Do You Believe That Reading People's Bad Experience Will Help You

[piebeyb]

Most new gamblers come because they usually see wins on their social media or stream gamblers showing wins so most new gamblers don't come from someone else's bad experience, but instead come because of other people's enjoyment so they are stuck with their own game and are not responsible. so gambling goes beyond limits and becomes addictive.

New gamblers will be responsible if they experience losses that they feel and experience the fact that in casinos that winning is very difficult, it is not as easy as streamers and influencers winning gambling at casinos, it is rare for gamblers to come because of a bad experience, someone who exists is they come because they see the experience someone's victory. It's the same as when new smokers try smoking because they want to look cool and be seen by everyone, not come to smoke because of someone's experience of illness caused by smoking.  

[Lida93]

If you're starting your journey on gambling do you think reading about people's bad experiences like losing their savings and getting depressed which leads to loss of jobs and livelihood will help new gamblers to become responsible gamblers for fear that what they read will happen to them?

I ask this because, in our country, our government has mandated cigarette manufacturers to post graphic images of those who suffer from the bad effects of cigarettes on every pack of cigarettes like lung cancer pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis

So do you think it will be the same with gambling?

It's very difficult to see how it will affect addicted gamblers though, I mean in gambling there could be a lot of reasons why individuals became addicted though and that should be the point of attack to make them quit. It could be that in the beginning, this individuals just wanted to feel what gambling is, and so we say that we gamble for fun and entertainment. But it can go backfire in the long run and become addicted gamblers. There are also who want to escape from their depression, thus gambling for hours just to forgot their problems.

So it might not be an effective method to have this graphic content and images to show what will be the effect of gambling as everyone has his and her reasons to gamble. So there's no one size fits all strategy. Still up to the person to quit and stop gambling and it could be better if they are going to seek professional help to stop.

People gamble for various reasons, if we check we might find that many gamblers don't actually gamble for the money but using gambling as a approach to free their mind from the worries of life they are passing through and by constantly doing that to get relieved that's how they indirectly get addicted becoming an uncontrollable behavior.

In agreement to what you said it's through the support of a professional that the addiction can be remedied and not just the reading of articles about the dreadful experiences of gamblers before them. It's an expert that will know where and how to come into the situation to render the actual support.

[Adbitco]

There's always a says that said "do not wait for what happened to others to happen to you before you start leaning". Meaning you have to learn from what happened to others in order for you not to fall prey any time when such is approaching to you, hence with the experience of other people you can control your habits from what has happened to other people. Any responsible and learned gambler doesn't always want to gamble to get addicted for people around to start noticing they are addictive gamblers.

It would be impactful to some, but for other gamblers, it will just be a story that they listen to. I don't think reading something about what happens to gamblers who get addicted, their bad experiences in life, and what gambling causes them could really help. Especially for those who don't give a damn care about others', you see, being addicted to something is a person's personal choice and decision, and using awareness like what the government used in cigarette packs would have an effect if implemented in gambling. As what is used in cigarette packs is not so effective, there are still a lot of people addicted to smoking. Does that stop them or limit them? No! addiction, and the only cure for that is either rehabilitation or a situation where it's like an end game for them. So I'm sure using the same strategy used in cigarrette will help at all.

I know this is very hard to maintain or learn from because of ignorant, yes we believe that luck aren't the same so those who lost money or lost valuables weren't their time to succeed through gambling or possibly they are not professional with their forms of selections. I can still tell you that even though gambling warning are still posted in every street or local shops maybe as an aids that displays whenever you opened a gambling or casino site you would still see that there will be some people who won't still stop or reduce the rate at which they gamble just as you said about the cigarette until they are being harmed for on the cost of consuming much parks of it, so it's a personal choice to choose whether to adjust or learned from what has happened to other person.

[Rockstarguy]

If you're starting your journey on gambling do you think reading about people's bad experiences like losing their savings and getting depressed which leads to loss of jobs and livelihood will help new gamblers to become responsible gamblers for fear that what they read will happen to them?

Reading people's gambling experience will help new gamblers on how to to pattern their gambling lifestyle not to end up just like gamblers who are struggling. Some people fall into being addicted because they never thought addiction is real,  they never expect it is Something beyond control. Growing up have seen people who were gambling addicts and they did funny things just to make sure that they satisfied their gambling urge, and I saw how this was toxic. I learned from what I saw and I careful the way I played gambling,  I didn't make it a hobby or alternative of making money when I'm in need  for money.

[Blitzboy]

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Might seem rude or something but it does make me feel better since I ain't as dumb as them. Well at some point I guess I was one of them, but I grew and moved on (rather quickly as well luckily). In all honesty, it isn't all about just gambling, it's about being responsible. Gamblers are just more obvious because there's a clear-cut reason as to what they weren't responsible for, money. Sadly there are actually quite a few influencers imo that use such strategies to garner an audience, and well, it works.

Anyway back to gambling, I hardly doubt such warnings/sharing experiences work. I mean in your example take a look at cigarettes. They did those but I doubt users dropped. It might've been with the advent of vape, but it was due to vape and not due to those images that made them stop. Same thing here. You'd need an alternative to make gamblers stop, well, gambling.

Hearing someone talk about personal growth honestly is refreshing. Your ability to recognize and change a past behaviour shows resilience. You're reaching a milestone in responsibility. Similar to any risky behaviour, gambling shows a lack of accountability, especially when money is involved. Its true that influencers have taken advantage of these human traits, and it can be hard to tell whats right and wrong.

Warnings and shared experiences have always been a thing. Gambling wina are loud and public, while losses are quiet and typically overlooked by the next great win. The smoking-to-vaping contrast demonstrates that dangerous behaviours persist without a less harmful option. This suggests that a safe or helpful outlet may change gambling tendencies.

What may gambling's 'vape' be? Is it virtual gaming, stock market trading, or something entirely different? Each has its own set of risks and responsibilities. The solutions may not be simple or universal, but discussing them sparks harm reduction innovation.

[danherbias07]

I do believe it is a good way to make us responsible.
Why? Simply because that happened to me. My father is a gambler, cockfighting, some of my cousins are also gamblers, and my grandfather also spent a lot of money betting for the national lottery every day if I compute the total amount of it.
Because of that, I don't bet large amounts, and as much as possible I could prolong the balance that I have and just hit the wagering amount that I plan for a month. I don't gamble habitually like there's no tomorrow. I don't get angry way too much when I lose.
I think all those experiences from my past made me a better gambler today because I don't want to become like them.
So yes, I do believe that every time we read a story about someone who cannot control their gambling habits, it makes us realize how risky it is when we gamble too. As long as they are real, because I have seen a lot of fake stories and you can tell that they are just making it up for unknown purposes.

[Z390]

If you're starting your journey on gambling do you think reading about people's bad experiences like losing their savings and getting depressed which leads to loss of jobs and livelihood will help new gamblers to become responsible gamblers for fear that what they read will happen to them?

I ask this because, in our country, our government has mandated cigarette manufacturers to post graphic images of those who suffer from the bad effects of cigarettes on every pack of cigarettes like lung cancer pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis

So do you think it will be the same with gambling?

As a matter of fact this should help, I am not a addicted gambler because of the stories that my parents shared with me while growing up, my father don't like the sight of gambling at all, they he most times called it the instrument of the devil, to fool people into thinking that they can really make it without breaking any sweat, he warned me to never get close to gambling as it will mess with my mind.

He told me about few people he know that ruined their lives because of gambling, even one that things are going well for because of the new job he got but suddenly this person turned into gambling and everything turned around for him, to the extent of using his house to take loan to gamble and he lost it, this was how his family got separated.

And me taking these warnings very seriously because it scared the shit out of me, and in my mind I started hating gambling, but when I get to know about Bitcoin and engaged in some trading too I decide to give gambling a try when I learnt that crypto is now acceptable, but the warnings of my parent still lives inside of me and it's what I apply when risking money on gambling, so yes I do believe that reading about the bad side of gambling can change your mentality and get you even more prepared before you start gambling.

[Outhue]

Every beginners always believe that there is something special about their gambling skills, they want to have the taste in their own way first, so even if you keep shouting on them about how gambling can make them lose all their money they won't listen to you.

Only smart people listen to advice and make good use of the parts that they feel will be useful for them, I have lost money to gambling before and I know how it feels when you lose everything again, because of greed and your stupid way of thinking.

Greed is why a gambler will win a round and still proceed to the next, most times you will lose everything again, and ignorance is why a gambler will ignore the advice of others when gambling because they believe the same thing won't happen to them.

When everyone are chasing the same goal that you want, it's obvious what will happen at the end, this is what gambling is all about, like how many people are you seeing that are living a good life by becoming a 100% gambler with nothing else they are do for money?

I like it when ignorant people learn their lessons the hardest way, when I advice you about what awaits you in gambling and you ignore the advice then you are ready for the max pain.

[Fredomago]

I do believe it is a good way to make us responsible.
Why? Simply because that happened to me. My father is a gambler, cockfighting, some of my cousins are also gamblers, and my grandfather also spent a lot of money betting for the national lottery every day if I compute the total amount of it.
Because of that, I don't bet large amounts, and as much as possible I could prolong the balance that I have and just hit the wagering amount that I plan for a month. I don't gamble habitually like there's no tomorrow. I don't get angry way too much when I lose.
I think all those experiences from my past made me a better gambler today because I don't want to become like them.
So yes, I do believe that every time we read a story about someone who cannot control their gambling habits, it makes us realize how risky it is when we gamble too. As long as they are real, because I have seen a lot of fake stories and you can tell that they are just making it up for unknown purposes.

Exactly, past experienced from people who get wrecked when they are inside this venue will help us to realize that there's always a big risk which we might also experience if we are not careful when we are playing, things that specifically are being mishandled by gamblers who think that it an easy venue to make money only to find themselves losing a lot after playing.

Reading those shared experiences can give us a hint and give us some basis on how we should act and play while inside the venue, making it more responsible and avoiding to have that same fate that those gamblers have when they are actively playing,.

[Natsuu]

Not necessarily help like people will choose to experience bad things in order to help others. I think its because that just serves as a lesson or reminder to the unfortunate gambler and to the new comers to always know their limits. Real life stories about the negative consequences of gambling can serve as a deterrent and create awareness about the risks involved. Same with cigarette packaging that highlights the potential bad outcomes of gambling may help individuals make more informed and responsible choices.

[livingfree]

It is one of the best ways to learn, by learning from someone's experience. If you're inexperienced and you are trying to get some idea on how it goes then reading people's experience will help you through your gambling journey.

You don't have to go through with the same experience as theirs and you have the idea what's the impact of those severe gambling addiction that can't be stopped by the sharer.

It's still a different thing if you go over the actuality but if you're careful and appreciates those experiences of people, you will try everything you have to just to avoid it from happening to you.

If the gambler can think and understand it, it will be very useful in learning from other people bad experiences because it can provide more careful attitude in every action taken and always consider the risks that occur so that what other people experience we don't experience.
But unfortunately some people consider other people bad experiences to be bad luck and instead use them as jokes rather than as learning material.

As long as gamblers always use cool mind in every game or betting session, the thought path to be careful will appear by itself and the feeling of fear of risk can be felt, and that way gambler will not do anything stupid that is careless to make.

Those that don't consider the bad experiences of others think that they are just better without them and that's fine. We all have better approach on what we think is best and right for us.

If those people don't see the essence and help from others experience, there's no need to be butthurt with that because it won't change the fact that we're not them, and they're not us.

I agree about having a cool mind, like you're just chilling and gambling and your mind is cooled and no hasty bets and decisions are with you.

[len01]

It all depends on each new gambler mindset and goals.
I mean if we talk about negative impacts as you said, it can give fear to novice gamblers, it depends on the thinking of the novice gambler because from history I have seen novice gamblers who come to gambling with the mindset of wanting to double their money, they will always ignore the impact. negatives of gambling, but if a novice gambler comes to gambling just to try to play the game he wants and then hears bad news about the negative impacts of gambling, he will definitely understand and will feel afraid and may decide to stay away from gambling.

everything you say may be right or wrong because everything still depends on the thoughts of each gambler who always has a different view.

[masulum]

Not necessarily help like people will choose to experience bad things in order to help others. I think its because that just serves as a lesson or reminder to the unfortunate gambler and to the new comers to always know their limits. Real life stories about the negative consequences of gambling can serve as a deterrent and create awareness about the risks involved. Same with cigarette packaging that highlights the potential bad outcomes of gambling may help individuals make more informed and responsible choices.

Bad experiences, bad events will be lessons for those who want to learn. Meanwhile, for those who don't want to think wisely, losing makes them even more eager to gamble more. There are many incidents happening in my neighborhood. When someone becomes an uncontrolled gambler, it doesn't make them wise in gambling. On the contrary, he continued to gamble with greater risks, and he even had to lose a lot of his money. This incident was not just a story for him to use as a lesson, but made him even more uncontrolled in his gambling. The only way for him to stop is no more money to gamble.

[junder]

Not necessarily help like people will choose to experience bad things in order to help others. I think its because that just serves as a lesson or reminder to the unfortunate gambler and to the new comers to always know their limits. Real life stories about the negative consequences of gambling can serve as a deterrent and create awareness about the risks involved. Same with cigarette packaging that highlights the potential bad outcomes of gambling may help individuals make more informed and responsible choices.

Bad experiences, bad events will be lessons for those who want to learn. Meanwhile, for those who don't want to think wisely, losing makes them even more eager to gamble more. There are many incidents happening in my neighborhood. When someone becomes an uncontrolled gambler, it doesn't make them wise in gambling. On the contrary, he continued to gamble with greater risks, and he even had to lose a lot of his money. This incident was not just a story for him to use as a lesson, but made him even more uncontrolled in his gambling. The only way for him to stop is no more money to gamble.

Basically, maybe everyone also knows that something bad that they have experienced must be made into a very valuable experience to be a little better and in the sense that they don't let something like that happen again, and it makes sense as you say that "it depends on whether the person wants to learn better or not", it makes a lot of sense friend, because not infrequently we also find people who are stuck in the same hole, none other than because they don't become bad things as an experience to be better in the future.

And the conclusion is that those who always experience a lot of defeat in gambling are people who do not want to learn and do not want to make bad experiences as a consideration and reference for a better future. Of course that's true, so I hope they can immediately realize and take some precautions so as  not to always fall into a large number of defeats, it's better to think from now on before you suffer a larger number of defeats. It's really worrying when they have to lose a lot of money just because of the hope of victory that is absolutely not guaranteed and there is no certainty.

[Die_empty]

If someone has not gambled before but reading on the news and online about how a gambler become addicted and gambling become something else in the gambler's life that severely affected the gambler, he may not want to be addicted but gamble responsibly or not gambling at all. I have noticed one thing in life, that people learn from what happen to other people. But despite that, some people will be falling and still not learn from someone that have fallen before. But it will help some people.

The best teacher is usually personal experience. But sometimes instead of learning from other people's experiences, some individuals will wait until they become victims before they learn. One of the most potent teaching techniques is the storytelling method and it is very simple but impactful. Even most great religious teachers used stories to teach important life lessons. So stories of people who have struggled with gambling addiction or over gambling might serve as deterrents to new gamblers who want to learn.

There are a series of gambling stories in this forum that have taught me some lessons on how to remain a responsible gambler. The responses and discussions from these gambling threads have been impactful. They don't just teach how to be free from gambling addiction but also how to avoid it.

[dezoel]

It may or may not have an impact on someone based on their mindset about gambling or things in general. People who tend to learn from the mistakes that others make will surely find such stories and readings useful as they will become more careful and vigilant when gambling, but there can also be people who wouldn't care about what others have experienced and they will say that they will have a different experience and these stories aren't true or whatever.

What I believe is that one should at least read such stories and stuff for educational and knowledge purposes so that they should at least know the negative consequences of certain things that they might do while gambling and if they know about them, they might avoid doing those things like chasing losses, etc.

[Cookdata]

If you're starting your journey on gambling do you think reading about people's bad experiences like losing their savings and getting depressed which leads to loss of jobs and livelihood will help new gamblers to become responsible gamblers for fear that what they read will happen to them?

I ask this because, in our country, our government has mandated cigarette manufacturers to post graphic images of those who suffer from the bad effects of cigarettes on every pack of cigarettes like lung cancer pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis

So do you think it will be the same with gambling?

The same way they inscribe "cigarettes is dangerous to health, is the same way government has mandated them to put "18+" and "gamble responsibly" on their betting platforms. If you don't see this on the landing page, you will see this on the footer of the website. For the physical betting shops, you will see it bodly written on their banner front shops.

Gambling responsibility is independent on what you have in mind. It's all about how descipline you are as a person and how financial stable you are helps you control urge to gamble. If have money and you are not descipline, you will gamble repeatedly likewise if you don't have don't have too much money but you are descipline, you will gamble less. But if you don't have money and you also don't have descipline, you will borrowed money here and there and gamble the hell out of betting platforms without winning anything.

People that will gamble will continue to gamble, even if the government limit people to gamble twice a week, there are people that will gamble from morning to night for that two days given to gamble. It's all about descipline and how prepare you are because it's very easy to become addicted to gambling.

[Lanatsa]

If you're starting your journey on gambling do you think reading about people's bad experiences like losing their savings and getting depressed which leads to loss of jobs and livelihood will help new gamblers to become responsible gamblers for fear that what they read will happen to them?

I ask this because, in our country, our government has mandated cigarette manufacturers to post graphic images of those who suffer from the bad effects of cigarettes on every pack of cigarettes like lung cancer pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis

So do you think it will be the same with gambling?

It's very difficult to see how it will affect addicted gamblers though, I mean in gambling there could be a lot of reasons why individuals became addicted though and that should be the point of attack to make them quit. It could be that in the beginning, this individuals just wanted to feel what gambling is, and so we say that we gamble for fun and entertainment. But it can go backfire in the long run and become addicted gamblers. There are also who want to escape from their depression, thus gambling for hours just to forgot their problems.

So it might not be an effective method to have this graphic content and images to show what will be the effect of gambling as everyone has his and her reasons to gamble. So there's no one size fits all strategy. Still up to the person to quit and stop gambling and it could be better if they are going to seek professional help to stop.

People gamble for various reasons, if we check we might find that many gamblers don't actually gamble for the money but using gambling as a approach to free their mind from the worries of life they are passing through and by constantly doing that to get relieved that's how they indirectly get addicted becoming an uncontrollable behavior.

In agreement to what you said it's through the support of a professional that the addiction can be remedied and not just the reading of articles about the dreadful experiences of gamblers before them. It's an expert that will know where and how to come into the situation to render the actual support.

Each person does have their own different approach when it comes to gambling but it could really be just only having that two possible ways whether gambling for fun or gambling for money. We do know that when it comes to intents then each person does have their own. Not all the time people would really be just playing for money but also there are really individuals who are really that doing it for the sake of entertainment and leisure truly. Upon reading up on others unfortunate condition then it would really be that so impossible that you wont really be able to realize something as an individual and making use of your
own common sense.

There are really just those people who do really that reject out the idea and those things on the time that they've read it up and would really be that still continuing on the things that they've been
doing even if they are already that fully aware on the things that you do gonna do. You cant really just not anytime you do have that kind of control as long your mindset is fixed
or dedicated into something then you would really be failing up on following on the things that you are really that gonna trying to do.
It all matters on moderation in the end of the day.

[Marykeller]

Who on earth hasn't heard or known how gambling is negatively affecting some people's financial lives? Nevertheless, a lot of individuals choose to ignore all the warning indications they have seen about the dangers of gambling addiction in people's lives. Still on still, they will continue to permit such events to occur to them.

The fact remains that many would rather learn things the hard way. When they hear of other people's bad experiences with gambling, they are not moved or stopped unless they are painfully experiencing the worst with them. By then, they'll start moving on from their addiction to something more positive.

That's the kind of thing we see in today's people's lives.  They prefer to experience it first before quitting any bad addiction that will cost their lives.

[Twentyonepaylots]

Who on earth hasn't heard or known how gambling is negatively affecting some people's financial lives? Nevertheless, a lot of individuals choose to ignore all the warning indications they have seen about the dangers of gambling addiction in people's lives. Still on still, they will continue to permit such events to occur to them.

Hmm. It's true that gambling can affect someone financial status, but these individuals do really know it can crush them to zero if they got involved with it heavily, and when I say heavily it means addiction taking bet outside their financial capability.

The fact remains that many would rather learn things the hard way. When they hear of other people's bad experiences with gambling, they are not moved or stopped unless they are painfully experiencing the worst with them. By then, they'll start moving on from their addiction to something more positive.

Maybe because they think that we do have our own lives, stories from other people or experience from others does not necessarily mean that they have going the same fate, but with gambling there's just two way, winning and losing, comes at worst the losing streak and become addicted to regain their losses.

That's the kind of thing we see in today's people's lives.  They prefer to experience it first before quitting any bad addiction that will cost their lives.

Definitely, some are not moved by other's stories unless it happened to them, not just with gambling specifically. Funny how they wanna experience some tragedy before realizing.