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

[komisariatku]

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 think yes. When we read about someone's bad experiences, we will know what risks might occur when we become a gambling addict, so that we can gamble more responsibly. Although it is not a guarantee because there are times when a gambler loses self-control and chases losses, when conditions like this occur we usually end up spending more money than usual. Because we have read about the dangers of chasing losses in gambling, we will immediately be aware of the dangers of chasing losses so that we don't fall into the circle of gambling addicts.

[Jemzx00]

Definitely, there are some things that it's best know without you experiencing it first hand, not only in gambling but to almost everything. That's also why people share our thoughts and experiences to others to make them aware of what may or will happen when they do this and that. In terms, to gambling people share their strategy and experiences to help people maximize profit and avoid poor judgement to their gambling decisions and also gambling addiction. It will shows us gamblers what will happen if someone loses control and go overboard with their gambling habits to help us avoid it without them experiencing it. But still, there are some people who might not be affected by these until they experienced it themselves.

[danherbias07]

Reading about someone else's negative experience doesn't always help you avoid mistakes. If a person is very gambling, he or she will think that he or she is luckier than others and that he or she will be lucky, unlike others

Well, that's also true but the experience given by the writer could help us somehow to be cautious about things that we haven't experienced yet. I think that's the real purpose of that and we learn from it. If in damn bad luck we'd be in that same position, we can remember that statement given by the writer and maybe avoid it.

My answer to your question is that, I do not believe that reading other people's experience either good or bad will help you. What I do believe though is that reading other people's bad experiences will make us create our own bad experience. It is very unavoidable. The gambling experience is dynamic and not static therefore we must have our story on either the gambling hall of fame or hall of shame. Whichever may be the case the learning experience is for us only.

That's not how I view it.
I can still remember some bad experiences of other people that I got to use somehow to avoid it. One gambler that I read said about not sticking with one game because it will just bury your wallet and that makes me remember to always jump to another game after a win. Well, some may not be helpful but others who write informative testimonies can help us be reminded of things like I said above.
I think it's still a good thing for both the reader and the writer because somehow the writer can also express his frustration in words instead of getting mad all by himself.

[Onyeeze]

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.

Being addicted in gambling should as result of the funds you have lose and sometimes if you are greedy and you want to recover everything you have gained, so I believe you recovering everything you have lose should be one of the major things why some people use to be addicted in gambling, being gambling addictive should be as result of your interest in gambling and your target and someone who have not tested or participated in gambling before can not be addicted through online or seeing gambling online, you most win or lose before you become addicted because the money you won will encourage that you will more in gambling, or when you lose you be looking foe a way to recover your lost

[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.

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)

There are many of us probably who personally know of somebody in the neighborhood or in the family who has gone through bad experiences in gambling. Gambling addicts are everywhere whether it's a developed or developing country. There is always somebody who falls victim to his urges to bet more, beyond what's moderate. I myself know of a friend who had his life turned upside down due to his gambling addiction. His gambling experience is like a lesson for us.

[retreat]

It may not help me significantly, but their experience can be a lesson for me to be able to manage my gambling activities. Especially those who told me they went bankrupt because they couldn't control their emotions and greed when gambling, that was quite an important experience that I could learn from them to avoid these bad things happening to me.

[Iroh]

Do I believe that reading about people’s bad experience would help deter someone new to the gambling industry? Yes. I do believe that. Reading about the bad experiences of other gamblers could help change the minds of prospective gamblers from gambling much or not at all.
Reading about losses people have accumulated over the years would be a reminder that gambling is a win or lose situation and you can’t afford to earn a living from gambling.

[Sakanwa]

It may not help me significantly, but their experience can be a lesson for me to be able to manage my gambling activities. Especially those who told me they went bankrupt because they couldn't control their emotions and greed when gambling, that was quite an important experience that I could learn from them to avoid these bad things happening to me.

Those experiences are what keeps me going,when I have people telling me about their ugly experiences on
gambling,it makes me adjust.I have learnt my lessons and won't get my self so much involved in it any more because what happened to me recently is one that I can't forget.Gambling affected my financial life to the extend that I don't have any personal savings anywhere.I wanted to save,but I haven't been able to do that because the debt I haven't cleared.It is just better to abstain from gambling because it is indeed not good.And at thesame time,it better to give it a try because you don't know the day it will pay you.Sometimes I feel like quitting,but at the same time,I encourage myself to keep on trying because quitters never win.

[boty]

It may not help me significantly, but their experience can be a lesson for me to be able to manage my gambling activities. Especially those who told me they went bankrupt because they couldn't control their emotions and greed when gambling, that was quite an important experience that I could learn from them to avoid these bad things happening to me.

Those experiences are what keeps me going,when I have people telling me about their ugly experiences on
gambling,it makes me adjust.I have learnt my lessons and won't get my self so much involved in it any more because what happened to me recently is one that I can't forget.Gambling affected my financial life to the extend that I don't have any personal savings anywhere.I wanted to save,but I haven't been able to do that because the debt I haven't cleared.It is just better to abstain from gambling because it is indeed not good.And at thesame time,it better to give it a try because you don't know the day it will pay you.Sometimes I feel like quitting,but at the same time,I encourage myself to keep on trying because quitters never win.

Being able to learn from other people's losses can certainly make us more careful in gambling and we can also control ourselves in the games we play. Everyone will certainly be very affected in their financial situation and will not be able to have savings because they spend a lot on gambling.
Gambling without being able to control your emotions will certainly not be good because the more money we will spend on gambling, it would be better for us to gamble relaxedly so we can win in the games we play.

[bitzizzix]

Many of the bad experiences we encounter in gambling even result in death due to depression or other things. And in my opinion, for old gamblers, this will be a reminder not to gamble excessively and beyond our financial capabilities, and can make us gamble responsibly and use money that we can afford to lose and be aware of self-control when playing.
And reading about the bad experiences of novice gamblers can influence them and cause them to feel scared and afraid of experiencing something similar, and the bad experiences of gamblers can be a lesson and remind us not to be like them.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

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?

-  A gambler who reads an article about a bad gambler's experience will serve as a reminder or warning to other casino players.
It is also possible for those who have no experience gambling in the casino that this will also be a warning to them that instead of trying to gamble, it will be delayed because of the bad experience they had in gambling. So I agree with that title made by OP.

It may not help me significantly, but their experience can be a lesson for me to be able to manage my gambling activities. Especially those who told me they went bankrupt because they couldn't control their emotions and greed when gambling, that was quite an important experience that I could learn from them to avoid these bad things happening to me.

The bad experience of other gamblers is like a sign of age that gives us what to do if we are going to go or do it; we will have preparation or reminders at the same time.

[Silberman]

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 will help some people but I do not think it will have too much of an effect, for what I can tell many people think that bad things only happen to other people and not to them as they do not see themselves becoming just another statistic, and when that happens to them they are still unable to believe that it did, so it will require a very special kind of person to read those bad experiences and learn from them without actually having to go through them by themselves.

[harapan]

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 presume experience is the best teacher, being its best teacher, why are newbies into gambling not reading and learning from the fails and success of those before them.That is the best way to learn. If you let the bad experience happen to you before  you do, then you remain a big fool. For it is said that the wise learn from.the errors and mistakes done by others.
People should  be gambling aware, the companies need not do too much. They can only  go with a logo of play what you can afford  to lose and if they don't understand just keep quiet.

[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.

A professional gambler thinks everything through and then decides to gamble. Gambling is not just about betting on one match to win and betting on losing money. Gambling is all about minimizing mistakes. If there is a mistake in gambling, then the entire money will be lost, so a gambler needs to be very focused on where he needs to gain sufficient knowledge before gambling or where he needs to improve his gambling skills. As you said a gambler should learn from where others have succeeded or failed. If we do not learn from the failures and successes of others, we are less likely to make mistakes in gambling.

[naira]

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 don't think this applies at all, even if I read the story and use it as a reference, in reality someone's gambling conditions will be different, thus triggering an uncertain mental involvement. Maybe when I'm conscious and in control, I have to be able to control my emotions and win. But believe it or not, after being in gambling, this kind of atmosphere cannot really be controlled easily. Therefore, gamble with an amount that you can afford to lose, because to realize that when you lose you have agreed to what you have spent.

[Crypt0Gore]

There is nothing scary about gambling, it's the gamblers that make gambling to be scary because of what they expect and how they risk their money, what should be your target when gambling is learning how to minimize your risks, because oh boy, gambling is full of risks.

If you can minimize your risks with gambling you won't get pulled under by casinos, learn to manage the money you choose to risk on gambling, many gamblers don't do this and it's the perfect way to handle gambling, I have risked some money on new crypto projects that turned scam and few turned into big money, you can't win anything if you aren't ready to risk anything, but make sure that what you are risking is not meant to be your life saver e.g your savings.

If a newbie ask me about how they can be a good gambler I will tell them to go online and find gambling reviews, they need to feel the pain that those who gamble like their lives depends on gambling also felt, bad experience in gambling is a good warning for those who are about to start gambling.

[_act_]

A professional gambler thinks everything through and then decides to gamble. Gambling is not just about betting on one match to win and betting on losing money. Gambling is all about minimizing mistakes. If there is a mistake in gambling, then the entire money will be lost, so a gambler needs to be very focused on where he needs to gain sufficient knowledge before gambling or where he needs to improve his gambling skills. As you said a gambler should learn from where others have succeeded or failed.

The mistake that can be corrected in gambling is if having a budget for it and also making sure you do not spend more than the budget. I am talking about minimizing the risk also. To avoid the mistake, having the gambling budget is very important.

If we do not learn from the failures and successes of others, we are less likely to make mistakes in gambling.

I think this is what you mean:

If we do not learn from the failures and successes of others, we are less likely to make mistakes in gambling.

Yes, we learn from other people past lives.

[0t3p0t]

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?

Yes of course it will. There will be a possible careful behavior or awareness to those who are newbies in gambling if only if they tend to listen and keep that lesson in mind. Some newbies don't really care about that as they only think about winning. About the cigarrette thing same with what the government did here in my country as well unfortunately those who are addicted to it won't mind about the packaging itself.

[coin-investor]

The final votes in my poll
Do You Believe That Reading People's Bad Experience Will Help You
Yes   - 27 (79.4%)
No   - 7 (20.6%)
So based on the community's opinion, it's okay to share our bad experiences in gambling for others to learn from it, we have to be honest with ourselves if we want to improve our gambling habit and we should be ready to take feedback because once we lose ourselves in gambling we don't want to listen to other people's opinion anymore and read other people's experience so while we are not yet deep on it, check other people's experience because what happened to them could happen to you if you don't read and ignore those warnings.
Locking this thread and thanking all those who participated in the discussion and voting.