Are you a gambling addict?

[Raflesia]

Everyone likes to go to a casino here and then. But unfortunately, there are those who cannot visit a casino simply for pure leisure. Gambling can turn from a hobby or a leisure activity into a serious addiction problem. Many compare the rush of gambling to the euphory of cocaine, as it can also become an addition.

Online gambling brought casinos closer than ever before, and the problem of addiction in the world of gambling is a serious social illness. There are a few signs to look for when starting to gamble online to avoid problems of addiction. So, do you know if you have a problem with gambling? Here's an interesting article about this subject.

It's okay what was said in the article dude, and everything mentioned is true. It's just that addiction only starts when a gambler experiences frequent wins by a player.

Of course, when we always experience winning, we will search for it, and we will no longer think about losing gambling, instead, we will not notice that the value of what we lose eventually increases until it becomes difficult to get out of it. a gambling addict in this regard.

That's right, but on the other hand, when we win or lose, it still has the same effect because we have a fairly high level of curiosity about gambling.
At present, when looking at this condition, it is very difficult to prevent it unless it comes from oneself. The problem is that when our curiosity to try and seek victory is still high, it also becomes a bit of a hassle to stop it and not a few people fail at this so they become addicts in gambling.

[Boristhecat]

It's okay what was said in the article dude, and everything mentioned is true. It's just that addiction only starts when a gambler experiences frequent wins by a player.

Of course, when we always experience winning, we will search for it, and we will no longer think about losing gambling, instead, we will not notice that the value of what we lose eventually increases until it becomes difficult to get out of it. a gambling addict in this regard.

In fact, the addiction occurs when the player was close to winning, but lost. At this moment, the "pursuit" mechanism is activated and the player continues to play until he wins (or he runs out of money). The achieved win eventually brings positive emotions and the player becomes addicted for this reason also, but in fact, addiction occurs before the win itself. Perhaps this is inherent in us by nature, since biologically we are hunters.

[virasisog]

It's okay what was said in the article dude, and everything mentioned is true. It's just that addiction only starts when a gambler experiences frequent wins by a player.

Of course, when we always experience winning, we will search for it, and we will no longer think about losing gambling, instead, we will not notice that the value of what we lose eventually increases until it becomes difficult to get out of it. a gambling addict in this regard.

In fact, addiction occurs when the player was close to winning, but lost. At this moment, the "pursuit" mechanism is activated and the player continues to play until he wins (or he runs out of money). The achieved win eventually brings positive emotions and the player becomes addicted for this reason also, but in fact, addiction occurs before the win itself. Perhaps this is inherent in us by nature, since biologically we are hunters.

Greed usually makes us have false hopes in gambling believing that we could always win and recover from our huge losses. False hope and having the wrong mindset toward gambling are the reasons why bettors always keep coming back to casinos to gamble. Gambling addiction is a serious matter and it usually starts as we chase our losses. The way we see gambling has a huge impact on our gambling journey. Our insight toward it will reflect on how we deal with it.

[Japinat]

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Seriously?! You're that young to become addicted in gambling and the school has to kick you out from their institution. Luckily, on my part, I was able to hold still on that younger days of my life.
I'm able to gamble and at the same time it was just maintained. I guess what helped me is that because I was still young, got no money, got no source of money to gamble. That situation I have been in truly helped me at least to naturally control me with my finances and gambling activities, not that addicted but still a gambler.

I said seriously, I used to be very addicted to gambling games, every time there was a gambling that was excited, I would immediately put a lot of money there because at that time I thought big capital would get big profits

stupid me, I did something like that when I was in school, at that time I had no income and the fastest way I made money was by stealing and using school money, I used it in the hope that it would return many times over but in fact it was the other way around, I actually lost everything

I think almost all of us here can understand your situation in the past, I mean, I cannot really define if I was already addicted too when I was a teenager but I know that feeling of excitement every single time that I do hear gambling words or if my mates are gambling until I was drawn into those activities and used some other resources so that I would be playing everyday. Not a good thing of course but the important thing is that we already put those things in the past, now I'm still gambling but only to entertain myself and with some limit so that I won't be crossing some lines again.

[Cling18]

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Seriously?! You're that young to become addicted in gambling and the school has to kick you out from their institution. Luckily, on my part, I was able to hold still on that younger days of my life.
I'm able to gamble and at the same time it was just maintained. I guess what helped me is that because I was still young, got no money, got no source of money to gamble. That situation I have been in truly helped me at least to naturally control me with my finances and gambling activities, not that addicted but still a gambler.

I said seriously, I used to be very addicted to gambling games, every time there was a gambling that was excited, I would immediately put a lot of money there because at that time I thought big capital would get big profits

stupid me, I did something like that when I was in school, at that time I had no income and the fastest way I made money was by stealing and using school money, I used it in the hope that it would return many times over but in fact it was the other way around, I actually lost everything

I think almost all of us here can understand your situation in the past, I mean, I cannot really define if I was already addicted too when I was a teenager but I know that feeling of excitement every single time that I do hear gambling words or if my mates are gambling until I was drawn into those activities and used some other resources so that I would be playing everyday. Not a good thing of course but the important thing is that we already put those things in the past, now I'm still gambling but only to entertain myself and with some limit so that I won't be crossing some lines again.

Teenagers are still in the process of learning how to control their emotions so they are also the ones who fall into gambling addiction easily. I've also fallen into gambling addiction when I was younger and during those times, I was using my parent's money. I've learned how to control myself from too much gambling when I was already using my hard-earned money. I admit that emotions are hard to control sometimes but we really have to discipline ourselves to avoid huge losses.

[bitgolden]

I haven't gambled in a long time, but the FTX bankruptcy brought me more losses than gambling.
So, that's fine, you only live once. Do sth make you happy.

Keeping the funds in an exchange is a really grave mistake from any crypto enthusiast and I believe all of us here in the forum are enthusiasts so we should keep all our crypto in wallets where we own the private keys and in exchanges or trading platforms leave only the balance meant to trade.

That is why I personally call trading the same as gambling.While many contradict my argument that you cannot predict the future both in gambling and in trading I am sure that both are the same if done at an addiction level and even if done occasionally.

It's quite understandable to think that way, but I feel like it depends on the exchange we are talking about. Like lets take coinbase for example, they are listed on nasdaq so they are a huge company, worth over 100+ billion dollars if I remember correctly, which means that do we really assume such a huge company in a stock market would collapse?

FTX was sort of big as well but we have seen plenty of hedge funds collapse too, which means the size doesn't matter, it's the regulations and control that does. So something such as coinbase, even if it was smaller than ftx, would not bankrupt as easy, because they are regulated a lot harder and would not have the chance to do silly and stupid moves FTX did.

[abel1337]

Teenagers are still in the process of learning how to control their emotions so they are also the ones who fall into gambling addiction easily. I've also fallen into gambling addiction when I was younger and during those times, I was using my parent's money. I've learned how to control myself from too much gambling when I was already using my hard-earned money. I admit that emotions are hard to control sometimes but we really have to discipline ourselves to avoid huge losses.

That's a good think that you recovered from gambling addiction. Gambling addiction is bad whether what your age bracket are but it is even worst when you are gambling other peoples money which mostly teens are doing since most of them don't have any source of income at the first place. Though I think it is better to realize that you are an addict early than becoming a uncontrollable fully growth adult that is badly dealing with finances because of gambling addiction. Teens who are becomes an addict will somehow realize how hard to earn money in real life and spending it on gambling will surely make them doubt if it is the right thing to do. But yeah gambling addiction overall is bad.

[rahmad2nd]

I am not addicted to gambling because I know my lines and boundaries even in fun times.
Addiction is usually developed when you are having great fun in doing particular activity and you forget your line in that and that can harm you . Addicted person doesn't care about his loss or harm he is soo much into this that he dates himself .

7-10 years ago. can be said, I am one of the gamblers who have a tendency to addiction which is quite severe. yes, I have played almost all types of gambling games, especially land casinos.addicted people, not easy to understand, like you said. at least everyone, has a case that doesn't always have to be the same. but the impact that is most felt for addicts is the social impact.  people who already have a tendency to be difficult to stop, including gambling activities.

So far, I'm still doing gambling activities, especially football. however, not as extreme as it used to be. I only do gambling three times a week according to the schedule of football competitions. for me now, gambling is part of the fun entertainment to fill entertainment after work activities. and if I get a win I just consider it a bonus of the nice things.