Will you find it offensive to be referred to as an addicted gambler?

[Queentoshi]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

[Frankolala]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

An addicted gambler might not even know that he is an addict because he is so carried away by his emotions on chasing his loss and this will blindfold him when see it. I am no longer an addict anymore and if someone calls me an addict, I will just overlook him because it isn't true.

I have a friend that loves gambling on sportbet and anytime you tell him that he is gambling too much and will soon become an addict,he will tell you that he can never be an addict but this person in question does use money given to him by other people to use for the payment of their electricity bills and other important bills to gamble and when they ask him about the payment he will tell them that he used to money to try his luck. At the end he will tell them that by month ending he will payback because he has a job which he uses the income for his gambling activities.

[molsewid]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

Yes it's fine no problem with me, as long as it is not true and it not what I am. Many people who denied it became an addict because they are not aware to their situation, they always tell themselves that it is only just they want to get back what they lost something like that and then they didn't know they already lost more, awareness is the good thing in order for you to prevent that thing to happen.

[Cantsay]

To be sincere, my attitude or response to such statement will depend on both who is presenting it and the manner at which it was presented.

If a stranger should notice my gambling activities and found out that I'm beginning to show signs of addiction, if they should tell me in a respectful and calm way I will simply thank them and start working on myself, but if they just approach my and start inform me in a rude way or perhaps insult me for engaging in gambling in the first place I will definitely be offended with it, that's very sure.
And just as you said, not everyone has the same level of tolerance so some might be able to tolerate it while others like will not be.

[electronicash]

if you say " no offense" afterwards, i will not be offended 
just an ego. people will be mad and offended if you are referred to as a gambling addict in front of their child or to someone they care so much to represent themselves as highly respected.
 
hey there are users not happy anymore of these gambling addiction threads. keep it coming!!!

[Hispo]

I would not feel offended by being called that way if I recognize myself having problems with such condition.
However, the context is also important and while I would be okey with it while talking to my family, close friends or a professional in the care of mental problems. I would indeed feel offended is it was something being used on purpose to damage my image or make people to financially distance myself... For example, people who would give me money or gifts on my birthday, decided not to do so, because some gossip about my habits.

It is part of the endless stigmatization people with mental problems suffer.

[acroman08]

As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there.

I think this will depend on the person's mindset, I mean right now I won't find it offensive because I know to myself that I am not a gambling addict and my action proves that. now If I do have a gambling problem, my mindset could be different and being referred to as a gambling addict might offend me since from what I have read, people with gambling problems would often deny or justify their problematic gambling habits.

[BitcoinAccepted]

Of course, people don't want to be known as an addicted gambler. Because that often means that you have lost huge mountains of money, but also that you basically go through certain phases in life with difficulty and that you cannot control your self-control. So it is not just gambling, but also the problem that you are experiencing an unstable phase of life. And certainly in society and then in the field of work and private life, the situation does not get any better if people know that you are addicted to gambling. As a result, all the necessary marriages and relationships have fallen.

[swogerino]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

We live in an online era where not even my closest friends know that I gamble,only my wife knows because I have told her and she is OK with it as long as I don't overdo it,she consider that 100 dollars weekly spent gambling as entertaining for me,kinda like going to the movies and every thing is OK within family walls.In my work they don't even remotely know that I can be a gambler let alone an addicted and this because I never talk about gambling at all there even when my colleagues talk about sport games I listen to them when in reality I am the expert that should be talking about them as I have been betting on such games from quite a lot of time  .So for people who feel bad being stereotyped by other people I let them know that as long as you do it online no one can stereotype you at all.

[Casdinyard]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

I don't think the issue of "will they accept the branding" is the issue here. The problem is accepting that they have a problem, the branding comes after that. Of course gamblers, addicted or not, will have a negative reaction when you call them addicted gamblers, most especially if you mean the branding. But a responsible gambler will not carry on with his shit upon hearing something like that, he'd assess himself, and would most likely takea break, most definitely a gambler that's spiraled into addiction will see this as something offensive, rant about it/bitch about it elsewhere, and then carry on with his/her unhealthy practices. It's all about self-awareness and the willingness to see the picture from a different angle. Addicted gamblers will have a one-track mind dedicated solely for gambling so you can't reason with them even if your life depended on it, the more desperate they are the harder it will be to convince them they are addicted too. So yeah, to me it's not about if they are offended about being called that, it's about what they do after that matters most.

[Die_empty]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

Anybody that has a problem and fails to accept that he has such a problem will not have the solution. If accepting that I am a gambling addict will set me free from this disorder, I will gladly accept that I have a problem. Gamblers in some cultures are seen as wasters and irresponsible people. A gambling addict will even be wrongly categorized as a criminal. This is why most gamblers hid their disorder from people even when they are aware that they need help. They prefer to suffer in silence than to open up about their struggle with addiction.

Until our society understands that you cannot help people by insulting or disgracing them. People that are suffering from gambling disorders should be treated like humans and not like animals. They should be respectfully counseled and not publicly shamed. I will be willing to tell a qualified therapist about my problems but it will always remain a secret.

[Issa56]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do,

Why will you see me and you will start calling me addicted gambler, it's really wrong, I might be a gambler and am not addicted, in my society, if they see that you are a gambler, they already concluded about the kind of person you are even if they don't truly know you, a gambler is seen as a bad influence to the society and they see every gambler as a addicted gamber. If am being called a gamber, I won't really care about that but don't call me a addicted gambler.

saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

Some people think everyone is just addicted to gambling even as some people are not addicted, if you are see, gambling a lot of people see you as addicted gambler, some people might be gambling frequently and they are not addicted, some of them gamble with just little amount so even when they lose it means nothing to them. Actually some of gamblers are addicted but they keep on claiming they are not addicted but we should know that not all gamblers are addicted.

[Ryu_Ar1]

I gambled for a long time but apart from my closest people and my partner, no one knew about it because i never showed anyone apart from my closest people and my partner that I was a gambler so i was never called that
But if in the end i was called that, I probably wouldn't deny it because the evidence is clear that i've been gambling and i've been doing it for a long time.
Even though in this case I only gamble with small money and even then it only revolves around sportsbook but it does not cover the fact that I am a gambler. regardless of being called an addict or not I actually don't really have a problem with it because what I believe in this case is that as long as my gambling does not interfere with my finances (because I always take into account it in every month as a personal expense) then i don't need to feel offended and fortunately my partner is not too concerned about it either.

[TimeTeller]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

Anybody that has a problem and fails to accept that he has such a problem will not have the solution. If accepting that I am a gambling addict will set me free from this disorder, I will gladly accept that I have a problem. Gamblers in some cultures are seen as wasters and irresponsible people. A gambling addict will even be wrongly categorized as a criminal. This is why most gamblers hid their disorder from people even when they are aware that they need help. They prefer to suffer in silence than to open up about their struggle with addiction.

Until our society understands that you cannot help people by insulting or disgracing them. People that are suffering from gambling disorders should be treated like humans and not like animals. They should be respectfully counseled and not publicly shamed. I will be willing to tell a qualified therapist about my problems but it will always remain a secret.

This is why it is always best to open your struggles within your family or closest friends.
Because they are the ones who can truly understand your situation and want the best for your mental health.
The reality is, people are being judgmental to others. Thus, some gamblers are very secretive to what they are doing.
I can truly understand that. So if I think I am on the verge of being gambling addict, I can only show my true issues to very few people.
I may find it offensive if some people will say bad things towards me, but don't know actually what will I feel as I haven't been in such situation.

[Wiwo]

Of course, people don't want to be known as an addicted gambler. Because that often means that you have lost huge mountains of money, but also that you basically go through certain phases in life with difficulty and that you cannot control your self-control. So it is not just gambling, but also the problem that you are experiencing an unstable phase of life. And certainly in society and then in the field of work and private life, the situation does not get any better if people know that you are addicted to gambling. As a result, all the necessary marriages and relationships have fallen.

Even though losing pf money is one part of the characteristic of addicts but that also doesn't mean that he is totally lost money but also losing coordination and self-control over involvement in gambling since it makes more or no sense to allow an addict fo have access to large funds that can be wasted on gambling even though they're ready to go into debt just to fulfil their gambling desire.

Being an addict is the worst thing that can happen to anyone a d if care is not taken it may lead to the person losing their respect and place in society at large.

[dunfida]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

A very common kind of reaction if a certain gambler would be called out to be an addicted one which it is mostly be told by your friends or relatives or someone who do knows you and would be telling that you should really be having that moderation with your gambling activity because you are already showing off the signs of an addicted person but in the end you would really be simply denying that you arent that addicted,
you have just enjoying the game and you are willing to lose up the money which you've been using. Well its a common reaction by these type of people but just let them be because we know that
its their money they've been using but there are really moments on which we do really been also hurt on watching our loved ones losing up tons and this is why we could really say up those words.
Its true that its none of our business on what they've been  doing into their money but somewhat it cant really be just that able to avoid on not to make some involvement or saying up something into it.

[BitcoinAccepted]

People are also likely to look at you in a perverse and wrong way. You usually don't feel like pity behavior either. And let's face it, those who are often addicted to certain things do not get it easily in life. It is not only being addicted to gambling, being addicted to drugs etc is also a big problem which is not always recognized by society. Addicts often find themselves in a vicious circle and cannot get out of it on their own. But maybe this is a big problem in society than many people realize.

[Doell]

I would easily accept it, if someone in my family or my friends said I was addicted gambling or anything. If I'm an addicted then they will try to pressure me, and will make me realize that it's not good, first aid is family. Who can support you, if not your family and your friends? believe it or not being an addict is sick, preferring not to eat than not doing that's habit. So I don't mind being called that, because it will make easier for me to be better and to be responsible.

[goaldigger]

Most probably yes since most of the addicted gambler are still on a denial stage and of course they have no right to call you addict, but if its already obvious and they think you need a help already then maybe you have to listen to them. I don’t want myself to be on this situation, this is why I continue to limit my gambling activities and be more responsible, being addict already can make a lot of stress to you and that is not ok.

[coin-investor]

Many people find it difficult to accept who they are and the bad habits that they have, accepting a habit is the first step that will determine if any help offered to you will work. As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.

When it comes to gambling I know myself more than other people so there's no problem at all if people think I am addicted to gambling as long I know that I'm not chasing losses, not taking a loan to gamble, and not spending the whole day or night playing in casinos.

People will never know if you will not tell them how you play or gamble they are left to themselves guessing if you are really are addicted to gambling, you know people they tend to create misinformation about other people.