Do you gamble to escape your problem?

[Alucard1]

I have read an article about why do people gamble, and one of the reasons is escapism, they tend to gamble to escape the reality of life. There is some person who gambles because of their problems from their friends, love ones, family and career, and one of their ways to escape those problems is to gamble.

Source: https://www.healthyplace.com/addictions/gambling-addiction/psychology-of-gambling-reasons-for-gambling

The gambling environment can provide an escape from everyday life. Whether it be the glitzy casino environment, a loud and exciting amusement arcade, or even an online betting company, for the time that we are taking part we can be surrounded by different people, different sounds and emotions, all of which stimulate and arouse our senses.

Are you one of those people who gamble just to escape your problem? If you are one of them, I just wanna say that gamble will not solve your problem, yes you have escaped the problem but once you are done gambling the problem is still there and you still need to face it.

Gambling can also add to your problem, imagine if you already have a problem then you are also losing your money in gambling, what would you feel from that?  
There are already gamblers who lost everything because of it, whenever you have a problem and you are still gambling you wouldn't think to quit because you want to the game and that is the time where you can lose everything in you.

Take a look with this link, those people who lost everything, cars, home, marriages and more because of gambling: https://addiction-treatment.com/blog/six-gambling-addicts-who-lost-everything-cars-homes-marriages-and-more

[Oilacris]

There's already a thread that do talks about this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2154998.0

Answering up on topic question if i do gambler to escape my problem? No im not. Why? I cant enjoy on what im playing and also i cant think of clearly since my mind is still on the state of anger and stress and also it wont really be a solution to your problem but for some it might be a temporary stress reliever but for me, losing money is just really piling up your problem since we know that money is valuable to us.Its better to think up on how to
solved out your problem first because playing or doing something without any boggles in mind does give out some good mood or you dont think up any worries behind.

[ethereumhunter]

Playing gambling to escape from our problem is not a good idea because if we lose the money, our problem will be bigger. We cannot solve the problem by playing gambling, especially if we have a debt to pay the money back because gambling is not a job that can give you the money to pay the debt. It is better to do something else that can solve the problem than to playing gambling because that will help you to figure out how to solve the problem.

[BitcoinTurk]

Honestly, I usually gamble for leisure or for pleasure. Of course, when I am bored, there may be times when I am gambling not to be restless and forget about the annoying event, but it would be a lie to say that I am gambling to avoid my troubles in general. To answer the question more clearly, I can say partially yes but generally no.
Apart from my own personal answer, I would like to say that many people gamble to forget their troubles. I have already witnessed that a few people, especially those around me, have been gambling just to forget their troubles.

[Jawhead999]

No, I never gamble to escape from problem. According to your sites, I can said that's gambler is not have a good self control and emotional. They didn't think if what he will get if he lose streak or lose a lot of money in gambling. Well, usually I have other option about this case... you can play online game, listening to music, or crying That's better escape rather than gambling.

Anyway, since this thread has been discussed according to @Oilacris post, you should lock this thread.

[Alucard1]

There's already a thread that do talks about this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2154998.0

Yes it's somehow related but do you think all people alone have problems? For me I don't think so, most of the time I am alone but luckily I don't have problem on that time

[serjent05]

I believe it is too dangerous if we use gambling to escape our problem.  This kind of attitude can lead to gambling addiction.

As for me, I never use gambling to escape my problem, since I believe it won't help me to solve it especially when it comes to financial problems.

[onrise]

There's already a thread that do talks about this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2154998.0

Yes it's somehow related but do you think all people alone have problems? For me I don't think so, most of the time I am alone but luckily I don't have problem on that time

If people do it to escape the problem, then unfortunately they are inviting a bigger problem as per me. I enjoy the game as it is meant to be taken that way and do not play for winning or to make it as a source of money. Also, problems do not get resolve by gambling, it gets resolved by discussing and thinking how to move ahead and ensure it does not happen again.

[Taskford]

There's already a thread that do talks about this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2154998.0

Yes it's somehow related but do you think all people alone have problems? For me I don't think so, most of the time I am alone but luckily I don't have problem on that time

If people do it to escape the problem, then unfortunately they are inviting a bigger problem as per me. I enjoy the game as it is meant to be taken that way and do not play for winning or to make it as a source of money. Also, problems do not get resolve by gambling, it gets resolved by discussing and thinking how to move ahead and ensure it does not happen again.

Correct, since playing without having a presence of mind will result to more bigger losses and if more losses occur then it is a start of another problem so this is the reason on why I'm gamble when I am in best shape only since I want to gain pleasure not a headache. This is to much overthinking and best for OP to not think gambling to much since all excessive acts will result to worse situation.

[palle11]

I think such escape can only be temporary. Of course not permanent because you still go back to whatever problem confronting you. Even at the temporary time, we can't just forget our issue because we are human beings.

Gambling apart from profit benefit is for leisure, so that time we are on the game gambling, maybe the leisure could exchange for the problem but definitely not permanent.

Leisure itself is not permanent and nothing is permanent.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Yes. I sometimes gamble to escape my problems in my life, especially if i have a fight with my parents and my girlfriend, so i could entertain myself to lose out my temper and forget the problems about the fight that was happened. And after i gamble i will make a closure and say sorry to my parents and my girlfriend about we have fought. But escaping your problems by playing gambling is temporarily because no problems in your life that you can escape through gambling permanently.

[minairia3]

Escapism a new terminology for me. Gambling is one way to relieve stress that we have so its not impossible that some users making this an as excuse and to avoid their currently thinking problems. But technically this will not totally remove your problem but just ease your feeling towards it.

For me its not a good alibi cause like many said its only a temporary reliever for your problem. You get joy and enjoyment but it could also lead to another problem on money if you lose also the tendency to have a new problem is inevitable.

[fortunecrypto]

It happens to many gamblers using gambling to escape from their issues and problems which will bring them to another problem, some gamblers are gambling away all their money in trying to solve their financial problem, that will only bring sorrows and depression if they lose all the money they have.

And besides there is pressure if you are going to play with a lot of things running through your head, fix the problem first then go bacvk to playing but be sure you are playing within your means.

[Sadlife]

Gambling is definitely not an escape to a problem in fact it creates more problems if you aren't careful in spending your money.
I play it to kill sometime, especially we're in a lockdown and got nothing to do. So why not earn money while enjoying.

[lienfaye]

I gamble to entertain myself when I have nothing to do or to kill time. Gambling wont solve a problem but it can turn your problem to worse if ever you lose or you gamble using a borrowed money. Its not a way to temporarily forget your problem, its better to face it and find a solution on how to resolve it because if you gamble with a problem that you currently been going through, you cant focus and cant enjoy the game resulting to losses.

[Nadziratel]

I gamble to entertain myself when I have nothing to do or to kill time. Gambling wont solve a problem but it can turn your problem to worse if ever you lose or you gamble using a borrowed money. Its not a way to temporarily forget your problem, its better to face it and find a solution on how to resolve it because if you gamble with a problem that you currently been going through, you cant focus and cant enjoy the game resulting to losses.

I think that's the purpose of the title. The fine line between entertain and addiction. If you can always choose entertainment at this point, I think there is no problem. But if ambition and addiction come into play instead of entertainment, things can get complicated.

[Lanatsa]

I think such escape can only be temporary. Of course not permanent because you still go back to whatever problem confronting you. Even at the temporary time, we can't just forget our issue because we are human beings.

Gambling apart from profit benefit is for leisure, so that time we are on the game gambling, maybe the leisure could exchange for the problem but definitely not permanent.

Leisure itself is not permanent and nothing is permanent.

But people do have that kind of thinking that they should at least ease the stress that they are experiencing currently via means of gambling or other activities as well.
Im not saying that gambling is a good way on relieving stress but for some this is indeed a way for them to forget things for a period of time.They are aware that
problem wont go away if they do play because afterwards they would still face it and the fact you would really have that double problem since you already lost some money.Its just a matter of choice though because we do have our own ways on how to handle up ourselves in terms of stressful times.Some will have some vacation, doing activities, talking with love ones, needs to be alone etc. There are lots of things that can be done depending on whats up into your mind.

[plvbob0070]

We all have different ways of escaping reality. Escaping reality for a while is not bad, even gambling as long as you know how to control yourself. You are right that gambling won't solve our problems but sometimes it's good to forget about your worries for a while, and do what you want. You can't just stress yourself thinking about your problem every time, we also need to have fun.

Although gambling is not my escapism, I am not against those who gamble to escape reality because that's their way of enjoying. But of course, gambling can also add our problem that's why even if it's your escapism, you still need to gamble moderately. They can gamble if they want, it's not bad. What makes it a bad thing is because of too much greed. Just because you can forget your problems when gambling, it does not mean that you will just gamble every time. Continuously escaping problems won't be any good.

[Haunebu]

The fact is that gambling gives you an adrenaline rush which human beings adore and thrive for just like drugs, great food, sex etc which is why there will always be a big percent of our population gambling away their funds just for that temporary high to relieve their stress.

Personally, I am not one of those people because the only highs I crave are great food and sex. Not interested in any other artificial bullshit.

This is how casinos stay profitable. If all gamblers were intelligent and made smart decisions, all casinos would probably go out of business.

[judeafante]

I sometimes play and I find it very risky doing this, it will catch up with you and you will find yourself in trouble and besides it's no use playing with a problem because it will not solve it, it's like drinking to forget the problem but the problem will still exist after the effects of the alcohol.