Signs of compulsive gambling

[AbuBhakar]

Are we talking about Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that just only related to gambling?

Until some point, we keep doing it even realizing what are the harms behind gambling but their urge to make money or feel the adrenaline keeps pushing them to bet more and more. So it's better to have limitations and restrictions over anything we do whether it's drinking coffee or betting money.

Others will only realise that they are into compulsive gambling when people already called them addicted or when they need some advice to remove themselves from this addiction or in thinking of gambling. When one is in denial that they gambling too much then that is also a sign that they are into compulsive gambling. Many will be in denial of their status and will just say that they are gambling for fun until they lose everything they have. There should be open mindedness when we enter gambling once we lose that we will lose our way in stopping to play and will just keep ourselves doing it until such time it will be too late to stop.

[o48o]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :
1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities
2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game
3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss
4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling
Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

All of those are signs of a problem.

But addiction itself isn't the problem. We are addicted to all sorts of things, positive and negative. And it's easy to check if you are addicted or not. Just measure the time you are spending into different things in a week or a month. You will know when it's too much and too time consuming or is it pushing away other things you would like to do.

Problem rises when it affects to your life and you let it control your behavior. I've seen men bored to death in poker tables that seem unhappy to be there. It's like obligation for them like a cigarette for a chain smoker as they are looking for the rush they got used to now.

You can have fun gambling if you are honest to your self and acknowledge your addiction and emotions towards it. Only then you have tools to keep it in check.

[348Judah]

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

These are mostly backed by the addiction that a gambler would have been suffering from and the truth is that we don't gambkes because we are forced, compelled or triggered to do so, while winning a bet in gambling also is not by how determined we are or how provoked we got to desperately win, which is why we need to gamble with mederacy, caution and considers many factors before we go i to gambling so that we don't regret some of our actions or got frustrated by the consequences of what we do whenever we gamble while loosing money often.

[Frankolala]

Chasing your lost is the worst of all because you wouldn't know that you will end up losing all that you have. Gambling everyday is good, as long as you have a budget for it and you don't go beyond your budget limit.

There was a time when I was sick,while on my sick bed,the thought of gambling came up and I felt like gambling but it was impossible for me to do that. I love gambling everyday and I see it at fun because after the day  stress, I gamble to relief myself.

[ethereumhunter]

5) Just play gambling all day

I had experienced this before but not to gamble all day but at that time, I only thought about gambling. But all that has passed and now I can say that I am no longer addicted to gambling, even though I still often play gambling again, within reasonable limits.

How to get rid of it? I just sat down and started to contemplate what I had done with my life and looked at the fact that I had lost so much money gambling. And that's when I felt like I had to stop immediately or else I would lose so much more that I couldn't take it.

[darkangel11]

Chasing your lost is the worst of all because you wouldn't know that you will end up losing all that you have. Gambling everyday is good, as long as you have a budget for it and you don't go beyond your budget limit.

There was a time when I was sick,while on my sick bed,the thought of gambling came up and I felt like gambling but it was impossible for me to do that. I love gambling everyday and I see it at fun because after the day  stress, I gamble to relief myself.

Chasing a loss can be the worst but it's not a sign of compulsive gambling. A one timer can find himself unable to stop and chasing losses. You can be a newbie and chase losses, it's not yet an addiction.
Compulsive gambler goes to it to escape problems. Every time he comes home he has to do it, it becomes a habit. He gets yelled at at work or at school and he has to gamble the rest of the day, he gets a promotion he has to gamble it away.

A compulsive gambler does it often and ignores whatever is happening around him. He'll do it at his wedding under the table if he feels the need for it.

[dothebeats]

I guess most of these can be attributed to one thing: poor decision-making skills. People can always think about gambling but not act on it, but if they have poor decision-making skills, they'd probably be lured in almost everytime and lose everytime. That's what separates a normal.gambler from an impulsive one, and while it may seem to be pretty a pretty thin line, it still matters quite a lot due to how important that single trait is.

[btc_angela]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

I guess everyone has experience at least one sign of being a compulsive gambling.

I mean the first one? sure majority of us here went to the kind of situation, everyday we think of gambling but we try to fight it out and take control of our emotions. Otherwise, your life will be ruined if we keep on putting gambling a priority in life. So that is the key there, you need to understand which one is important in your life, i.e. putting food in the table for your family. So maybe at the end of the day, you will have to stay away from gambling and treat your family first.

[_act_]

Chasing your lost is the worst of all because you wouldn't know that you will end up losing all that you have. Gambling everyday is good, as long as you have a budget for it and you don't go beyond your budget limit.

That is the worst thing to do while trading or gambling, this is because if you are gambling and you lose and lose again, the chase for the money the gambler has already lost will make the gambler to lose more money. The best the gambler can do if he has lost in gambling is to just stop until he no longer think about the money and he should not see it as lost, it would be good if the person do not gamble that day again.

[Slow death]

addiction is without a doubt something very serious, without a doubt it is a disease that causes many problems for the addict and also brings many problems for the people around the addicted to gambling, but it is necessary that when someone shows signs of being addicted that person goes to the doctor because only the doctor can say whether or not the person is addicted to gambling, it is not the person without going to the doctor to conclude that he has gambling addiction, I understand that these are all signs that you posted in this thread are the signs that most people who have been diagnosed that they are addicted to gambling have had

but you have to be careful not to jump to conclusions and think that just because you had these signs then you are already addicted to gambling until you went to the doctor, I always advise people to go to the doctor and only the doctor can say if the person whether you are addicted to gambling or not, there are people who spend a lot of time talking about gambling, but are not addicted to gambling, an example of this is that in this section we spend every day and many hours talking about gambling , this does not mean that we are all addicted to gambling

[GideonGono]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

1, 3 and 4 has been a sign on me when I was an active Gambler.
I got rid of it when I was on a relationship my partner was the one who changed me.
I focus more on something that is more important and beneficial to both of us.

[Cling18]

Chasing your lost is the worst of all because you wouldn't know that you will end up losing all that you have. Gambling every day is good, as long as you have a budget for it and you don't go beyond your budget limit.

That is the worst thing to do while trading or gambling, this is because if you are gambling and you lose and lose again, the chase for the money the gambler has already lost will make the gambler lose more money. The best the gambler can do if he has lost in gambling is to just stop until he no longer thinks about the money and he should not see it as lost, it would be good if the person does not gamble that day again.

Compulsive gamblers always have the thought of getting rich through gambling and they could recover all their losses once they have one good hit which usually falls in more losses. As long as they have funds, they always follow their urge to gamble and are unwise when it comes to budgeting. If these things become a habit, a person's life could be a mess. Irresponsible gambling could easily ruin a person's life so as much as possible, we should lesrn how to control our urges.

[mindrust]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.
Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :
1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities
2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game
3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss
4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling
Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

5) Selling family relics to fund gambling habits
6) Travelling to other countries to play in a casino (it is because gambling is forbidden in his/her home country)
7) Coming up with new complex strategies to beat the house, reading articles about beating the house
Watching poker games on youtube and envying them players.

You can come with a lot more.

A neighbor of mine lost his life savings while playing dice and then lost his car too while trying to recover his first loss.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Zlantann]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

All the the OP outlined are indeed some of the signs of gambling addiction. I have seen people abandoning their jobs because they want a gamble. Let me add that when a gambler starts borrowingg money from friends, family and colleagues because of gambling, this might be a sign of compulsive gambling. I have also had contact with persons that can sell their belongings at a very cheap price because they want to gamble with the funds. This could also be another sign of compulsive gambling. I will advise that persons with such behavior should retrace back their steps or consult a gambling psychologist.

[Cookdata]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

I think the major cause of the highlighted problems you listed is from loss precisely, but you made mention of it among the list anyway. Ones you see a gambler is having disturbance about his gambling ways, then it could be that his trying to recoup lost or probably borrow money to gamble and he is in a state of denial trying to get back what he has lost, it is this moment you see them with unrealized calculated risk but they forget that gambling doesn't work that way.

You know what gives me comfort any time I stake a game or wager my money, I make sure that I zero my mind off that money I used as soon as that game becomes accepted, if the result comes as I predicted, it is fine and if it doesn't, I'm still good to go but I make sure I don't stake my money blindly, I go through my options before I bet, and the earlier you realized this, the better days you have with your normal life.

[virasisog]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

All the the OP outlined are indeed some of the signs of gambling addiction. I have seen people abandoning their jobs because they want a gamble. Let me add that when a gambler starts borrowing money from friends, family, and colleagues because of gambling, this might be a sign of compulsive gambling. I have also had contact with persons that can sell their belongings at a very cheap price because they want to gamble with the funds. This could also be another sign of compulsive gambling. I will advise that persons with such behavior should retrace back their steps or consult a gambling psychologist.

Doing these things are already a sign of gambling addiction. Selling our assets for gambling and borrowing funds that we can't afford to pay is surely a sign of compulsive gambling. If we are doing things that affect our careers, relationships, and even our health then we have already fallen for gambling addiction. I have plenty of friends who have done those things and they lost not just their assets but also their families and relationships. If we could feel that we can't control our urge to gamble, then we must seek professional help and we must not let our emotions take over because we could possibly lose everything we have.

[Botnake]

Many times we are in a situation and we do not not realize the intensity of the problem. One such case is compulsive gambling. In simple words, it means that you are unable to control the urge to get involved with gambling even after understanding the potential harms associated with it.

Here are some signs of compulsive gambling :

1) Gambling related thoughts are always in your mind even when you are working on other activities

2) You keep increasing the gambling related money with each game

3) You try to gamble more in attempt to recover loss

4) Ignoring other important work like job just for gambling

Would you like to add to these signs ? Have you ever found yourself trapped in this situation and how did you get rid of this ?

The number one sign is enough to spark all the next numbers as a compulsive gamer.I remember being in that phase many many years ago where even when I was laying down to sleep my thoughts kept revolving about gambling and about what slot machine I will play tomorrow,during the whole day I kept playing slot machines and this is a clear sign that I was addicted.The only choice to recover from such illness though is if you really want to and no one else can help,maybe in the extreme case recovering in a gambling rehab center would be a good solution to this illness,for many people this is the only option,I was luck though as I recovered myself by a strong will to be a better person and do better things in life than keep gambling.

The first sign too is very common for every gambler out there who always anticipate to win in gambling. But I would not deal with this as gambling addiction because based on my experience, this is not that annoying that I should go and find its solution. There are times when gambling suddenly popped up in my mind in the middle of my work and I wish I had bet on that particular team to win a good amount. But definitely, it’s not happening at all times so I can say it’s still quite manageable for me.

[Finestream]

One of the main symptoms that I have observed of compulsive gambling or gambling disorder is the need to gamble daily. You are there on a high that you want to achieve more and feel that adrenaline rush that you are yearning for, and as a result, you bet more and more money with regards to the usual amount that you should have, OR you didn't follow your betting system and risk management.

The sure way to say that you have a gambling disorder is you lie about gambling. If you can't tell the truth or somehow, someway, you don't want to say it because they might think that you are an addict or something, that's already a sign that you are.

That could be the best scenario that we can expect from a gambler who faces gambling disorder. He has that uncontrollable urge to gamble in any time of the day because he thinks the more he will spend time and money in gambling, the bigger chances of winning and beating others. But we know actually that it’s not what is happening in casinos as the house will always have the edge to win over the gamblers. As a result, once a gambler becomes a compulsive gambler, he will surely end up having a deep gambling addiction that will make him restless most of the time.

[bitbollo]

a compulsive gambler lives to bet.
Un practice, he spends the whole day thinking about bets, about how to get the money back to play, he tries to mask his addiction (to family or inner circle), he has little tricks to be able to play (for example, he takes the dog out to play on his mobile phone)... in short, all is directed to this activity, all efforts, all interest, all ideas.

above all there is no limit. he will continue to play always and without a limit! even if he lost everything he will have just the idea to gamble again

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I could remember that I used to have a friend who was a compulsive gambler, he would gamble away his money, and then locate where his wife kept her money and gamble that away soon, it wasn't easy for this couple as they fought each other almost every day that breaks.

Compulsive gambling is a habit one must never allow to take over them, and for those that are already into it, they must find a way to stop as this can lead to serious issues in the gamblers financial life as well as family too, it can lead to depression, health challenges and so on, gambling too much  was never a good habit.