Is gambling addiction also a result of trauma?

[maydna]

Trauma on losing more money? I think addiction doesn't create trauma because if its the reason they why gamblers continue to play despite of their big losses? I think you addiction will stay on yourself and it can really ruin your life, not just a simple trauma but it can lose your mind so better to be more disciplined.

Addiction does not create trauma, but what happened in the past will be traumatic, and some people are looking for ways to try to forget trauma. Some people finally arrive at the gambling game, and they enjoy the game because when they play, they can let go of the feeling of trauma and they can feel that they don't have to carry heavy loads.

So it could happen with the addicting person to gambling, and they could have a trauma in their past. They hard to tell other people about the trauma and they think that it's not better to let people know their trauma.

[akram143]

Mostly tension and sleep less will be happened while we are getting addicted to gambling because it is the most common things happening for everyone but you are doing a lots of addiction then only this type of problems will happened to us.

[emberbekas]

I've been watching Crash Course Psychology recently and came by an episode on trauma and addiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=343ORgL3kIc&index=32&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOPRKzVLY0jJY-uHOH9KVU6. This video argues that addiction results from various sorts of psychological traumas related to different events (rape, physical or emotional abuse, war memories etc.). That is, when a person has a trauma, this person tries to get rid of fixating on it with the help of an alcohol (what's often the case with PTSD) or drugs (a good example is the case of sexual abuse of Edward St Aubyn (Patrick Melrose's prototype) and his subsequent heroin addiction). My question is whether you feel like gambling addiction is also a result of desperate attempts of avoiding focusing on other traumatic issues.
Note that I am talking specifically about gambling addiction here, not about people gambling in general.

No, I don't think so! To my knowledge, from what I saw from the environment around me, gambling isn't the way chosen by people who were traumatized as their escapement. Usually drugs or liquor that they will choose. Besides that, I don't think gambling can be used as a means to forget the bad things experienced by these people.

[Idrisu]

Mostly tension and sleep less will be happened while we are getting addicted to gambling because it is the most common things happening for everyone but you are doing a lots of addiction then only this type of problems will happened to us.

Gambling addict is a very hard thing to break and many gamblers are really suffering from this habits.  Tauma is one of thing that lead to most of the hard habits people has developed including gambling one.

[Ucy]

Addicts are probably troubled souls looking for happiness or fun stuff. Once they discover the fun stuff they find it hard to abandon such experience for the old sad experience.
Addicts need to consider looking for safe alternatives that are beneficial and make them happy

[Whosdaddy]

from what i understand , trauma means you are shock  . for example you witness a killing for the first time and that results you to become traumatize  . while addiction or being addicted to someone else like for example in gambling you will tend to feel happy and thats the reason why you play more  .  so that's it , both syndrome are different based on my own deffinition  .

In my opinion, if we talk about the loss of assets, the person who loose these assets remains in a state of shock and mental trauma and this is human nature that he would want now to recover the loss and restore the value and as a result of which he gamble again and again and this might lead towards addiction. So, I think this could be a reason you might get addicted to gambling.

Gambling addiction is danger like killing life due to psychological disorder as gamblers will not focus anything else but only gambling which may lead to any level of serious disorder too. Hence, addictions should be identified and treated in the beginning days itself.

[carlfebz2]

Addicts are probably troubled souls looking for happiness or fun stuff. Once they discover the fun stuff they find it hard to abandon such experience for the old sad experience.
Addicts need to consider looking for safe alternatives that are beneficial and make them happy

Not only the fun stuff but they do seek out or already experience the greediness on making even more money by means of gambling.If they do have that motive on getting fun and entertainment with gambling
then later on would be changed when they are already on a winning streak. Motives will change and targets will be different compared when you aren't just starting.
Trauma would be experience if you got broke and experience things that you haven't experience before.

[Ryker1]

Addicts are probably troubled souls looking for happiness or fun stuff. Once they discover the fun stuff they find it hard to abandon such experience for the old sad experience.
Addicts need to consider looking for safe alternatives that are beneficial and make them happy

Not only the fun stuff but they do seek out or already experience the greediness on making even more money by means of gambling.If they do have that motive on getting fun and entertainment with gambling
then later on would be changed when they are already on a winning streak. Motives will change and targets will be different compared when you aren't just starting.
Trauma would be experience if you got broke and experience things that you haven't experience before.

Well, that is true, you can feel trauma when you've got a huge loss from gambling. But I think that scenario can avoid you from serious possible addiction. Meanwhile, you did not encounter that you better to minimized on gambling habit and control your self in doing that. Indeed, gambling is just for fun, not a source of income and chasing money on it.

[Coin-Desk]

Yes, I think there is a traumatic injury in gambling addiction. Because gambling addiction is like a drug addiction. As a result, when people lose gambling, they are very harmed. They feel very hurt. So I think gambling can never be an addiction. Gambling will have to play for fun. Gambling cannot be played every day. Because playing gambling every day will become a habit of gambling and will be addicted later. And gambling addicts hurt human beings.

Thank you

[carlfebz2]

Addicts are probably troubled souls looking for happiness or fun stuff. Once they discover the fun stuff they find it hard to abandon such experience for the old sad experience.
Addicts need to consider looking for safe alternatives that are beneficial and make them happy

Not only the fun stuff but they do seek out or already experience the greediness on making even more money by means of gambling.If they do have that motive on getting fun and entertainment with gambling
then later on would be changed when they are already on a winning streak. Motives will change and targets will be different compared when you aren't just starting.
Trauma would be experience if you got broke and experience things that you haven't experience before.

Well, that is true, you can feel trauma when you've got a huge loss from gambling. But I think that scenario can avoid you from serious possible addiction. Meanwhile, you did not encounter that you better to minimized on gambling habit and control your self in doing that. Indeed, gambling is just for fun, not a source of income and chasing money on it.

The question is? Would you wait for that thing to happen on you?

If not then better avoid it on the earliest phase of gambling.You should not treat it as a source of income on the very first place nor engaging too much time and money with it.
Just limit all the funding and the activity.

[BlueStackz]

you can feel trauma when you've got a huge loss from gambling. But I think that scenario can avoid you from serious possible addiction. Meanwhile, you did not encounter that you better to minimized on gambling habit and control your self in doing that. Indeed, gambling is just for fun, not a source of income and chasing money on it.

The question is? Would you wait for that thing to happen on you?

If not then better avoid it on the earliest phase of gambling.You should not treat it as a source of income on the very first place nor engaging too much time and money with it.
Just limit all the funding and the activity.

This is the main problem that many gamblers are having by not avoiding such thing until it backfires for them. I don’t even know why gambling should be played as source of income, I see many people who see it this way as an nonserious person that needs to get a better meaning to their life.

In my opinion, the game is best played for fun. Well I don’t know how it feels to experience a traumatic experience out of loss because I don’t play what I cannot afford to lose. Self-control is very important for those playing for money. Try not to be greedy, because an huge loss can actually lead one to trauma.

[darewaller]

My question is whether you feel like gambling addiction is also a result of desperate attempts of avoiding focusing on other traumatic issues.
Note that I am talking specifically about gambling addiction here, not about people gambling in general.

Yes, most gamblers suffer addiction as a result of trauma; it could be trauma at childhood. In the UK few years back, a research was carried out by Reuters Health on those who are compulsive gamblers and it was realized that a good number of addicted gamblers had suffered one type of trauma or another in their childhood.

From the survey data they realized that UK men from ages 18-64, 5% had minor gambling issues and 7% were serious addicts and from investigation, the 7% compulsive gamblers all had history that they have experienced one form of violence,abuse or assault while growing up. The study shows that compulsive gambling is associated with early and adult trauma.

[jademaxsuy]

Well definitely all of us had problems and if one person used to gamble theb he/she may used it as a way to get out from depression. But we know that in gambling the problems couls get worse becuase it will affect decision making when you play. Most likely ine will get home with no gain for one will definitely take more time playing than a normal person with no depression playing.

I suggest if you find your relative, friends and family members having symptoms with depression and addiction to gambling or other things then spend some time with them and give something that could stop the addiction like giving a pet. A pet is one effective way to lure the depress one from addiction. Consult also with psychologist if necessary.

[FIFA worldcup]

Trauma on losing more money? I think addiction doesn't create trauma because if its the reason they why gamblers continue to play despite of their big losses? I think you addiction will stay on yourself and it can really ruin your life, not just a simple trauma but it can lose your mind so better to be more disciplined.

We need to understand that despite the loss in gambling, people still keep on playing gambling. Why ?
The simple answer to this question is that they have lost the money and they play again with the hope to recover the loss. They have strong belief that in the next few games they can not only recover the loss but also gain some good amount of money.
This over confidence can be termed as addiction and it is not good for gambler.

[suzanne5223]

Trauma on losing more money? I think addiction doesn't create trauma because if its the reason they why gamblers continue to play despite of their big losses? I think you addiction will stay on yourself and it can really ruin your life, not just a simple trauma but it can lose your mind so better to be more disciplined.

We need to understand that despite the loss in gambling, people still keep on playing gambling. Why ?
The simple answer to this question is that they have lost the money and they play again with the hope to recover the loss. They have strong belief that in the next few games they can not only recover the loss but also gain some good amount of money.
This over confidence can be termed as addiction and it is not good for gambler.

Although, will have people who keep gambling because they see at as a way to past their free time. But did you guys not know that gambling is like alcohol in the system of gambling addicted, I mean gambling also make people high and if you ask gambling addicted the reason why they still continue despite their losses they said it the buzz.

[ChrisPop]

Some people "bury" themselves in gambling as it gives them a sense of being alive by experiencing contrarian emotions in very short amount of time. Others are caught in this addiction by pursuing the amounts lost and getting deeper and deeper into debt even losing their house, job or family.

[Johnzky]

It could be, some of the people I knew did that, when they face certain probkem they will go to gambling to forget the problem, most of them are broken home trauma, but the percentage is very small usually people become addicted to gambling due to the greed and can't accept losing

Exactly mate,greediness of the people and not accepting being loser and the idea of nor admitting an addict turns this trauma into nightmares.
People in traumatic experiences more on becoming a drug addict or a alcoholic but being gambling addict is far from that since gambling addict is seeking for profit and not for anything else more

[Moiyah]

Well, it may possibly contribute to trauma. But from my experience, I still enjoyed gambling. As long as I am still benefiting and gaining profits from it. Though there are a lot of times that I feel frustrated because of my losses but I still manage myself to still compose myself and go on with my life.

[MFahad]

Well, it may possibly contribute to trauma. But from my experience, I still enjoyed gambling. As long as I am still benefiting and gaining profits from it. Though there are a lot of times that I feel frustrated because of my losses but I still manage myself to still compose myself and go on with my life.

That is great thing, if you are enjoying gambling. But usually gamblers start to play gambling for fun, but time to time their mind and their attitude has been changed and then they start to play gambling only for earn money, and forget it to get fun from it. But it good to know that you are still good gambler.

[Xenrise]

Mostly in traditional gambling, trauma is present but I don't think gambling in cryptocurrency still results to this since we are anonymous in gambling. In traditional gambling, mostly those people that are rich tends to threaten somebody that took their money out of bet. This happens in real life as its sometimes portray into TV shows. That results into a traumatic experience.