Does anxiety have any effects on gambling ?

[Asiska02]

I am not an anxious person who is that eager or desperate of making winning from gambling, neither do I feels restless if I don't gamble for any day. Gambling is meant for fun and not for money making and even if other are so much desperate eager and wanting to win that doesn't affect me for any reason because when gambling I do apply responsible gambling practice without being carried away by winning or maybe becoming that anxious of winning.

Not everyone can actually be like this, many have fall in that category of being an anxious person because of the assurance they have in some bets and maybe an assurance given to them to be successful in a bet. So going all in and anxious about the outcome of a bet is very dangerous and can affect your overall risk management policies sets in to guide you. Gambling is not something to rush to because a game of luck doesn’t mean you should risk more or be so sure and anxious that the next bet will give you good returns after playing it.

[lionheart78]

Are you usually an anxious person?

I am not an anxious person but I cannot deny that anxiety sometimes hits me but it fades away easily.

I wonder if being anxious makes you more susceptible to being addicted to gambling or no?

It depends on the situation IMO.  If a person is anxious about having losses then this will serve as a wall against gambling addiction but if the person find gambling to escape from anxiety then it can help develop gambling addiction in a person.

If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others?

Worry downgrades confidence, so it is normal for a person with worry to feel unconfident.

Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins?

This is dependent on what the risk is and what the reward is.  If the risk outweighs the reward tremendously, then I would give up the opportunity.

Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?

Yes, some people find gambling to escape their anxiety.  They wanted to occupy their mind with something so that they will forget their worries.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

Are you usually an anxious person? I wonder if being anxious makes you more susceptible to being addicted to gambling or no?

If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others? Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins? Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?

Has gambling treated your anxiety or has it made it worse?

I only feel anxious whenever I nearly win a bet especially in sport betting, that makes me overthink to the point I can throw away my device when checking the score line. I prefer to be loosing my predictions in the beginning of my bet than ending, loosing it early makes me feel like it's normal, anticipates my mood to adapt to the system of that is how it is, but I get boiled down with so much depression and anxiety whenever 1 game destroyed my slip. I can't endure that scenerio.

[Sonia_123]

Are you usually an anxious person? I wonder if being anxious makes you more susceptible to being addicted to gambling or no?

If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others? Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins? Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?

Has gambling treated your anxiety or has it made it worse?

 Anxiety works in two ways, for some
Anxiety has a major role to play in gambling addiction, the symptom comes often when you have someone with generalized gambling disorder, because the person will always be angry whenever he loses his game also when stressed up and it makes gamblers lost control of themselves when they term to be anxious of winning their games, anyone with anxiety is suppose to stay away from gambling or maybe of badly interested should gamble less not often as others because it will definitely lead to addiction, aside from gambling addiction many of our health issues starts from anxiety .

While some persons use gambling to control anxiety because it reduces the urge that comes with gambling disorder, although gambling can be hard to control.

[topbitcoin]

Are you usually an anxious person? I wonder if being anxious makes you more susceptible to being addicted to gambling or no?

If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others? Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins? Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?

Has gambling treated your anxiety or has it made it worse?

I think the context is a little bit different in this case because the effect of anxiety actually boils down to the mentality that we have and maybe this will cause us to be careful but on the other hand this will only add to the problem rather than being the answer when we do gambling.

Those who have anxiety have an excessive level of anxiety which causes them to be less focused in doing anything and this cannot be forced to gamble because they are not careful but their weak mentality makes their own condition worse.

Don't overly equate anxiety with caution because clearly these are different things so I don't think this will fit or match the narrative you conveyed in the end because when someone has excessive anxiety then gambling is not a suitable place for them.

[Mindyspace]

I think anxiety can indeed make someone more vulnerable to gambling addiction. Many people seek quick relief, a distraction, in gambling, and this can turn into a dangerous cycle. Gambling may even alleviate anxiety for a while, but it usually worsens over time, especially with losses, debts, or regrets.

But could it be that by trying to escape anxiety, a person might end up creating an even bigger problem?

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others? Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins? Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?

Anxiety is an emotion and all emotions have an impact on the outcome of your gambling. When you have anxiety, there are many chances that you won't be able to take risks because you're scared and this makes it impossible to get some big wins that you would have gotten if only you weren't afraid. You need to be a risk taker if you want to constantly win. Your risk taking though shouldn't be such that can send you packing but in a moderated scales that you'll still be high on fund incase you want to continue playing. Gambling to me is all about mind games hence your emotions has to be on check always to avoid taking decisions that aren't going to favour you.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I think anxiety can indeed make someone more vulnerable to gambling addiction. Many people seek quick relief, a distraction, in gambling, and this can turn into a dangerous cycle. Gambling may even alleviate anxiety for a while, but it usually worsens over time, especially with losses, debts, or regrets.

But could it be that by trying to escape anxiety, a person might end up creating an even bigger problem?

Well, one thing I've always believed in is that a problem can not be solved by creating another potential problem, or by engaging oneself in what could turn out to be a another problem if care is not taken.

Each time I return from my business place not feeling ok, maybe I had a bad day which lead to me being anxious, I do not gamble, I would rather on my TV and watch an interesting movie, or watch some short funny clips on social media platforms like TikTok, Facebook and so.
This is because I have always believed that gambling while already anxious can indeed lead to alot of miscalculations, wrong choices and decisions which could give birth to unprecedented loses which obviously wasn't prepared for, and this could turn out to be another big problem.

[Y3shot]

I think anxiety can indeed make someone more vulnerable to gambling addiction. Many people seek quick relief, a distraction, in gambling, and this can turn into a dangerous cycle. Gambling may even alleviate anxiety for a while, but it usually worsens over time, especially with losses, debts, or regrets.

But could it be that by trying to escape anxiety, a person might end up creating an even bigger problem?

You are right. Going into gambling with anxiety may even make the situation worse. Some people take blind risks in gambling; people who engage in gambling with anxiety feel that if they gamble, they might win, which will make them happy.

However, gambling doesn't work that way because you can't predict the outcome of the game. Anxiety will lead to more anxiety, and at this state, one is supposed to stay away from gambling, as it is important for them.

[Ricardo11]

I think anxiety can indeed make someone more vulnerable to gambling addiction. Many people seek quick relief, a distraction, in gambling, and this can turn into a dangerous cycle. Gambling may even alleviate anxiety for a while, but it usually worsens over time, especially with losses, debts, or regrets.

But could it be that by trying to escape anxiety, a person might end up creating an even bigger problem?

You are right. Going into gambling with anxiety may even make the situation worse. Some people take blind risks in gambling; people who engage in gambling with anxiety feel that if they gamble, they might win, which will make them happy.

However, gambling doesn't work that way because you can't predict the outcome of the game. Anxiety will lead to more anxiety, and at this state, one is supposed to stay away from gambling, as it is important for them.

This type of thinking is definitely wrong, gambling to get rid of sadness, anxiety or stress is never right, because it can make the situation worse, because if you gamble when your mentality is a little anxious, and if you face more losses, your mentality will be worse and you will keep making more wrong decisions, which will bring about a worse situation for you. Therefore, it is better for those who are prone to anxiety or stress to stay away from gambling, at such times they should do some good physical work, such as playing sports or going somewhere, personally i think, going somewhere is much more effective in overcoming mental anxiety.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Of course as a good gambler would never in any way think of spending the whole weekly pay in gambling because there is no guarantee of doubling your weekly pay, rather it will still going to lead you into anxiety. Honestly, this is something that I would never in my life think of trying because gambling is not a place to make money overnight. Viewing it as an entertainment or having fun with only what you can afford to lose is definitely the best way to overcome anxiety.

Everyone is really different and I won't find it difficult to believe that there are some gambler that does that, even if not on the forum, but some gamblers spend more than a week paying in gambling within just a few days, although they could win sometimes but truthfully we know that it is very risky and there's no way the person will not be anxious while gambling with the amount of money that they depend so much on the outcome to be positive.

[summonerrk]

I think anxiety can indeed make someone more vulnerable to gambling addiction. Many people seek quick relief, a distraction, in gambling, and this can turn into a dangerous cycle. Gambling may even alleviate anxiety for a while, but it usually worsens over time, especially with losses, debts, or regrets.

But could it be that by trying to escape anxiety, a person might end up creating an even bigger problem?

You are right. Going into gambling with anxiety may even make the situation worse. Some people take blind risks in gambling; people who engage in gambling with anxiety feel that if they gamble, they might win, which will make them happy.

However, gambling doesn't work that way because you can't predict the outcome of the game. Anxiety will lead to more anxiety, and at this state, one is supposed to stay away from gambling, as it is important for them.

As a former poker fan, I can say that it is impossible to play this section of gambling if a person is constantly in a nervous state.
When a poker player is nervous, he will constantly believe that his opponents have strong cards after any bluff. And thus he will lose everything very quickly.
Poker, and any other part of gambling, we need to come exclusively in a very calm state and play with the money that we can afford to spend.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Are you usually an anxious person? I wonder if being anxious makes you more susceptible to being addicted to gambling or no?

If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others? Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins? Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?

Has gambling treated your anxiety or has it made it worse?

Anxiety can simply be referred as the feeling of fear or worry in it's general context, and as such, gambling is not a remedy to any form of anxiety. Because a person who is always worried before gambling, will still continue worrying even after gambling. Hence, it is never a solution to fear or worry. However, for a gambler to be worried or fear while gambling, then it practically simply means there must be certain factors that could have triggered such behavior in the gambler, because people don't just fear for nothing, of which I'm pretty much sure that this can only happen when a gambler borrows money to gambler and now been worried about the fear of losing his/her money?  Or maybe he gambler an amount he can't afford to lose, and start getting worried .

[rachael9385]

Yes, someone with anxiety that is gambling can become an addicted gambler, according to many reports, it was reported that people with anxiety are more likely to be prone to gambling and if they are, they are more likely to become addicted to gambling. Thinking of the future can be the reason for the anxiety and that could lead to them looking for money through gambling and the result will likely not be good at all.

I agree with that theory,  it's very easy for people who deal with anxiety issues to get addicted to gambling. They can start out by always chasing their losses and trying to recover out of fear of losing. Anxiety causes panic attacks and this is capable of affecting your cardiovascular system over a long period of time, lots of people that developed stroke starred out having anxiety disorder, this is very dangerous.

[Perfectbaby]

Yes, someone with anxiety that is gambling can become an addicted gambler, according to many reports, it was reported that people with anxiety are more likely to be prone to gambling and if they are, they are more likely to become addicted to gambling. Thinking of the future can be the reason for the anxiety and that could lead to them looking for money through gambling and the result will likely not be good at all.

I agree with that theory,  it's very easy for people who deal with anxiety issues to get addicted to gambling. They can start out by always chasing their losses and trying to recover out of fear of losing. Anxiety causes panic attacks and this is capable of affecting your cardiovascular system over a long period of time, lots of people that developed stroke starred out having anxiety disorder, this is very dangerous.

An anxious person is also characterized as someone who is so much desperate about something, and again, when someone is desperate about something they can do all things to make sure they find themselves into doing that particular thing which could easily create that channels of becoming addicted due to how desperate and eager they could be at that point in time, and anxious person can do whatever thing to make sure they have their way to what they desires that is why we must be careful to anyone who is that anxious or desperate about something.

[JunaidAzizi]

I am not an anxious person who is that eager or desperate of making winning from gambling, neither do I feels restless if I don't gamble for any day. Gambling is meant for fun and not for money making and even if other are so much desperate eager and wanting to win that doesn't affect me for any reason because when gambling I do apply responsible gambling practice without being carried away by winning or maybe becoming that anxious of winning.

I wish you to continue to maintain such a strong mental state, because I have read articles about gamblers who at first also believed that they were completely strong persons in a moral and volitional sense, but ultimately, due to the fact that there are so many outcomes on the screen - wins and losses, the psyche of such a person became unstable.

In this case, it is very important to play not with borrowed funds and not with your last money. But with those funds that you can easily lose without cutting your expenses for everyday needs.

Gambling can be more beautiful when you are doing it responsibly and with discipline. I like the way you both are thinking and setting your mindsets, but remember, no one is perfect, and they will unintentionally make mistakes, which can have more burdens than expected. Sometimes things do not go the way we thought, and when we are sitting in front of the screen, we only see losses and profits. That loss can affect their feelings and trigger them to place more and more bets to recover and stay profitable. Therefore, people who are well planned and have a strong mentality can easily be fooled by their emotions.

[Dunamisx]

Yes, someone with anxiety that is gambling can become an addicted gambler, according to many reports, it was reported that people with anxiety are more likely to be prone to gambling and if they are, they are more likely to become addicted to gambling. Thinking of the future can be the reason for the anxiety and that could lead to them looking for money through gambling and the result will likely not be good at all.

I agree with that theory,  it's very easy for people who deal with anxiety issues to get addicted to gambling. They can start out by always chasing their losses and trying to recover out of fear of losing. Anxiety causes panic attacks and this is capable of affecting your cardiovascular system over a long period of time, lots of people that developed stroke starred out having anxiety disorder, this is very dangerous.

Anxiety also have to do with the kind of temperament a gambler has, some have already discovered on this and made the necessary solutions they needed to effect in other to make not to experience abnormalities in gambling.

Managing anxiety is very important in this context, because it shoes that we are not gambling by being frustrated to anger when we missed out an opportunity to win, also, we are not expected to be running after loss, because such could also increase our anxiety level as we keep chasing after it.

[Oasisman]

I think it's safe to say that you're in no good position when you feel anxious, worried, or any feeling that is negative feeling while gambling.
I'm a bit anxious person; sometimes I feel anxious about most things that could happen as a result of my present actions. So, losing in gambling could be a huge barricade for me to never do gambling while I'm being attacked with anxiety.
It could be different for other people, though. However, gambling while bearing a negative feeling is not good. Negative feeling equates to bad luck.
 

[Floxynice]

Yes, someone with anxiety that is gambling can become an addicted gambler, according to many reports, it was reported that people with anxiety are more likely to be prone to gambling and if they are, they are more likely to become addicted to gambling. Thinking of the future can be the reason for the anxiety and that could lead to them looking for money through gambling and the result will likely not be good at all.

I agree with that theory,  it's very easy for people who deal with anxiety issues to get addicted to gambling. They can start out by always chasing their losses and trying to recover out of fear of losing. Anxiety causes panic attacks and this is capable of affecting your cardiovascular system over a long period of time, lots of people that developed stroke starred out having anxiety disorder, this is very dangerous.

I thought the reason for the anxiety is because they are gambling with what they cannot afford to lose, hence the panic whenever they gamble. Left for me, these panics is supposed to be  enough reason why they need to reduce the rate at which they gamble, instead of triggering the desire to gamble the more. The reality is, as much as they don't want to lose that money, greed still pushes them to take more risks they cannot handle. It Continues like that until they start chasing loses. Anxiety is not an exciting feeling,  what else would make them gamble over and over again if not greed?

[AmaGold70]

Are you usually an anxious person? I wonder if being anxious makes you more susceptible to being addicted to gambling or no?

If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others? Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins? Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?

Has gambling treated your anxiety or has it made it worse?

I'm not an anxious person but I understand that when you are anxious it takes the better part of you, anxiety has a way of keeping you from taking risks and there by making you miss opportunities though I feel like being anxious about something saves you from doing the wrong thing like making decisions that could make you lose money in gambling. Yes, anxiety have an effect in gambling and when ever I'm anxious about playing a game (I get anxious about a game once in a while)I leave it for some and give myself time to cool off and reflect on the decision I'm about to make before I play my game again.