Gambling addiction does more harm than mere financial loss

[topbitcoin]

If it is not managed well, the gambling activities we carry out will become dangerous activities and carry a high risk of financial losses and other losses. When someone is addicted to gambling, it reflects their inability to control themselves and their emotions when gambling, they play chaotically and often act impulsively to the point of making wrong betting decisions which makes them lose even more.

A gambling addict has poor emotional control and mental health, so that when they continuously experience fatigue and run out of capital to continue gambling, they will try to look for other things so that their emotions, disappointment and anger can be vented. And quite a few gambling addicts take it all out on their families, which could lead to acts of domestic violence. And quite a few of them are gambling addicts who turn to criminal acts, such as robbing money and other actions that can harm many people. and they do this in order to get some money so they can satisfy their lust for gambling and take revenge for the losses they suffered previously.

[AmoreJaz]

If it is not managed well, the gambling activities we carry out will become dangerous activities and carry a high risk of financial losses and other losses. When someone is addicted to gambling, it reflects their inability to control themselves and their emotions when gambling, they play chaotically and often act impulsively to the point of making wrong betting decisions which makes them lose even more.

A gambling addict has poor emotional control and mental health, so that when they continuously experience fatigue and run out of capital to continue gambling, they will try to look for other things so that their emotions, disappointment and anger can be vented. And quite a few gambling addicts take it all out on their families, which could lead to acts of domestic violence. And quite a few of them are gambling addicts who turn to criminal acts, such as robbing money and other actions that can harm many people. and they do this in order to get some money so they can satisfy their lust for gambling and take revenge for the losses they suffered previously.

that for me i believe is the very reason why it is not good to live with a gambling addict. because it is the immediate family who will suffer the consequences of what the gambler is acting owed to his addiction. if it is only the gambler, that's fine. but if he has small kids relying on him, that's when a lot of troubles will come in.

There are many negative effect of gambling addiction if been buttressed but you ended up almost summarizing everything in this few points.

Gambling addiction reduces one potential in life, most gambling addicts end up not achieving anything in life because all their funds goes down to gambling even in middle of work you tend to see some of them opening there devices to confirm if the booked games are done playing and so on. This attitude of addicts brings everything even their relationships for the floor just because they attach so much attention to it.

with countless discussions about the effects of gambling especially for those addicted ones, we can't deny the fact that it truly ruins someone else's life if that person failed to identify his problem and not do anything about it, and be a slave of his own desires. the change will come from the person himself so no matter how long is the list on what to do, if the person doesn't have the heart to change for the betterment of himself, no other person can help him out. it will start from him and not from anyone else.

[alegotardo]

Gambling addiction has been known to be associated with serious funds loss, bankruptcy, unsettled loan involvements, properties auctioning and other irritable financial behaviors that depicts frustration and desperations from the victims.
A little more observation shows clearly other effects of such addiction to just not the addict alone, but those around them, be it friends, family or neighbors. Here are a few of them:

Negative impression on children/ dependents: ~snip~
Decrease in overall productivity of individual: ~snip~
health Challenges: ~snip~
violence : ~snip~

your contributions are very much welcome as we learn together the many demerits of gambling addiction to inform both those currently addicted and intending addicts of the dangers of that irrational lifestyle.

I would also mention the social problem that gambling causes.
In many countries where gambling has been legalized, there is no social policy to encourage responsible betting or campaigns against addiction, the government only thinks about tax collection and the more you win, the better, which is why they let gambling multiply. indiscriminately as long as the casinos are paying their taxes.

Problems arise when all the factors you mentioned above accumulate and begin to impact the lives of people who have nothing to do with gambling, that is... it ends up becoming a public health and safety problem and not It is just a problem that is restricted to the social life of the person who gambles irresponsibly.

[acroman08]

Negative impression on children/ dependents: His addiction can corrupt the good intentions of the younger generation looking up to him for inspiration, they may grow up to see gambling as a way of life and follow the wrong footprints.

not only that, children may also grow up with a lot of childhood trauma and with only a single parent. As we know, gambling addiction can lead to divorce/separation, and from what I have read in the past, divorce/separation can negatively affect a child's upbringing which could affect them not just throughout their childhood but adulthood too.

[CryptSafe]

Your theoretical findings are quite alright and I must say that the option of personality really is the worst of it all. Imagine you being looked down on as a gambling addict. People that once revered you before begin to ignore, disrespect and neglect you all because of the fact that they discovered you are a gambler and an addict. It's very much frustrating and makes one feels less of themselves. Most times, they are the topic of discussion and gossips which should not have been so but just because of the fact that they are gambling it turns out to be what they are talking about and it is very disheartening to see and hear such a thing.

[Wexnident]

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I mean in a sense, financial loss is merely a byproduct of gambling addiction itself, not the final result. Though most people prioritize making it the main point since it's the most possibly relatable reason, or one that most people can relate with even if they haven't experienced it, compared to other results e.g., Mental insanity, violent tendencies, and other stuff.

I myself used to think being mentally insane was, well, something exaggerated by most people. Then I saw what people did in TikTok and I understood how. Kidding aside (mostly), I don't think it matters much how people look at you, unless ofc that's your job but other than that, it shouldn't matter. What you should be concerned about is how you as an addict is affecting your own personal surroundings, aka friends, familiy, etc.

[borovichok]

health Challenges: A gambling addict is always under pressure and tension and as such is prone to health challenges like high blood pressure, depression, and on the part of his people, they might be suffering from the psychological implications of his lifestyle which includes social stigma.

The health-related issues caused by gambling have always given me concern because it has accounted for the death of some gamblers across the world. The genesis of this health problem is financial problems. When a gambler loses all his money to gambling, it results in mental stress and anxiety which cause depression and even anxiety disorder. Moreover, this gambler may neglect his physical health, leading to poor self-care and unhealthy lifestyle choices.

An illustrative example is a gambler who developed a severe gambling disorder. Despite being initially financially stable, the gambler`s escalating gambling habit led to substantial debt accumulation. This resulted in the foreclosure of his home thereby leading to severe depression capable of causing death or luring him into committing suicide.

[Docnaster]

Your theoretical findings are quite alright and I must say that the option of personality really is the worst of it all. Imagine you being looked down on as a gambling addict. People that once revered you before begin to ignore, disrespect and neglect you all because of the fact that they discovered you are a gambler and an addict. It's very much frustrating and makes one feels less of themselves. Most times, they are the topic of discussion and gossips which should not have been so but just because of the fact that they are gambling it turns out to be what they are talking about and it is very disheartening to see and hear such a thing.

I carefully read your opinion about the subject matter and all I can say is that you are very right with what you said. There's no way one is expected to be more comfortable in losing his money because of his addiction to gambling than when he losses it via other financial engagements like business and the likes because in other financial engagements, he'll lose his money just once and learn from but when he's addicted to gambling, he'll lose his money and is very likely to lose more because of his addiction in gambling. Like I'll always say, one of the worst thing that can happen to gambler is to become a gambling addict because such person is very likely to lose all his valuables just to satisfy his gambling addiction

[Hispo]

health Challenges: A gambling addict is always under pressure and tension and as such is prone to health challenges like high blood pressure, depression, and on the part of his people, they might be suffering from the psychological implications of his lifestyle which includes social stigma.

The health-related issues caused by gambling have always given me concern because it has accounted for the death of some gamblers across the world. The genesis of this health problem is financial problems. When a gambler loses all his money to gambling, it results in mental stress and anxiety which cause depression and even anxiety disorder. Moreover, this gambler may neglect his physical health, leading to poor self-care and unhealthy lifestyle choices.

An illustrative example is a gambler who developed a severe gambling disorder. Despite being initially financially stable, the gambler`s escalating gambling habit led to substantial debt accumulation. This resulted in the foreclosure of his home thereby leading to severe depression capable of causing death or luring him into committing suicide.

I believe some people can sometimes downplay the health issues which can be caused by gambling, whether it is directly associated with the financial losses or not. What you said about how financial situations becoming dire can negatively affect one's health is true, how ever one does not necessarily need to lose much of one's money before starting to experiment the health issues which could be related to gambling.
Depression can kick in whenever someone has lost money, the high blood pressure can appear when one less expects it during a gambling session, and there could be still money in the bank account.

In my opinion, it is more likely for gambling to be translated to psychological problems than physical ones, in the long term.
People should take care of both of them, mental and physical and it becomes difficult to do so when one is addicted to spinning slots to the point of neglecting ones higiene and diet.

[Oilacris]

Your theoretical findings are quite alright and I must say that the option of personality really is the worst of it all. Imagine you being looked down on as a gambling addict. People that once revered you before begin to ignore, disrespect and neglect you all because of the fact that they discovered you are a gambler and an addict. It's very much frustrating and makes one feels less of themselves. Most times, they are the topic of discussion and gossips which should not have been so but just because of the fact that they are gambling it turns out to be what they are talking about and it is very disheartening to see and hear such a thing.

I carefully read your opinion about the subject matter and all I can say is that you are very right with what you said. There's no way one is expected to be more comfortable in losing his money because of his addiction to gambling than when he losses it via other financial engagements like business and the likes because in other financial engagements, he'll lose his money just once and learn from but when he's addicted to gambling, he'll lose his money and is very likely to lose more because of his addiction in gambling. Like I'll always say, one of the worst thing that can happen to gambler is to become a gambling addict because such person is very likely to lose all his valuables just to satisfy his gambling addiction

This is why it is really that important that you should really be avoiding yourself on getting addicted as much as possible on which you should really be that avoiding this thing in the first place.
People do usually mess up on the time that you would really be having those bad decisions. No matter what you do as long you do have that control and as long you do have that discipline
then you wont really be that making your life miserable on which you arent that putting yourself at risks and other people around you. Financial loss? It wont really be happening
if you are really just that responsible on the things that you are dealing with. It is really just that there are people who are really that too greedy and cant be able to control it out.

[silpersurfer]

It's true, gambling addiction can have a far greater impact than just financial losses. Some of the negative impacts that can arise from gambling addiction involve various aspects of life. So, it is important to remember that gambling addiction is a serious problem that requires professional attention. Seeking help from a counselor, therapist, or support group can help a person overcome a gambling addiction and restore their mental and emotional well-being

[uneng]

Addictions cause more harm than solely financial losses, because they are directly related to a disfunction on the mental state of the individual. A financial loss can be recovered without difficulties, if the person is focused on that goal and displays responsability, skills, knowledge and endurance. However, if the person is an addicted one, hardly every he is going to achieve any financial recoveries, because as soon as he accumulates some money on this pockets, he is instantly going to spend it due to their addiction. In this case mentioned by OP, the individual is simply going to put everything on the table in a casino.

So, this cycle of financial losses never end for the addicted individual. He is never able to recover himself entirely, because he lacks focus, endurance, discipline and responsability. For that reason, I fully agree with the statement of this thread's title. First of all, an addicted person has to get rid of his addiction, and only once he achieves doing this, he can start reverting his financial status for the better, otherwise, I fear he is just going to waste time and make the addiction issue even worse, as he isn't prepared to deal with money in a benefical way before getting healed from addiction.

[irhact]

violence : most gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors owing to anger issues from much losses and this might greatly affect his relationship with his immediate family and people around him who might start seeing him as a wild animal.

Gambling addiction can make you violent as you won't be happy when you're losing but you can't do anything about it as you're already addicted. You can only be wasting more money gambling only to lose them and get into debts. Gambling addicts are violent individuals, since you can't control gambling you might also not be able to control your anger emotions and your family or love ones will be the ones to receive all the anger issues. Addicts don't always have the best behaviours.

Being a gamble addicts reduce your values in your society, other individuals won't take you seriously as they'll always be considering you as an unproductive individual since you're always wasting your money gambling. A gambling addict doesn't have a progressive life due to wasting all their money gambling. Important things that were meant to help your life will be denied from getting to your possession.

[Westinhome]

that for me i believe is the very reason why it is not good to live with a gambling addict. because it is the immediate family who will suffer the consequences of what the gambler is acting owed to his addiction. if it is only the gambler, that's fine. but if he has small kids relying on him, that's when a lot of troubles will come in.

The gambling addicted person will use all the money into the gambling site,So it leads to a loss of money which is essential for their real source.It may affect the gamblers family financially,it was reason for the gambling addicted person are criticised in the society.The gamblers family affected by the addiction they also suffered to fulfill the basic needs of their family and children.The gamblers should take responsibility for the loss,So he should keep the separate money for the family expenses.The gamblers kids never do any mistake to suffer for the proper food lagging only because born in the gambling addicted person family.

[Yatsan]

Well I think there's no need on knowing which causes harm more. Gambling addiction will really damage you finwncially and that's the primary thing to be affected no doubt. Health related problems will come next given that your time is too consumed by this activity. But with self harm or other related abuse, it is not evident to all people who suffered from gambling addiction so I guess it is just okay so say that it depends on the individual in such conditon. Actually I am referring to a friend of mine who was diagnosed with addiction in gambling. He was losing huge amount of money and experience extreme weightloss since he doesn't eat that much whenever he's upset with the outcome. He was uncomfortable doing other things due to the drive he is feeling to gamble. Violence I think, as its effect, is not evident although he was irritated in most instances when he is not playing, he still manage to communicate and express what he is feeling without inflicting harm to both himself and other people. Probably it varies to the severity of addiction.

[dothebeats]

What's not discussed here is the psychological effects of gambling addiction. Since the addict is already affected by addiction, they will always think about gambling, and that somewhat impairs them to think rationally and will always favor gambling more than any other activities in their life. This leads to the points that you have outlined, and I think it's the psychological damage that is harder to repair rather than any other effects of addiction in the addict's life.

[Iroh]

An addiction is never a good thing in my opinion. A gambling addiction brings a lot of people around the addict pain and stress. If there are people who love and support someone before they slid into addiction, those family and friends are in for a trying time as the activities of the gambler is sure to tell on them later on.
The psychological toll it would have on the addict as well his friends and family would equally be telling.

I wouldn’t conclude that gambling addicts are prone to violent behaviors due to having a good number of losses at the casino. While there would be a significant increase in the stress in the relationship of an addict, I’d like to think people who are violent towards their partners are violent individuals and even without the aid of a gambling addiction, there may still be violent tendencies in that individual towards the spouse.

[PX-Z]

Although hardly will you notice anything like mood swing from me. But to easily know an addict, you can noticed the gambler mood just change from good to moody all of a sudden.

This is true, some of them are just quite about it but when someone jokingly approach them related to it or something that will trigger them they usually get mad and even ask for a fight on something. This is always what i observed since we have this kind of area like billiard station where other card games and gambling's activities are also done. And you will really see their reactions especially those person who are in losing streak, huge losses, anything similar.

[Hirose UK]

Of course, gambling addiction will have more significant negative impact compared to other problems.
Gambling addiction causes losses not only financially but also in several health aspects such as mental and psychological which can affect the performance of the human brain.
There are many problems that occur as result of gambling addiction and those who are addicted to gambling should be aware of this and it is important for them to recover quickly.
This will have worse impact if it is prolonged or over long period of time, they can also experience destruction if gambling addiction has really made the gambler lose consciousness and common sense.

The various problems or cases that previously occurred should be lesson or example for other gamblers who are not yet truly addicted to being able to avoid it by having control and restrictions from the start.
They must learn to control themselves and limit themselves and have good management.
And for gamblers who are already addicted, they must be able to realize that what they have done is big mistake, the first step is to reduce the intensity of gambling.
In this way, gambling addicts will have an awareness that will indirectly appear by itself and encourage desire to recover from addiction problems.

[Mr.suevie]

This issue is the most discussed issue in the gambling world nd from the way I see it, I think there is absolutely no way to actually get rid of it to it's fullest because for that happen then human nature needs to altered and edited with the glitch of greed removed because that's the sole cause of anything that gradually leads to an addiction. Greed is basically the forefather of the whole issue and if any man can watch himself and his greed then I think you are good to go.