Does anxiety have any effects on gambling ?

[Antotena]

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?

People can be anxious for different reasons. First, if they are not experienced before and they are trying to start their first experience, you are going to be anxious for doing something you have never done before. You can be anxious for playing casino games that are tricky and very sensitive to win or maybe have some difficult levels you have been trying to achieve and lastly, the worst of them is the water. If you are using money you have never wager before, you are going to have fears.

Above all, the risk of putting money is the main reason why anyone can be anxious about gambling. If you are gambling money that you are not sure of risking in the first place, you are going have fears in you especially if it's the one that is going to make with a risky game and money you need badly. You will be having 50:50 share of mind, like should I do it or I should not, maybe I will be lucky, just different things will be coming to your mind.

[DaNNy001]

Most of my friends with anxiety are gamblers and enjoy taking risks.
Gambling under stress and anxiety often causes you to lose money.
When an anxious person becomes a gambling addict, they become even more anxious.
We need to control our emotions..

People dealing with anxiety turn to gambling as a way to become less anxious...Gambling shouldn't be used a coping mechanism to avoid depression, emotional trauma or anxiety...like you said, an anxious person has a high chance of becoming addicted to gambling...Gambling only makes anxiety worse and this is dangerous because of the risks that comes with it, this is capable of becoming am issue to a persons health

[purple_sparkles]

Most of my friends with anxiety are gamblers and enjoy taking risks.
Gambling under stress and anxiety often causes you to lose money.
When an anxious person becomes a gambling addict, they become even more anxious.
We need to control our emotions..

People dealing with anxiety turn to gambling as a way to become less anxious...Gambling shouldn't be used a coping mechanism to avoid depression, emotional trauma or anxiety...like you said, an anxious person has a high chance of becoming addicted to gambling...Gambling only makes anxiety worse and this is dangerous because of the risks that comes with it, this is capable of becoming am issue to a persons health

Anxiety is not the main factor that influences the presence of gambling addiction. Usually, if a person is anxious, they will find a reason or outlet for their anxiety. The same applies to other traits such as impulsiveness or laziness. I don’t think that having anxiety is any kind of clear indicator. What matters more are a person’s outlook on life and their interests.

[harapan]

I feel like if you are an anxious person, gambling should be one of the last things you should do. Gambling can be stressful, and if you pair that with anxiety, it's a disaster waiting to happen. Also, I can't think of any reason how gambling will be able to "treat" someone's anxiety. So overall, if you are an anxious person, avoid gambling.

Anxiousness leads to desperation,and desperation leads to addiction.sometimes we mistakes our desires for something else and we hope and think gambling can fortify that for us, and forgetting that we can't handle the situation when it gets out of hand. More especially combining anxiety and gambling can be very tempting and disastrous and I'll always advice to keep anxiety away while gambling.

[EarnOnVictor]

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

Anxiety can make you addicted to gambling, it must be cautioned before it aggravates. Anxiety is a very bad mental issue that will develop into compulsiveness if care is not taken. If it is gambling-related, then you will be anxious to gamble over and over again, which is a problem.

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?

The result of that is mixed. If you've recognised it as an issue, you might be cautious indeed, and that could make you gamble with less risk. Either way, this is better, because no emotional gambler wins in the end.

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

Gambling cannot treat your anxiety, it's a psychological thing. It's you who needs to fight from within.

[summonerrk]

It seems to me that there are not many people in the world who are anxious in themselves, and anxiety is caused by external factors or internal thoughts.
For example, if someone has problems with money and he constantly thinks about how to pay off debts. He has problems at work, and generally lives in a country where the financial situation is bad, then such a guy will be constantly in an anxious state.
Now imagine that such a person will see in gambling an opportunity to improve his economic situation, of course, eventually this guy will start losing, and then he will not only become anxious but he will even need medical help. Drugs for calming.

[xenomorfo]

Anxiety is not only exhibited by addicted gamblers only, any can show anxiety especially when they have taken huge risk. In other words, the moment a gambler invest what he cannot afford to lose, he will be gripped by anxiety throughout the entire the game is not settled and when the game is settle against him, then comes the pain and regrets. To avoid anxiety, a gambler should only used what he can afford to lose for gambling.

Yes, that's right, Odohu. i was speaking generally. Anyone can experience anxiety for any reason. i was speaking generally about gamblers.
When you're still a new player you have a lot of anxiety, then as you become experienced and addicted the anxiety disappears.
Generally, it varies from person to person.

[xenomorfo]

With these, anger management is very important, because we cant be gambling with the expectation that things always fall in our own direction, there could be lots of disappointments in gambling, but when we are prepared for it, it will be treated as something easy to handle, because we are not so anxious of it coming, those that have issues with anxiety needs to learn how they could manage their anger in respect to gambling, this will help a lot to have the best from it, if not, they can be always disappointed and this can lead to frustration.

It is always important to control anger Doan9269 regardless of whether it is in gambling or not, even in real life if you get angry you do nothing but move on from the wrong and harm yourself, do not believe that getting angry does not do anything to your body.
Free to believe but free radicals that do no good

[shield132]

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?

Yeah, from my experience, anxiety has an effect on gambling. Once I lost money that was a lot of money for me for that time and I deposited the same amount of money to recover my losses but I lost what I deposited too, so I felt a huge anxiety, almost like a panic attack. I accidentally felt the rush of energy that comes with adrenaline and started doing pushups to spend this energy on something. I cried a lot that night but I haven't made such a mistake ever since that day and I'm actually in profit against the casino, so I'm doing fine and I only gamble for fun now.

[Oluwa-btc]

Personally,l so much believe that anxious persons should never attempt Gambling because that shit takes a toll on someone naturally and how much more been much of a gambler.You should know that an anxious person who gambles is a dangerous person;it's emotionally stressful and mentally draining for someone.

[rachael9385]

It's better to be anxious and avoid gambling, than gambling and run at big loss. Anxiety can make you make wrong decisions and start chasing your losses which can lead to addiction. I am not an axious person but my friend is. Whenever, he's gambling, he's always after winning big and it doesn't work for him.

If I am with him, I do advise him to gamble responsible and not to gamble for profits and start chasing his losses but let him accept his loss.

Accepting losses can be one of the most difficult thing to do as a gambler, it takes discipline to lose and stop gambling immediately. Anxiety would only make you lose more just like you said, but my take on this is that only poor gamblers get anxious when gambling because they might panic after losing or get worried about losing what they have. Gamblers can get anxious but don't let it control you

[Nwada001]

It is always important to control anger Doan9269 regardless of whether it is in gambling or not, even in real life if you get angry you do nothing but move on from the wrong and harm yourself, do not believe that getting angry does not do anything to your body.
Free to believe but free radicals that do no good

Anger is something that we can't really say we don't get. Most times you just unexpectedly run into something that will change your mood. It's now how you are able to handle the anger in you at that moment that will determine how it will react or what it will do to your body. If you allow it to control you, it will lead you into doing something that you (the person) will not be proud of when the anger is quenched in you.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

It's better to be anxious and avoid gambling, than gambling and run at big loss. Anxiety can make you make wrong decisions and start chasing your losses which can lead to addiction. I am not an axious person but my friend is. Whenever, he's gambling, he's always after winning big and it doesn't work for him.

If I am with him, I do advise him to gamble responsible and not to gamble for profits and start chasing his losses but let him accept his loss.

Accepting losses can be one of the most difficult thing to do as a gambler, it takes discipline to lose and stop gambling immediately. Anxiety would only make you lose more just like you said, but my take on this is that only poor gamblers get anxious when gambling because they might panic after losing or get worried about losing what they have. Gamblers can get anxious but don't let it control you

It is much more difficult to accept defeat and stop gambling immediately after losing, but this must be done responsibly. What is the purpose of gambling? The purpose of gambling is entertainment and here losses will come very naturally, and you have to think about this from the very beginning and create a mindset of accepting defeat within yourself. Here the gambler who can stop himself at the right time can win in the real sense, but when the activity reaches an excessive level in any way, then it will definitely be seen negatively, so one must be careful about this and limit and manage one's activities responsibly in a disciplined manner, losing control here will lead the gambler to danger.

[Shinpako09]

Personally,l so much believe that anxious persons should never attempt Gambling because that shit takes a toll on someone naturally and how much more been much of a gambler.You should know that an anxious person who gambles is a dangerous person;it's emotionally stressful and mentally draining for someone.

Indeed, there’s a high possibility they can’t handle too much stress. Unless that person happens to get a green streak, but we all know our chances of winning. Coupled with their condition, gambling really isn’t a good thing for them. It’s already hard for a normal person to resist addiction and avoid making rash decisions in gambling, so what more if you’re dealing with anxiety? Not to mention, anxiety comes in different levels, and what if your condition gets even worse because of gambling? That’s a serious problem.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Most of my friends with anxiety are gamblers and enjoy taking risks.
Gambling under stress and anxiety often causes you to lose money.
When an anxious person becomes a gambling addict, they become even more anxious.
We need to control our emotions..

People dealing with anxiety turn to gambling as a way to become less anxious...Gambling shouldn't be used a coping mechanism to avoid depression, emotional trauma or anxiety...like you said, an anxious person has a high chance of becoming addicted to gambling...Gambling only makes anxiety worse and this is dangerous because of the risks that comes with it, this is capable of becoming am issue to a persons health

Though I know exactly what anxiety means, but I just checked a English dictionary on my mobile phone to find out and be very sure of that the word "anxiety, and being anxious" truly mean, and below are the definition or explanations of the meaning as I copied it from the dictionary and unedited.

1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).

And my own opinion on this matter is that, someone who is already in such a state of mind should totally be discouraged from going into gambling because there is a high chance that his case or issue with anxiety may worsen, most especially when he or she is not able to make any winnings that could calm his nerves, but rather entertained loses, depression may set in which as you said, may put the victim in a bad mental and health state, his or her life may as well be at risk at such a stage.

[Akbarkoe]

Most of my friends with anxiety are gamblers and enjoy taking risks.
Gambling under stress and anxiety often causes you to lose money.
When an anxious person becomes a gambling addict, they become even more anxious.
We need to control our emotions..

People dealing with anxiety turn to gambling as a way to become less anxious...Gambling shouldn't be used a coping mechanism to avoid depression, emotional trauma or anxiety...like you said, an anxious person has a high chance of becoming addicted to gambling...Gambling only makes anxiety worse and this is dangerous because of the risks that comes with it, this is capable of becoming am issue to a persons health

Anxiety varies. If someone is aware that they are prone to anxiety, they should manage their finances well. This way, their anxiety will not harm them in gambling. They should act more carefully in everything they do, including gambling, unless they don't recognize their own anxiety, which can lead them to lose themselves in gambling.

This principle is crucial, even for those without anxiety. They must know themselves and know how to control it. Otherwise, it's just nonsense and will easily harm them. Anxiety is human, but some people have it in excess. So, the key is to know yourself before doing anything, because anxiety will kill common sense in your actions.

[Yablee0]

In most cases I have seen people in anxiety, it does not help the situation at hand, instead get it more worse, the better we know and understand the consequences of going in anger and prepare ahead towards avoiding it than when we are in it and things go wrong, we need to learn how we can attend to situations with calm, not everything deserves a harsh hand, instead we have to be more lenient on each other and continue to endure some situations till something different happens, because to be calm at every situation is not because we are not having what to say or do, but we understand the impact of any wrong moves we made through anxiety and to prevent such from happening, we have to take heed and be calm at all situations.

I'm making emphasis on this bold part because you are making some  point there, it's not every situation that comes up in life that you need to attend to urgently, sometimes take a deep breath, be silent at times to enable you think straight, act like you are weak but you  aren't, critically look into the situations carefully before taking any actions that you wouldn't later regret. Anxiety has made so many folks take biter decision that lead to their later disaster.

Even in our daily gambling activities anxiety can be cloud your sense of reasoning in making decisions that can't aid a successful or big win. However anxiety is a sign of weakness, don't let anxiety take over your right frame of mind in making sensitive decisions otherwise you will learn the hardest way.

[adaseb]

I think if someone has alot of anxiety then gambling is the last thing they would want to try. However people with these types of mental disorders can become easily addicted to gambling and other substance abuse or alcohol.

Normally when someone has little money, they are afraid of losing it, so that anxiety is normal. However if someone has a mental disorder usually they also have little money but they gamble it all away easily. So normally a person like that needs to stay away from gambling or anything else that is considered addictive. Someones life is already negative and if they end up losing their entire paycheck it only makes it worse and worse and hence they need to seek help for these issues.

[₿itcoin]

It seems to me that there are not many people in the world who are anxious in themselves, and anxiety is caused by external factors or internal thoughts.
For example, if someone has problems with money and he constantly thinks about how to pay off debts. He has problems at work, and generally lives in a country where the financial situation is bad, then such a guy will be constantly in an anxious state.
Now imagine that such a person will see in gambling an opportunity to improve his economic situation, of course, eventually this guy will start losing, and then he will not only become anxious but he will even need medical help. Drugs for calming.

Debt and feeling like you are always in a financial struggle is just like the fast-track to anxiety & indeed many people in that situation resort to gambling with hopes of a solution. It goes without saying that debt stress is one of the causes of problem gambling and vice versa.

When a person has been hooked in, the gambling process may go all the way to state of mind impairments & it is not only stress but also anxiety disorders and panic attacks. Pathological gamblers are usually subjected to unending financial pressure, guilt & fear issues, which provoke actual psychological symptoms.

The reality is that gambling is not some sort of instant solution that people seek for and most of the times they have to take not only medical support but also emotional attention. bruh , it is just a vicious cycle.

[l3pox]

I feel like if you are an anxious person, gambling should be one of the last things you should do. Gambling can be stressful, and if you pair that with anxiety, it's a disaster waiting to happen. Also, I can't think of any reason how gambling will be able to "treat" someone's anxiety. So overall, if you are an anxious person, avoid gambling.

Anxiousness leads to desperation,and desperation leads to addiction.sometimes we mistakes our desires for something else and we hope and think gambling can fortify that for us, and forgetting that we can't handle the situation when it gets out of hand. More especially combining anxiety and gambling can be very tempting and disastrous and I'll always advice to keep anxiety away while gambling.

I'm not sure if desperation always leads to addiction, it can lead to hopelessness too
to a state where the person don't move, have no motivation in life, not even to do basic things, not even to chase drugs (even if the drug is psychological and not a substance, like we see with gambling)
but yes, it could lead to addiction too