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

[coolcoinz]

If you are a responsible gambler, this will be nothing to you. It is people that see gambling as a means to make profit that might get scared of such news because it is a warning to them that gambling irresponsible will lead to regrets. On the other hand, a gamble addict will not bother about such stories because he thinks that he will be able to recover his loss by allowing himself to be controlled by his emotion and will ignore whatever he hears or reads. For the addicted gamblers, it is only when they have made up their mind to stop gambling that they will stop or when they have learnt a hard lesson.

That's what I think too.

I've never seen someone who stopped being addicted after reading about some random person's downfall, just as I haven't seen someone resign from an activity due to someone else's bad experience.
If that was a friend or a family member it's a different situation, but we tend to ignore advice given by people we don't know, especially when this advice is not being personalized, i.e. not targeted at us.
We don't even know if the story is real.

[robelneo]

It may have an impact if you can remember and take action while you are playing, all that you know about gambling addiction will go to waste and will just be thrown out in a window, if you lack control and are too deep in your gambling experience I have experienced this so many times, I know that what I'm doing is potentially risky but still opted to proceed so I got the same experience.
You'll just blame yourself if you know the bad outcome but you still take the risk, over time you'll gain control if you keep checking other people's bad experiences and take note of them so you know what to avoid.
 

[Sandra_hakeem]

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?

It may, but to some limit.. "remember things don't just happen - the may be hidden reasons behind every awful setback like that" - they would all think... Truth is, if people's failed experience doesn't motivate you routewise, nothing will...some peeps don't even wanna come out if they've still got a house leftover to stake - assuming they staked everything they got.

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

You definitely should be a physiotherapist...lol.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[Kelvinid]

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?

And the impact is still the same, many people will disregard those warnings and continue gambling.
The truth is that gambling can't be stopped as long as it is still allowed by the government just like selling cigarettes but if that is fully regulated and bans those sites, that will be possible. But I don't think the government will do that because there is money in these institutions and that was also helping a lot to our economic growth. This is the reality --people already know the consequences of gambling and their chances of winning but they choose to do that because of this one reason, money and the chance to get rich instantly.

[goxcraft]

If you are a responsible gambler, this will be nothing to you. It is people that see gambling as a means to make profit that might get scared of such news because it is a warning to them that gambling irresponsible will lead to regrets. On the other hand, a gamble addict will not bother about such stories because he thinks that he will be able to recover his loss by allowing himself to be controlled by his emotion and will ignore whatever he hears or reads. For the addicted gamblers, it is only when they have made up their mind to stop gambling that they will stop or when they have learnt a hard lesson.

That's what I think too.

I've never seen someone who stopped being addicted after reading about some random person's downfall, just as I haven't seen someone resign from an activity due to someone else's bad experience.
If that was a friend or a family member it's a different situation, but we tend to ignore advice given by people we don't know, especially when this advice is not being personalized, i.e. not targeted at us.
We don't even know if the story is real.

Everyone knows that, smoking and drinking causes death, but still many of us smokes, drinks. Why is that? Is it because we are addict or is it because we don't know of it's consequences? I say, we do this because we enjoy this. Not that we need it. The same thing goes for gambling. We gamble because we enjoy gambling and some words from another won't matter to us that much. There can be some exceptions for addicts. But still, one can't stop his gambling habit, unless he realizes the consequences himself.

[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.

[acroman08]

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

personally, yeah, but not to the point that I will quit gambling but just to the point that it makes you think what the consequences could be if you became addicted. so yeah, their stories(fake or not) are a great reminder of what could happen to you if you became addicted.

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

I remember when they started doing this, I heard a lot of parents in my area were angry because the cigarette casing was showing private parts that can be affected by smoking, they said it was extremely inappropriate because kids can see them.

[Wexnident]

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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.

[Litzki1990]

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 is a problem for us that we try to follow another person directly. If someone else succeeds in doing something, we become more motivated to do it and we think that we too will succeed. Again, the failure of someone else breaks our heart and we don't have the courage to do that. Things will not be easy for us as long as we follow others directly, taking success or failure of others as our own. Professional gamblers are never addicted to gambling. A professional gambler has confidence and control over his gambling due to which he does not become addicted to gambling and makes fewer gambling mistakes. I think there is no need to follow anyone in gambling we should proceed with our own plans without looking at who gambled and won a lot of money or who gambled and lost everything.

[Assface16678]

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.

[Fundamentals Of]

Reading won't probably help chronic gamblers. What will probably help is actual experience, may it be personal or a neighbor, a friend, or a relative has gone through gambling addiction and destroyed their lives. I think we human beings are hard-headed. We know that something is bad if done beyond moderation but we still do it. We need to experience something which is painful and penetrates our consciousness so that we decide to act. We're stubborn.

[kotajikikox]

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?

There is no better teacher from losers experiences and testament , imagine their words are more than important to use as method to not become one in the future (unless you are not  believing what they are saying)

I have seen many stories that almost the same in which wrong decision and bad habit so learning from them will help us to understand more .

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?

I believe that about cigarette having graphics about the bad effect is already happening for long time now not only in our country but I  believe it is around the globe .

but do that really helps? because smokers in my country are still increasing and they care for nothing about those graphics sometimes being used also as funny thoughts or joke time.

[HelliumZ]

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?

Reading or hearing bad news of others can take some precautionary steps in oneself but in gambling no matter how much bad news one reads from others there is nothing to do when bad situation comes around. Gambling basically favors luck most of the time and when luck turns bad no amount of cautionary advice is of practical use. However, for those who are new to gambling, advice from experienced people or incidents of bad situations can be of some benefit.

[Renampun]

Reading won't probably help chronic gamblers. What will probably help is actual experience, may it be personal or a neighbor, a friend, or a relative has gone through gambling addiction and destroyed their lives. I think we human beings are hard-headed. We know that something is bad if done beyond moderation but we still do it. We need to experience something which is painful and penetrates our consciousness so that we decide to act. We're stubborn.

The majority of gambling addicts are stubborn, they will be very difficult to advise, especially if they don't have high empathy, they will only think that it's just other people's bad luck, not all gambling addicts will be down. For people who are unable to control themselves when gambling, they will be trapped in bad things and there is a big possibility that they will fall into poverty and even be trapped in a large forest (there have been many stories about gambling addicts whose lives have been ruined)

[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 is a problem for us that we try to follow another person directly. If someone else succeeds in doing something, we become more motivated to do it and we think that we too will succeed. Again, the failure of someone else breaks our heart and we don't have the courage to do that. Things will not be easy for us as long as we follow others directly, taking success or failure of others as our own. Professional gamblers are never addicted to gambling. A professional gambler has confidence and control over his gambling due to which he does not become addicted to gambling and makes fewer gambling mistakes. I think there is no need to follow anyone in gambling we should proceed with our own plans without looking at who gambled and won a lot of money or who gambled and lost everything.

Gambling is a game of interest and passion whomever that doesn't have passion for it will never put interest at the first place to gamble, but most times are driven by other people success or failure. When you see people follow those who succeeds in gambling it's assume that they are successful gambler or they are experienced gambler who are more professional in terms of gambling predictions, but there are some people who decides to go extramile about gambling believing that one day they must strike a larger winning whereby they aren't shaping their skills or even upgrade their techniques on how to choose and select games professionally.

[Hirose UK]

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.

[btc_angela]

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?

I think since gambling also plays our mind, I think it might help to show the negative effects of it and who knows, maybe the gamblers will become intelligent enough to see what could gambling will bring to them in the run.

However, want will be the graphics images that the government will post though? We can't compare smoking to gambling obviously.

Will they show images of some people turning or become criminals because of gambling?

[Kemarit]

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.

[ethereumhunter]

Reading the bad experiences of people who have lost money from gambling should provide enlightenment to people who have just joined gambling. But it seems that only a few can understand that when gambling, they need to have self-control to be responsible gamblers. Meanwhile, others will not care about other people's bad experiences because they think that they can still take care of themselves well and will not experience the same things as other people. This is what makes them lose self-control even though they have read about these bad experiences so slowly, they will gamble excessively and in the end, they also lose a lot of money in gambling.

People who can take good care of themselves while they are gambling and after they have finished gambling need to understand that they can only use gambling for fun so they must be able to control themselves and always be responsible gamblers. This is to prevent him from losing a lot of money and also prevent him from becoming addicted to gambling.

[iv4n]

Reading other people's bad experiences will not stop us from trying something, but it will certainly make us much more cautious. That's probably the point, it's not good to rush into something without any knowledge and awareness that things can go wrong... and sometimes things go the wrong way. It's good to do your research before getting into something, but unfortunately, many people don't do it. That's why we see many people crying after losing.