Is gambling addiction also a result of trauma?

[Sanitough]

I don't believe it, gambling addiction is created along the process.
When we gamblers are always giving time in gambling, usually that will result to addiction, there are times that it will also become more serious.
Addiction is a problem, but you can cure that problem, and learn from it so the next time you gamble, you will enjoy it.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

I share the idea, I have usually sought psychology about the game, and I have read psychology books, many times the authors focus on how certain experiences of our lives relate to the game, and if, some traumas for people try to erase them Through the game, others use those experiences for methods of overcoming the game as a revenge.

Some people who usually combine these traumas with the game, are very susceptible to falling into vice and addiction, because they believe that history repeats itself, that is why some psychologists advise that when the player moves away from his normal habits by playing It is a clear sign that you need help, it is the only way you have so that you do not fall into addiction.

[FanEagle]

I don't believe it, gambling addiction is created along the process.
When we gamblers are always giving time in gambling, usually that will result to addiction, there are times that it will also become more serious.
Addiction is a problem, but you can cure that problem, and learn from it so the next time you gamble, you will enjoy it.

It is true that gambling addiction happens during the process of gambling but the main cause of addiction is trauma. Some people have had some terrible experiences; mostly at childhood and growing up they look for ways to make them forget this things ever happened.

Unfortunately gambling been a game that is full of fun and a great place for excitement, they just find themselves in it and out of the pleasure they get, spend so much time and money and the reason why all this is done is to  heal a wound, and before you can tell, the player is now addictive. That’s just how it works

[whirlcoin]

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.

this type of things will always been separated if you are in the beginning stage it will gives only the sleep less and then next gambling interest so when it was came to an end position and you are in critical addiction only this type of things will happen for you.

[lienfaye]

It might be true because people with traumatic experience tend to diversify their attention to other activities wherein they can feel at ease or somehow forget temporarily their bad experience.

But gambling is not often their option, because those people that I know with such experience find alcohol as the answer for their problem that led to addiction.

I think majority of gamblers who became addicted in gambling are those who treat it as their source of income, after losing they chase their losses to recover it back then failed. Lets admit the fact that they thought it as easy money.

[carlfebz2]

It might be true because people with traumatic experience tend to diversify their attention to other activities wherein they can feel at ease or somehow forget temporarily their bad experience.

But gambling is not often their option, because those people that I know with such experience find alcohol as the answer for their problem that led to addiction.

I think majority of gamblers who became addicted in gambling are those who treat it as their source of income, after losing they chase their losses to recover it back then failed. Lets admit the fact that they thought it as easy money.

Gambling can really give out that easy money that you seek but in exchange its also the easy way to be poor too which would lead to trauma when you experience hardship that comes to a point on where you havent anything left even just for food that circumstance will really give a big impact to your emotion and recovery on such thing wont really be that easy.

[imstillthebest]

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Gambling can really give out that easy money that you seek but in exchange its also the easy way to be poor too which would lead to trauma when you experience hardship that comes to a point on where you havent anything left even just for food that circumstance will really give a big impact to your emotion and recovery on such thing wont really be that easy.

traumatic/traumatize people will divert thier attention to other things ( @lienfaye was right ) but they only do that to forget thier previous problems a.k.a they want to enjoy thier self , they want to feel happy  and we all know that gambling can also provide happiness to someone   .   gambling additction in a nutshell can also caused for a person to experience a trauma especially if he will get busted   .  trauma is a serious illness aside from addiction  but they are possible to combat if a person is wiling to change  .

[StarofBTC]

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.

In my opinion, not all gambling addiction are as a result of trauma but a few cases can be traced down to trauma but a very good number of people who suffer from gambling addiction is not because of trauma, so its self made. Spending too much time gambling leads to addiction.

The gambling game is very interesting and at the same time addictive, players are not advised to spend too much of their time gambling but most gamblers do listen and before you know it they find it difficult to control themselves and in no time, they become too addicted. The few people who gamble as a result of childhood trauma are not as much as those that gamble as a result of excessive time spent on the game.

[gilangIDR]

It might be true because people with traumatic experience tend to diversify their attention to other activities wherein they can feel at ease or somehow forget temporarily their bad experience.

But gambling is not often their option, because those people that I know with such experience find alcohol as the answer for their problem that led to addiction.

I think majority of gamblers who became addicted in gambling are those who treat it as their source of income, after losing they chase their losses to recover it back then failed. Lets admit the fact that they thought it as easy money.

Gambling can really give out that easy money that you seek but in exchange its also the easy way to be poor too which would lead to trauma when you experience hardship that comes to a point on where you havent anything left even just for food that circumstance will really give a big impact to your emotion and recovery on such thing wont really be that easy.

Failure and causing our assets to disappear will certainly cause a trauma. This is a necessity that we need to know. The risk of gambling is really great, but as long as we have good ability to maintain good emotional control we can take care of this. The gambling game is actually very fun, but when the person is unable to control properly then that will make it difficult for someone's life. So do emotional control well so that we will be able to get a pleasure.

[eternalgloom]

It really depends on the situation, some people use it as a coping mechanism to take their mind away from stuff that has happened to them in the past, others do not.
I think that some people are also just genetically more prone to getting addicted, though I'm not sure if studies about that have proven it with 100% certainty.

Also, having certain genetic predispositions doesn't automatically mean that you'll become an addict.

[kawetsriyanto]

Addictive can be defined as one of the effects and impacts when we are involved in gambling, whenever it is. We will be addicted to being a winner after playing in some gamblings and we always believe that winning will be in our hands. Well, it may be also trauma when we always lose again and again and lose many funds in gambling. It is two types of formula and impacts in gambling, always be.

[sujonali1819]

Personally, I want to say and voted " Yes, that is probably true ". Though I did not play gamble like other people, sometimes I started before to play some dice game before. And my feeling was I am mad, I can not do work properly because always I was thinking about my investment. Sometimes feel headache and suffer from more depression.

[Cherylstar86]

Personally, I want to say and voted " Yes, that is probably true ". Though I did not play gamble like other people, sometimes I started before to play some dice game before. And my feeling was I am mad, I can not do work properly because always I was thinking about my investment. Sometimes feel headache and suffer from more depression.

 You won't seek gambling if you're in trauma, and if you're thinking that probability gambling is the effect of trauma; well I don't think so. Probably you're in trauma after you've been addicted to a certain thing not just with gambling but also with another matters. So being into traumatic experience is a situations that you won't hope that it will not happen again, but still lingered in our mind. Mostly, people who undergo this type of scenario will have anxieties and become stressed, thinking that they won't recover after such those bad experiences on gambling addiction.

[eternalgloom]

You won't seek gambling if you're in trauma, and if you're thinking that probability gambling is the effect of trauma; well I don't think so. Probably you're in trauma after you've been addicted to a certain thing not just with gambling but also with another matters. So being into traumatic experience is a situations that you won't hope that it will not happen again, but still lingered in our mind. Mostly, people who undergo this type of scenario will have anxieties and become stressed, thinking that they won't recover after such those bad experiences on gambling addiction.

It's not that you start gambling right after you've experiences trauma, you start engaging in addictive and destructive behaviors after a while.
People do that to cope with the general bad feelings that remain after the trauma.

It's actually something that's pretty well researched, so you're just completely wrong with your statement there.

Here's one research paper that tasks specifically of the prevalence of gambling addiction after experiencing childhood trauma.
The study was done on twins.

https://journals.lww.com/jonmd/Abstract/2007/01000/Association_Between_Exposure_to_Childhood_and.12.aspx

Summary of the study:

The present study seeks to estimate the strength of the association between exposure to lifetime traumatic events and gambling problems while accounting for the potential contribution of psychiatric disorders, genetic factors, and family environmental influences.

[Ayiranorea]

Personally, I want to say and voted " Yes, that is probably true ". Though I did not play gamble like other people, sometimes I started before to play some dice game before. And my feeling was I am mad, I can not do work properly because always I was thinking about my investment. Sometimes feel headache and suffer from more depression.

This happens, I experience the same with sports betting. Particularly on tennis, with full confidence I bet and when things go out of our predictions unable to accept the loss. This won't allow to concentrate on any of the work properly. Anything that is giving mental pressure will lead to trauma, gambling too is the same and it isn't an exception.

[jhongzjhong]

Personally, I want to say and voted " Yes, that is probably true ". Though I did not play gamble like other people, sometimes I started before to play some dice game before. And my feeling was I am mad, I can not do work properly because always I was thinking about my investment. Sometimes feel headache and suffer from more depression.

This happens, I experience the same with sports betting. Particularly on tennis, with full confidence I bet and when things go out of our predictions unable to accept the loss. This won't allow to concentrate on any of the work properly. Anything that is giving mental pressure will lead to trauma, gambling too is the same and it isn't an exception.

It will gamblers addicts will result in trauma, it is because they expecting too much high profit on gambling. Even if they don't have money they lend someone else just to gamble and hoping a huge earn profit. When suddenly lost everything that will result in mental illness and probable cause of trauma. While at an early stage you can avoid this problem and having self-discipline is a must.

[eternalgloom]

Personally, I want to say and voted " Yes, that is probably true ". Though I did not play gamble like other people, sometimes I started before to play some dice game before. And my feeling was I am mad, I can not do work properly because always I was thinking about my investment. Sometimes feel headache and suffer from more depression.

This happens, I experience the same with sports betting. Particularly on tennis, with full confidence I bet and when things go out of our predictions unable to accept the loss. This won't allow to concentrate on any of the work properly. Anything that is giving mental pressure will lead to trauma, gambling too is the same and it isn't an exception.

It will gamblers addicts will result in trauma, it is because they expecting too much high profit on gambling. Even if they don't have money they lend someone else just to gamble and hoping a huge earn profit. When suddenly lost everything that will result in mental illness and probable cause of trauma. While at an early stage you can avoid this problem and having self-discipline is a must.

Uhm, that's totally not what the thread is about... It's not about gambling giving you trauma, it's about gambling addiction being a result of trauma.
Though I guess in some extreme cases, gambling addiction itself may cause some trauma. If you've just lost all your savings to gambling or something.

[JohnBitCo]

I don't believe it, gambling addiction is created along the process.
When we gamblers are always giving time in gambling, usually that will result to addiction, there are times that it will also become more serious.
Addiction is a problem, but you can cure that problem, and learn from it so the next time you gamble, you will enjoy it.

We need to convince our self that we are playing gambling for fun and not for the sake of earning money. Although this is difficult to believe but if we have made the fun to be the ultimate objective of gambling, than most of the problems are solved including gambling addiction.

[beerlover]

not all gambling addiction are as a result of trauma but a few cases can be traced down to trauma but a very good number of people who suffer from gambling addiction is not because of trauma, so its self made. Spending too much time gambling leads to addiction.

The gambling game is very interesting and at the same time addictive, players are not advised to spend too much of their time gambling but most gamblers do listen and before you know it they find it difficult to control themselves and in no time, they become too addicted. The few people who gamble as a result of childhood trauma are not as much as those that gamble as a result of excessive time spent on the game.

Yes, not all addiction can be traced to trauma makes a lot of sense. I’ve always been saying it that some people who get addicted to gambling did that to themselves. How can a man who stay on a gambling site from morning till night, and repeat this same pattern for days not get addicted ? Not just in gambling, whatever we spend too much time on gets into us , and might have effect, just like I am addicted to Bitcoin forum lol.

Seriously gambling game IS super interesting and a high level of self-control is needed to resist the urge not to fall victim of addition. I think anyone who must play must not just be matured in age but also be matured at heart, although it is like you have said there are still cases of those who are addicted to gambling as a result of childhood trauma. I suggest those in this category should not even go close to gambling in the first place.

[guoyu78]

I would say that gambling addition is mostly due trauma especially childhood trauma. Anyone who has had a traumatic experience will know that if it’s not handled well can lead to addiction and mostly gambling addiction.

This is because gambling gives a lot of joy and happiness to the player and anyone who has suffered trauma will definitely be looking for things to do to experience happiness and forget the trauma, even though it’s a childhood trauma, the only people who has record of trauma and it doesn’t affect their gambling game are those who have been through a rehabilitation program