doubled my money in gambling and after that i stop and withdraw all my winnings

I guess that you can get your winning if you have a luck and I hope that you can stop the game after you got doubled your money because this is the difficult part of gambling. there will always a passion to continue the game because we want to make more money and more winning which we cannot always get. but all in all, I think you can control your emotion and you can stop as soon as possible when you can double your money and I think that we need to know more about this.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

So you claim that people who aren't loved are starting to gamble? This doesn't make sense. I know a number of people who have normal families and are gambling as a hobby. They may be addicted, but they're gambling with their hard earned money, not stealing from others or taking loans.
What would you change in the life of a gambler? Care for him? Make sure he's feeling loved? It's not a junkie that can't face the society, it's a guy that goes to work, spends time with family and in the evening goes for a round of poker.

I think he talks about problematic gamblers, not about people that gamble regularly but they do pretty well with their lives.

I’ve always thought the same about the subject, someone with a great life doesn’t get into a self-destructive gambling behavior. The same happens with drugs, many people take them but they don’t become addicts.

What differentiates non problematic regular gamblers from the problematic ones is self-esteem problems, unresolved childhood problems, even money problems, and the like.

[Indrawan77]

I think the gambling addiction got the other factor which is greed, I never heard people become addicted to gambling because they are lonely, most of the time people become addicted because they are curious why they cant win against the house, some people can't accept losing, and some people want to get rich easily

[Uno17]

For me i don’t think so it’s the main reason because addiction is a result of excessive gambling, when you don’t have control already and cannot stop the activity. In the beginning it is just a trial and fun but in the long run it will push you to keep doing until you reach to addiction, others just makes an excuse and believe its because of loneliness, but for me it is a choice at first.

[jacee]

Yesterday I watched a video about addiction on youtube: https://youtu.be/ao8L-0nSYzg. It was a real surprise to me that according to recent research people are addicted to drugs mainly because they can't bond well with people and are not able to live a satisfying life. The research shows that when an addicted person appears in a loving and caring environment, the addiction kind of disappears (even heroin addiction). I wonder what are your thoughts on this matter and whether you think you could say the same about gambling addiction.

I am no expert but I think that addiction is linked with mental health. I mean it's common sense. If you have a poor mental health, you'll do things to cope everyday even when it means lunging into substance or gambling addiction. Both offers chemicals which can make a person feel happy. Who wouldn't want that?

Gamblers on the other hand is a different story. I think that a person being addicted in gambling isn't necessary because they lack love or something. One can be addicted to gambling simply because they are greedy and they want more money. That then results to a poor mental health condition.

[Hydrogen]

Imagine that you have $10,000 saved.

You bet $10,000 on the Eagles to defeat the Patriots in the 2017 superbowl.

You could have made $17,500 profit after the Eagles won the game.

That's massive earning potential for a small amount of work.

That's what makes gambling addicting. The temptation for what seems like easy money.

[kryptqnick]

Gambling addiction is different from drug addiction in terms of reasoning from someone who is into it. Addiction in gambling is because people are dissatisfied with what they already won in a gambling, and tend to lose it all even if they know they are not winning the game.

This is true, but I also heard stories that it is actually more important that a person is winning for some time. If a person tries gambling for the first time and it is unsuccessful, this person is not likely to continue, because it is just boring. What keeps a person gambling is occasional winnings or anticipation of winning (brain studies show that winning and being close to winning during gambling are pretty much equally pleasant).

Some people gamble because they take it as their way on how to earn money everyday, some people take it as entertainment since they are bored in their life and some people take it since they love it.

Gambling for earning is different and it has nothing to do with addiction. I bet a gambling addict cannot be good at gambling. Addicted person is driven by emotions and feelings like pride, desperate decisiveness, anger etc. Look at the poker tours with top players like Negreanu. Even when he loses the game, he doesn't seek revenge and just says things like 'Oh, okay', 'No worries'.

One can be addicted to gambling simply because they are greedy and they want more money. That then results to a poor mental health condition.

But would a happy person eager money that much? Addiction is connected to mental health, but maybe this health was damaged by loneliness and distrust in the first place.

[onrise]

Well i just love gambling in a lucks way to see if i come up with profit or not. Because im not much into.
It it happens or not im ok with it. Also i've enjoyed casino high rollers, certain bets, experiencing them by myself.

I think the attraction to gambling generally starts due to introduction by the friends who want to have fun goes in the casinos and out of that some of the people get attracted to it so much that they want to make the money from it and gets addicted in this course of time.

[Netnox]

I don't know whether this argument is true or not. I know a few of these gambling addicts (some of whom happens to be my friends). These people are definitely not lonely or dissatisfied with their lives.

[milewilda]

Yesterday I watched a video about addiction on youtube: https://youtu.be/ao8L-0nSYzg. It was a real surprise to me that according to recent research people are addicted to drugs mainly because they can't bond well with people and are not able to live a satisfying life. The research shows that when an addicted person appears in a loving and caring environment, the addiction kind of disappears (even heroin addiction). I wonder what are your thoughts on this matter and whether you think you could say the same about gambling addiction.

Not at all scenarios and it had been test out or i have seen such kind way of curing an addicted person (gambling) based on my own experience which i do see on my friend wheres hes already considered to be addicted yet he do already wreck up his life and lost soo much money and now his family is helping to cure him up or lets just say a loving and caring environment but those kind of methods doesnt work on him. He do still end up on playing or proceed since he do know that he had still money left to play.

[audaciousbeing]

Loneliness and dissatisfaction when related to gambling to me is the aftermath of gambling addiction because when there is no money again and no where to get the money to achieve the thirst to gamble, those two vices sets in. As a cause for it, I think people go into gambling to multiply the money they have based on knowledge they have about a particular line of gambling. Its just normal to assume that "since I have adequate knowledge and can predict, why can't I just make money out of it?"

[ethereumhunter]

I don't know whether this argument is true or not. I know a few of these gambling addicts (some of whom happens to be my friends). These people are definitely not lonely or dissatisfied with their lives.

actually, this is happening too with my friends which often playing gambling. they are not loneliness and dissatisfaction with their life, they can go everywhere with me and the other friends, he can enjoy his life without any problem. but he has a bad habit that makes him playing dice gambling but he can able to control himself without any problem because he knows that gambling can make him become addicting.

[Wendigo]

I don't know whether this argument is true or not. I know a few of these gambling addicts (some of whom happens to be my friends). These people are definitely not lonely or dissatisfied with their lives.

Yeah definitely. Loneliness or dissatisfaction have nothing to do with the degree of susceptibility of some people to the effects of gambling. There are sex addicts for example who are happily married with children and cheat regularly on their spouses. They are very well off and satisfied with their lives. They are not suffering from any loneliness or dissatisfaction either. It depends on the particular person. Heck there are clinics specilialized in treating all kinds of weird addictions like PC games or Internet addiction etc. Are all of these people lonely and depressed?

[emberbekas]

I don't know whether this argument is true or not. I know a few of these gambling addicts (some of whom happens to be my friends). These people are definitely not lonely or dissatisfied with their lives.

Loneliness and dissatisfaction can be a factor for someone to be addicted to anything but that does not apply to everyone. Sometimes the lonely people will make gambling a means to vent their solitude and gradually make gambling a routine activity.

[el kaka22]

I don't know whether this argument is true or not. I know a few of these gambling addicts (some of whom happens to be my friends). These people are definitely not lonely or dissatisfied with their lives.

Loneliness and dissatisfaction can be a factor for someone to be addicted to anything but that does not apply to everyone. Sometimes the lonely people will make gambling a means to vent their solitude and gradually make gambling a routine activity.

I am married, I have a job, I go out with my friends yet I have been gambling for years. I just do not have many hobbies that is my main reason. If I spend 50 to 100 dollars a month on my "hobby" that sounds fine to me. Gambling from loneliness sounds definitely possible but it can not be the only reason to gamble, or dissatisfaction sounds like a proper reason yet still we can't call it only reason. Both can be a reason for some people but people with satisfaction and family and friends in their life can still gamble.

Moreover, gamblers do not consider any factor which are soothing them but they in search of some reasons which will lead them into gambling. Those reasons are loneliness and dissatisfaction. Here, they are sounding similar to drunk addict but practically all addicted people do behave similarly as far as I have observed.