Gamblers with addiction and deferred life syndrome

[bubilas]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life. What kind of syndrome is this?

Deferred life syndrome - is a psychological condition in which a person constantly postpones a full life, happiness and satisfaction of their needs to an indefinite future.

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

[Cointxz]

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

I think so. If they can do it on the wrong purpose then they can do it to for betterment. They just need the right motivation and guidance to do it the proper way.

I can relate to this because I have a lot of gambler friend that doesn’t spend much in their own but they can afford to lose huge amount when they are gambling.

The problem is setting their priorities in life.

[Free Market Capitalist]

I can relate to this because I have a lot of gambler friend that doesn’t spend much in their own but they can afford to lose huge amount when they are gambling.

I wasn't familiar with that specific syndrome, but I always think that someone who ends up like that is more likely a consequence of previous problems. I would bet pretty strongly that your friend doesn't have a loving and beautiful wife, several children, an excellent job, and great social relationships. You'll find very few people with these characteristics who end up with the problems described.

[joeperry]

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

First time hearing that syndrome, probably yes they can save themselves if they managed to hit a big win. That kind of effect to gamblers is really worse, imagine instead of living fully in the present, you will keep deferring joy and fulfillment because of your addiction. Probably this kind of behavior can still be saved by going through a professional and also moral support and help from the family members. I think still relying on gambling hoping to win big will just keep things worst.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life. What kind of syndrome is this?

Deferred life syndrome - is a psychological condition in which a person constantly postpones a full life, happiness and satisfaction of their needs to an indefinite future.

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

This happens when a gambler ties their happiness to securing a big win. He has already programmed himself to place a pause on normal living and only resume living fully when he achieves his mission. This is addiction pro max to gambling and such a person would gradually transition to full time depression if he doesn't achieve what he wants full time. He has initiated a very bad practice of securing loans to gamble and it worsened his addiction problems.

Such a person needs help and needs it very fast, he has started living only on the hope of getting a win from the casino and has gotten detached from living a normal life. Life has no meaning to him now until he wins a big amount from gambling, else he is as good as a ghost.

[Gozie51]

I don't think it is an unusual situation when you hope and depend on the gains from gambling. If you are so much hoping to win big or a certain amount before you go out there to enjoy the short time you have to live on earth then you are likely to suffer from being malnourished.

Gambling is for fun but if you are playing with the motive of winning big, don't allow the other aspect of your social live to be annihilated from you.

[mindrust]

Notice that drug addicts also follow the exact same pattern. First they eat up their own life savings, then they use their family reserves to buy drugs and in the end they start borrowing money and end up completely and irreversibly broke. That’s why having an addiction is dangerous and needs to be treated by the professionals. Some people think it will go away by itself but that happens very rarely. We need to teach people more about gambling responsibly and hopefully less people will fall in to that addiction trap and ruin their lives. Casinos don’t want people to become addicts too. It is because they want returning customers. Addicts often create problems and their financial life isn’t sustainable.

[gunhell16]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life. What kind of syndrome is this?

Deferred life syndrome - is a psychological condition in which a person constantly postpones a full life, happiness and satisfaction of their needs to an indefinite future.

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

I'm not familiar with this "deferred life syndrome." All I know is that once a gambler develops an addiction, they will surely find it difficult to recover and return to the normal person
they were before they became addicted to gambling.

We also know that once addiction sets in, it means the gambler's behavior will no longer be normal. And this is also where their relationship with their family, their personality,
and everything else will start to change.

[Ruttoshi]

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

No they wouldn't start living a bright life after a big win because the problem still lies which is addiction. Only addiction can make a gambler put gambling first in his life and deprive himself from a good life because he's no longer with his senses.

If he also hits the jackpot, he might at that moment but whatever he feels wil make him happy, but he will use majority of the money to gamble and lose it because he's still addicted and wouldn't be satisfied with whatever amount of money that he wins. Addiction steals away everything from you, because you will lack how to manage your finances. Gamble for fun and don't deprive yourself from the good things of life because life is short.

[BitGoba]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life. What kind of syndrome is this?

Deferred life syndrome - is a psychological condition in which a person constantly postpones a full life, happiness and satisfaction of their needs to an indefinite future.

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

Deferred Life Syndrome is when a person constantly postpones their happiness and well-being, hoping a big win from gambling or betting will fix everything. Problem gamblers rarely succeed by “saving on themselves” they usually end up losing health, money, and happiness while waiting for an uncertain win. The real solution is to live and take care of yourself now, instead of putting life on hold for gambling.

[Yaunfitda]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life. What kind of syndrome is this?

Deferred life syndrome - is a psychological condition in which a person constantly postpones a full life, happiness and satisfaction of their needs to an indefinite future.

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

More likely those are gamblers that went into depression as he eat worse and stopped buying clothes as he might be thinking about this debts and loans and how to pay for it. I'm not sure about Deferred life syndrome, it that is that condition then I don't know if it just applies to addicted gamblers. Even none gamblers can be categories as like that. Maybe they have issues as well in life not related to gamble and so they postpones a good and better life. On the contrary that's what we wanted to achieved in gambling, that one win that will change our lives for the better. Although again, statistics might show that those who have won big in gambling might return to their previous lives as they wasted their winning and donated it back to the casinos.

[bubilas]

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

First time hearing that syndrome, probably yes they can save themselves if they managed to hit a big win. That kind of effect to gamblers is really worse, imagine instead of living fully in the present, you will keep deferring joy and fulfillment because of your addiction. Probably this kind of behavior can still be saved by going through a professional and also moral support and help from the family members. I think still relying on gambling hoping to win big will just keep things worst.

I have heard that this syndrome is common to many people who are not even familiar with gambling, but simply try to save on everything, bringing their lives to the point of complete absurdity in terms of savings.
Of course, this is their personal choice. Such cases often happen to those who are trying to pay off their mortgage as quickly as possible, so as not to pay the bank a lot of interest for such a loan.
Most people who have been subject to this syndrome and then thought that “we need to live here and now” say that it is impossible to be happy living in such constant savings.
I believe that if a person’s character is mixed with: gambling addiction, some moral instability, weakness of character, then the result is such a “cocktail” that not even every clinical specialist or psychologist will be able to understand and help such a patient.

[michellee]

He needs to solve his gambling problems before starting a new life.
But they will difficult to win big in gambling because gambling is not the right place. Gambling is just a way to have fun. They should realize that so they will search for other ways to make money.

I don't know about deferred life syndrome but if they still delay their time to change, they will not see the opportunity to have a second life. He needs to leave gambling forever and start living. He deserves a second chance.

[Spaceman1000$]

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Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

This isn't right, first gambling deals with probability, so in probability you are not assured a certain result, so whatever hope of saving to enjoy in the future after a big win is out of place, because you might not likely get a big win, so the best thing is to take everyday as its goes, because hence you start developing the sense of having a big win, consistent gambling attempts that might not be favorable will start creeping in, which might not be too healthy for your mental capacity, so it's better to kill the entitlement mentality of a big win and free your mind, that way whether you lose or you win wouldn't become a thing of worry to you because you understand how gambling works..

[Charles-Tim]

I wasn't familiar with that specific syndrome, but I always think that someone who ends up like that is more likely a consequence of previous problems. I would bet pretty strongly that your friend doesn't have a loving and beautiful wife, several children, an excellent job, and great social relationships. You'll find very few people with these characteristics who end up with the problems described.

People with such problem will probably not have married. Also marriage can make people not to be stupid at times. Example is a research about those that have been trading until they are married, most of them losing stopped trading because of marriage. This has been discussed on this forum before but I could not find the thread. Sometimes it happened to people that are not even her planning to marry.

That does not also mean it can not happen to married people. There are few people that are married that are addicted to gambling. Some even led to a broken marriage. There is no two things that cause problem gambling than looking for money.

[Roseline492]

It depends on the addicted person because is not all of them that cannot use there initiative to work, in as much as they wouldn't leave gambling after but they would make  sure there is a good use of part of the money but the only challenges is that is possible to spend it back in gambling as time goes if the person doesn't win big or sustainable amount that would not give them a negative thinking because if there is no money for them to gamble the other place they invested some of the money will then become the gambling source again so that's the only disadvantage of an addicted gambler using part the money for business.

[Zlantann]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life. What kind of syndrome is this?

Deferred life syndrome - is a psychological condition in which a person constantly postpones a full life, happiness and satisfaction of their needs to an indefinite future.

Some gamblers suffer from these mental health problems since they believe that they will win big someday. I know some of them who will tell you their plans for the future when they will big. They can go to the extent of selling personal belongings and borrowing for gambling because they assume they are paying the price for a bright future.

Do you think problem gamblers can save themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

The news of people who won big and later became poor is more popular than those who maximize their wins. Human wants are insatiable, so these gamblers might have a bigger mental picture of their future. Instead of being satisfied with modest houses and cars, they might want to increase their bets so that they can own mansions, a private jet, and a yacht. But if I were in their shoes, a single big win is enough to give me the good life I crave.

[coin-investor]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life.

That's depression associated with gamblers who lose control and rake in massive losses; these losses haunt them, and unless they take a break from gambling, they will continue to live in that syndrome. To cure this, they need intervention from their family and rehabilitation at a facility with the help of a professional.

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

Absolutely not; they will continue to incur losses as long as they continue to gamble, creating a vicious cycle. Winning cannot cure this; only intervention can.

[DiMarxist]

When I read an article about a gambler with addiction, I noticed that he often mentioned that when he started to accumulate debts among friends, and loans from banks, he began to eat worse, stopped buying new clothes. He began to live in the Syndrome of Deferred Life. What kind of syndrome is this?

Deferred life syndrome - is a psychological condition in which a person constantly postpones a full life, happiness and satisfaction of their needs to an indefinite future.

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

This is a very great point you highlighted out here.
Deferred Life Syndrome truly captures what many problem gamblers go through. The hope of a "big win" becomes the reason so many addicted gamblers tolerate hardship, delay personal growth, and sacrifice their well-being.
I believe many addicted gamblers don’t realize how deep they’ve sunk because they convince themselves that they’re just “one win away” from turning everything around. In reality, that future rarely comes, and even when it does, it's often not enough to reverse the damage done.
In the case of sports betting, I’ve noticed the same pattern. People chase losses thinking the next weekend’s match will be the lucky one. Instead of setting limits or seeking help, they hold onto the illusion of a future payout that justifies their current suffering.
The solution probably starts with awareness, acknowledging the cycle, seeking support, and understanding that real life shouldn’t be on hold for a gamble that may never pay off. You made a nice and educated thread there nice one.

[Stepstowealth]

Do you think problem gamblers can save on themselves to start living in the "bright future" they hope for after a big win at the casino?
The same goes for problem bettors and sports betting.

It is going to be difficult for a problem gambler to do so. Because of how messed up mentality of some of these gamblers have become from excessive gambling. After a big win, you find some of these gamblers first planning out the money they hope to invest back into gambling instead of making some efforts to get some basic needs like good clothes and even good food. This particular issue is not only special to gamblers but is a general problem with everyone who is fighting addiction because addicts will in most cases give importance to their addictions first before their well-being.