Recognizing Gambling Disorders, Symptoms of Severe Gambling Addiction

[DU18]

a person involved must have at least 4-6 of those behavior before categorizing as having a gambling disorder .

because all of those are normal attitude of gambler if they only have 1 o- 3 of those.

i admit that some of the mentioned i have in gambling but not literally mean that i will admit having disorder because i can still manage to control myself when it comes to gambling.

Basically I have seen some signs on him, so I decided if he is indeed suffering from gambling addiction now, at first I also did not realize it was him but after I read the article and tried to match the symptoms mentioned in the article with his behavior so far, and that makes me very sure if he is currently headed for a slump regardless of whether he admits it or not, someone who is addicted will not admit their behavior is bad and usually they will continue to be stuck in that bad if we as family or friends do not try to remind and help him out of this behavior.

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[michellee]

a person involved must have at least 4-6 of those behavior before categorizing as having a gambling disorder .

because all of those are normal attitude of gambler if they only have 1 o- 3 of those.

i admit that some of the mentioned i have in gambling but not literally mean that i will admit having disorder because i can still manage to control myself when it comes to gambling.

Basically I have seen some signs on him, so I decided if he is indeed suffering from gambling addiction now, at first I also did not realize it was him but after I read the article and tried to match the symptoms mentioned in the article with his behavior so far, and that makes me very sure if he is currently headed for a slump regardless of whether he admits it or not, someone who is addicted will not admit their behavior is bad and usually they will continue to be stuck in that bad if we as family or friends do not try to remind and help him out of this behavior.

You really need to rescue him before it is too late for him to realize. I think he will not realize his gambling addiction itself because he can not see clear about himself. Maybe you can distract his mind from thinking about gambling by doing something else such as ask him to join you to do work together or other things. But you do not need to force him to follow you and you can do that slowly without being suspicious about what you will do to him. If you need help from other people or his family, that will be great as more people can get more solutions.

[DoublerHunter]

a person involved must have at least 4-6 of those behavior before categorizing as having a gambling disorder .

because all of those are normal attitude of gambler if they only have 1 o- 3 of those.

i admit that some of the mentioned i have in gambling but not literally mean that i will admit having disorder because i can still manage to control myself when it comes to gambling.

Basically I have seen some signs on him, so I decided if he is indeed suffering from gambling addiction now, at first I also did not realize it was him but after I read the article and tried to match the symptoms mentioned in the article with his behavior so far, and that makes me very sure if he is currently headed for a slump regardless of whether he admits it or not, someone who is addicted will not admit their behavior is bad and usually they will continue to be stuck in that bad if we as family or friends do not try to remind and help him out of this behavior.

^ This is the problem of the gamblers get worst in addiction because they don't open their problem to their family or to their close ones.
If you have a sign of addiction, much better to cure yourself of it rather than it's too late and probably you will be killed by so many people before you will realize that you are in the stage of addiction. Just the same as what I have read long time ago, a gambling addict kill many people in the casino, fire a high powered gun through casino staff and gamblers because he was lost everything, that is worst if you did not cure in addiction.

[TheGreatPython]

a person involved must have at least 4-6 of those behavior before categorizing as having a gambling disorder .

because all of those are normal attitude of gambler if they only have 1 o- 3 of those.

i admit that some of the mentioned i have in gambling but not literally mean that i will admit having disorder because i can still manage to control myself when it comes to gambling.

It also depends on which symptoms exist to determine whether a gambler is severely addicted or not.

I guess someone who feels the urge to gambling in his free time cannot be classified as an addicted gambler because we all have an interest towards a particular activity and gambling might be one of them especially for someone who is sort of an introvert. There is no problem in gambling when you are bored, in fact gambling is basically meant to be a time killer and a fun activity.

Some symptoms like cheating others to gamble might be a warning indeed and one needs to visit a psychologist if they are actually cheating or stealing money to gamble, whatever their intention might be.

[blackened515]

Some disorders and symptoms of severe gambling addiction includes restlessness and the desire to borrow money when there is no money to play.others include imagining how much profit you would have made when you place huge amount of money on a particular game. Gambling addiction is a strong spirit that one cannot control.It is advisable to see a councellor.

[shield132]

In the last few hours I personally do self-introspection and analyze these symptoms may be in myself, family or friends. and as a result there are some of my friends who do seem to have these symptoms ;
1. Should I shut up and watch him continue gambling.
2. Or risk the friendship to fall apart by suggesting him to go to a psychiatrist, because because in my place people who go to a psychiatrist are identical to people who have mental disorders.

If the gambling-addicted person is your friend or the one you care about, then, without doubt, you should tell him/her and not just watch. If you watch him, its not far different from watching how your friend dies and not trying anything to escape him/her. That's why I think: Together we stand - Divided we fall.

I know how that feels, people in my area think that only Schizophrenics, psychopaths, Insanes and the people in similar mental disorder list goes to the psychiatrist while it's not true in reality.
In the USA, if your child has an attention deficit, you should visit a psychiatrist. In my country, if you have attention deficit, that means you are just lazy, untalented, useless. 90% of doctors have no idea what is ADD/ADHD and the rest of 10% think it exists but you have to change your behavior, non medical support available.

So yeah, people lack education and that's why they think so... It's a shame in society... Ahh, that's so bad!

Without a doubt, you should do everything to help him/her and what doesn't depend on you, it won't be your fault.

Btw right now, there are free online resources that can help gambling-addicted persons. There are even Facebook groups where some certified psychologists give a free help hand to similar people.
Betsson even pays some money out of it's pocket to help gambling addicted people. Sounds crazy from casino but yeah, they really do!

[fullhdpixel]

When he is defeated during gambling, he tries to make up for the loss of money by going back to gamble again, trying to win back what he lost.

This is basically what happens with almost every gambler, not just the ones who are addicted but casual ones too, they will lose some amount and then want to win it back so badly that they decide to deposit funds that were not meant to be gambled in the first place.

Stealing or cheating for money to gamble

Some even take loans to gamble and would be even ready to pay a 10-15% return within a few days which shows the desperation they have towards gambling. That is the reason why most of the gamblers you see spend the coins they earn via bounties or campaigns towards the gambling site itself.

Really some of the points I was able to relate with myself but I am not addicted to gambling, just a regular gambler, and such articles and threads keep me in check.

[harizen]

Basically I have seen some signs on him, so I decided if he is indeed suffering from gambling addiction now, at first I also did not realize it was him but after I read the article and tried to match the symptoms mentioned in the article with his behavior so far, and that makes me very sure if he is currently headed for a slump regardless of whether he admits it or not,

Ok, since you ignore my question on the previous page, I can't give you an advice for a supposed approach.

In my case, I do have lots of friend who are addicted in gambling but remained responsible in the real world. I'm not just talking about few pennies here as these friends of mine, I consider them as a hardcore gambler at any gambling type.

Now on your part, you are the only one who knows the right thing to do for your friend since you know that person more compare to us. Try to think of a way how to "save" your friend that is now slowly turning into sh*t.

[TheGreatPython]

Those are some of the most accurate points I have ever read about a gambler's mentality. I have been for some reason among gamblers all the time, be it online or offline and somehow despite most of them being close to me and have a gambling problem, I have managed to remain clean and not gamble more than a few times a week.

2. Or risk the friendship to fall apart by suggesting him to go to a psychiatrist, because because in my place people who go to a psychiatrist are identical to people who have mental disorders.

If you actually care for the person, you should choose this option because it might destroy your relation for the time being but once he realizes how much of a help you did without caring for yourself, the relation will have even more depth than before.

[ReiMomo]

Some disorders and symptoms of severe gambling addiction includes restlessness and the desire to borrow money when there is no money to play.others include imagining how much profit you would have made when you place huge amount of money on a particular game. Gambling addiction is a strong spirit that one cannot control.It is advisable to see a councellor.

I dont know why there are some gamblers who have to reach at this point, they are very irresponsible to themselves. Especially when it comes to borrowing money because they are desperate to have a profit in gambling and the last is becomes worst is that when gamblers because a theft because of an addiction that can't even be controlled by the gambler.

Are they haven't oriented themselves and possibly aware of the outcome or these people who had gambling symptoms of severe gambling addiction are very desperate to win.

[Lordhermes]

Some disorders and symptoms of severe gambling addiction includes restlessness and the desire to borrow money when there is no money to play.others include imagining how much profit you would have made when you place huge amount of money on a particular game. Gambling addiction is a strong spirit that one cannot control.It is advisable to see a councellor.

I dont know why there are some gamblers who have to reach at this point, they are very irresponsible to themselves. Especially when it comes to borrowing money because they are desperate to have a profit in gambling and the last is becomes worst is that when gamblers because a theft because of an addiction that can't even be controlled by the gambler.

Are they haven't oriented themselves and possibly aware of the outcome or these people who had gambling symptoms of severe gambling addiction are very desperate to win.

When one get addicted to gambling, is always difficult to get out of it. Yes, majority of them go into borrowing money from people, with the mindset that they will win and probably pay back the money they borrowed, but they end up losing. They hardly control themselves, because they are addicted to that behavior of gambling. While many also take Gambling as a means of Livelihood, which is also bad.

[Fatunad]

Some disorders and symptoms of severe gambling addiction includes restlessness and the desire to borrow money when there is no money to play.others include imagining how much profit you would have made when you place huge amount of money on a particular game. Gambling addiction is a strong spirit that one cannot control.It is advisable to see a councellor.

I dont know why there are some gamblers who have to reach at this point, they are very irresponsible to themselves. Especially when it comes to borrowing money because they are desperate to have a profit in gambling and the last is becomes worst is that when gamblers because a theft because of an addiction that can't even be controlled by the gambler.

Are they haven't oriented themselves and possibly aware of the outcome or these people who had gambling symptoms of severe gambling addiction are very desperate to win.

When one get addicted to gambling, is always difficult to get out of it. Yes, majority of them go into borrowing money from people, with the mindset that they will win and probably pay back the money they borrowed, but they end up losing. They hardly control themselves, because they are addicted to that behavior of gambling. While many also take Gambling as a means of Livelihood, which is also bad.

Greed and Chasing up Losses!

These are the primary things on why people been really pushed through play gambling no matter what.Gambling business wouldnt really be that much profitable if people wont really be having this kind of behavior and this is why gambling is really a profitable business because of these stuffs.
Once addiction do really have control over you then it is something which is really hard to resist and really hard to solve out on your own.
You would really be experiencing hardships on taking control back everything in terms of self awareness.

[Pamadar]

Some disorders and symptoms of severe gambling addiction includes restlessness and the desire to borrow money when there is no money to play.

True! lots of gambling addicted person keeps barrowing money in hope that they'll able to win back those losses that they have.

others include imagining how much profit you would have made when you place huge amount of money on a particular game.

Again it's true! gamblers who have too much engagements counts the possible earnings before starting the game.

Gambling addiction is a strong spirit that one cannot control.It is advisable to see a councellor.

It's difficult to resist especially when you already have the addiction inside you, seeking for help after realizing the problem

may help you a lot to fixed this from your mindset.

[Peanutswar]

Base on my experience when I see people playing into casual gambling or even in casino gambling they are the man of focus you cannot disturb them or talk to them until the game is running the only thing you can talk with them when the game before it starts and when the games end but mostly still you can't talk with them because they are in-game. Some of the behaviour I saw is they easily irritated with their environment depends on the situation of course if they are winning still there's on a mood to having fan but if they are not better to step back in a meantime.  Once a gambler already win a game they want to urge win more and if they lose they want to chase back their losses these are just the situations I merely saw.

[ethereumhunter]

When one get addicted to gambling, is always difficult to get out of it. Yes, majority of them go into borrowing money from people, with the mindset that they will win and probably pay back the money they borrowed, but they end up losing. They hardly control themselves, because they are addicted to that behavior of gambling. While many also take Gambling as a means of Livelihood, which is also bad.

Maybe they need to change their mindset from borrowing money from other people can help them to win back their losses. They will not have those changes because they need to consider the lucky factor inside the gambling itself. If they realize that luck will not come to them in the previous game, they should stop playing gambling instead borrow money from the others. But we know that addicted people to gambling will hard to tell to stop gambling as they want to continue playing gambling.

[Desmong]

Some gambling addictions is even worse that these stated symptoms that affects the general being of the gamblers both financially, psychologically and spiritually in a way that all what the op will be thinking is more or less gambling.
I was once a victim that almost got eaten by gambling addiction. All I was thinking then is to gamble with bigger funds so that i can recover all my lost money which is always difficult to recover. I was able to overcome the addiction by moving of my environment,  getting a new friends which significantly reduced my interest in gambling.

[rodskee]

Some disorders and symptoms of severe gambling addiction includes restlessness and the desire to borrow money when there is no money to play.others include imagining how much profit you would have made when you place huge amount of money on a particular game. Gambling addiction is a strong spirit that one cannot control.It is advisable to see a councellor.

have you read the OP? surely not because all you mentioned are already put in the OP's list . you are only secondary to tell those disorders.
and if you have not experienced to be addicted then you have no right to give those statistics because that's only purely speculative.
I have not one of the past addict but i know some people that close to me becomes one at their life.

[Woodie]

Things people do for their enjoyment.

So do gamblers consciously know that the have a gambling problem and choose to deliberately ignore it or they unknowingly  continue with the toxic gambling habits without reading the signs in front of them 🤔

How does it get to be a gambling disorder 🤔

[hahay]

• He has tried time and again to curb, lessen or halt gambling, but has not been able to.

This case depends on the high or low determination you have, the higher the determination, the easier it will be to quit and vice versa.

• Many times, he obsesses about gambling, such as thinking about his past gambling involvement; preparing for another gambling session; and devising how to get the money he needs for gambling.

I have experienced something like this in the past but fortunately for me, even though I borrowed money to gamble but I was still able to pay it off on time and sometimes faster, this happens for online and offline gambling.

In the last few hours I personally do self-introspection and analyze these symptoms may be in myself, family or friends. and as a result there are some of my friends who do seem to have these symptoms ;
1. Should I shut up and watch him continue gambling.
2. Or risk the friendship to fall apart by suggesting him to go to a psychiatrist, because because in my place people who go to a psychiatrist are identical to people who have mental disorders.

You only need to give advice or remind him, because then you will not risk friendship. Giving a little input will mean a lot to him compared to just being silent, so do your best because it is also for the common good. Taking him to a psychiatrist is the final option if all subtle means don't work for him but yeah, I don't think it's a solution because at least you can still invite him to do activities or find other things to do until he forgets about gambling.

[michellee]

Things people do for their enjoyment.

So do gamblers consciously know that the have a gambling problem and choose to deliberately ignore it or they unknowingly  continue with the toxic gambling habits without reading the signs in front of them 🤔

How does it get to be a gambling disorder 🤔

I doubt that they will know if they have a gambling problem because gambling can give them interest and pleasure in playing many gambling games. They can forget about how long they are already playing gambling, which can become toxic and addiction sooner or later. Without realizing how to prevent playing gambling too often, they will still play and they will not listen to others if those people warn and suggest they stop gambling. Maybe it will not be a gambling disorder for the gambler itself, but for people who know the gambler better, it will look like something wrong already happened to that person, so they need to warn him to realize that.