Bragging About Losses, Is Addiction Slowly Settling?

[Obim34]

A quick question to the gambling community.

In a sitting among friends that gamble too, certain discussions begins to kick in when everyone shares their gambling experience how it has affected them with benefits and how it has caused them financial problems.

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

[Ojima-ojo]

Depending on what the loses is based on, if you are gambling with at least 1% of you monthly income, if you lose you won't have so much financial burden on you, but if you are someone that gamble with high amount and expecting to win a jackpot someday.

The constant losing is a big addictions waiting to explode, this is because at such a point you be determined to do everything to win your target and by so doing you start losing it from the very foundation, until you become fully addicted to chasing a direction just to recover.

[Mia Chloe]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

Who brags about losses in the first place? Nobody is happy losing their money regardless of it's for fun like most people describe or not. What I believe they may be discussing about is how close they were to a jackpot of which they may end up teasing themselves about. Addiction sets it when you take gambling too seriously.

This happens most times when people begin to expect too much from gambling and hoping or planning on unsecured bet and  by unsecured I'm referring to bets that haven't been won yet.

[Cointxz]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

It depends on how he brags it. Your topic is about gambling losses so it’s normal that you will compete about who loses the most same when talking about your gambling profit. It’s just common shenanigans of man when it comes to normal conversation with friends.

Addiction is something that you can’t control your gambling activities. If you are losing big while it’s already out of your budget that you can afford to lose then that’s the time that it might be an addiction.

But in a normal conversation that exaggeration is possible, you can’t judge it as addiction immediately.

[Perfectbaby]

I didn't see any reason to sit and brags about loses but if it was about winning only then we can assumed such person is profitable gambler hence I wouldn't mind asking him to give me some of analysis when next he would place bets or so... I don't think it would also leads to addiction as it just merely heartfelt discussion and of a true it's good to be open to each other if any one of you are facing difficulties with addiction such discussion could help someone who is already addicted to gambling.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

None,
It just like minds sharing their experiences in different ways that makes them feel comfortable in public, no bettor will ever announce his weakness to the public that he/she is an irresponsible gambler, they will all portray the image of someone that have benefited off gambling even if it may not be so. I have stopped gambling long time ago but i still explain the benefit i got from gambling and how it helped me clear some bills, does that mean i am an addict? NO

You cant view group of bettors bragging to be irresponsible and addict, they may be having some good times together while expressing freely how gambling helped their lives in a way or another.

[Findingnemo]

Usually, they will start hiding about the loss rather than expressing it, so just assuming this is a normal conversation, this is just friends talking about gambling and how it went for them. But if they are keep talking about gambling and connecting everything they do in real life with betting is a concerning thing and if other notices that then they should let the person know that he is overly talking about gambling and ask him to take a break from it for a while.

[AbuBhakar]

A quick question to the gambling community.

In a sitting among friends that gamble too, certain discussions begins to kick in when everyone shares their gambling experience how it has affected them with benefits and how it has caused them financial problems.

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

The discussion is about gambling problems which means you are sharing and admitting your mistakes on gambling that is a sign of yielding to your mistakes and good to fight gambling problems.

I can’t determine if it’s gambling addiction problem already or just a simple gambling effect after losing but most important is you are sharing which a gambling addict rarely do unless they are already on the process of healing.

Addiction always start when you keep secret your losses while you still gambling just to recover it.

[AVE5]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

I doubt if a reasonable person will ever brag about looses. You're only expected as a responsible gambler to take courage and don't have to let you loosing emotions weigh you down so that we can always treat gambling as a game for entertainment and not making profits.
So anyone bragging about lost depends on the context of the approach. But at most lost is not worth bragging while most who may do that are the blind addicts who doesn't realize they've become victims.

[Su-asa]

A quick question to the gambling community.

In a sitting among friends that gamble too, certain discussions begins to kick in when everyone shares their gambling experience how it has affected them with benefits and how it has caused them financial problems.

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

Actually only someone who don't have anything important to do will sitedown among friends to argue who has lost more than the other person when it home to gamble. If you guys were bragging about the most successful winners in gamble, it would have been a lot more better than arguing who lhas lost more. But although, in a situation like this I'm sure that it's another discussion that brings up this particular argument. But to be truthful, this is not supposed to be argued about.

[passwordnow]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

If it's already in the past, then that's given to say how much they've lost before. And that's for the others to know that they've been into that state of being addicted to gambling and overcoming it. That could be signs that they have been addicted and if it's still happening now, then that proves on how addicted they are. But people should be serious with the implications of it and not just all about the talks. Because in person, there could be more damaging things than on how much they have lost and what they're bragging about.

[Moreno233]

A quick question to the gambling community.

In a sitting among friends that gamble too, certain discussions begins to kick in when everyone shares their gambling experience how it has affected them with benefits and how it has caused them financial problems.

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

This is common among friends when they want to brag about who have thicker skin, it has nothing to do with addiction. I have done it with friends many times especially if we play a common game and it fails, we will not allow those that play small amount to complain. Next time we will still discuss betting together and sometimes someone will bring a booked game and we will still bet and follow the game till finish after which we either celebrate together or cry together.

[Agbamoni]

No. It is a normal thing to brag about your win or your loss. When you almost get lucky perhaps one game stopping the loss, there is nothing wrong to brag about how close you were to winning. It has nothing to do with addiction.

Bragging about your loss is basically a way of showing how confident you are on your bet and how possibly you can win by making good analysis. What will lead you to addiction is if, you chase your loss or your wins.

[OgNasty]

A quick question to the gambling community.

In a sitting among friends that gamble too, certain discussions begins to kick in when everyone shares their gambling experience how it has affected them with benefits and how it has caused them financial problems.

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

Maybe it is a case of misery loves company. Maybe it is a case of things being so bad all you can do is laugh. In any event, I don’t see any harm in it. It is probably preferable than hearing about someone’s best wins. I personally like discussing my losses more than my wins because I want to discuss something without making it appear I’m bragging.

[Wiwo]

Really, those guys have all that time to keep discussing about gambling loses, they must be very jobkess to ponder on things that hurt them in some ways, losing is not always good and no excitement comes from it, this is the reason that we tray to forget our loses as quick as we csn to avoid leaving the scars around.

Having a brag with friends about your loses can be a foolish way of cashing fun and yes this is another form of gambling addictions i agree with you..

Gambling is privacy is the best way to gamble, and discussing gambling relate topics with out gambler's friends is bad just as sharing ideas with someone you share bad habits with, you can never get a good advice from such companies.

[reefsea]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

Actually I wonder why most gamblers are always proud of their losses when this should be a personal matter. However boasting about gambling losses seems to be commonplace these days. Some of my friends even do the same thing when sending messages on social media or at social events as if it were an achievement when clearly it is not something to be proud of.

While this might not be an issue for some gamblers, for me, winning and losing in gambling is more of a personal matter, and I prefer to keep it private without sharing it with others, especially those who still gamble. This is because it’s not particularly beneficial to do. sothere’s nothing to gain from boasting about our wins and losses. However sometimes people are too eager for validation which makes this a bit more complicated.

[Charles-Tim]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

I can not be boasting because of losses that I have in gambling but I can easily tell friends that I lost a bet and also tell them how much that I lost for the bet. It is usually a small amount of money that I am not ashamed to tell friends. So it depends on the amount of money that you lost in relation to the amount of money that you are earning. If it is just 1% of the money that you earn, that is not bad.

[kotajikikox]

A quick question to the gambling community.

In a sitting among friends that gamble too, certain discussions begins to kick in when everyone shares their gambling experience how it has affected them with benefits and how it has caused them financial problems.

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

No, mate. The setting you just described sounds like your typical friendly banter. Bragging about it may be odd but at the end you are just talking to your friends. You have to ask yourself which one’s better, bragging about our losses or bragging about our wins?

The moment we start bragging on about our wins, I think that’s when your behavior can start getting questionable.

[Samlucky O]

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

On a norm, gambling is not really easy to win that much. the fact here is that casinos doesn't even give you the opportunity to have edge over them. So bear it in mind that wining is difficult, so in a place where groups of friends are gathered and they begin to explain their experience in Gambling on how they lose several times, then it is not addiction but a normal case scenario. Except for the fact that some of them explain the extent at which they've gone in making sure they win, before you can identify those  that where addicted. Let's say if any of them explain how he has been taking loan to gamble or selling his belongings, gambling with whatever he has, or even using hisomey meant for another thing to gamble. Only will you identity that it was addiction. But aside that all other form of loses are just a normal case.

[Dave1]

A quick question to the gambling community.

In a sitting among friends that gamble too, certain discussions begins to kick in when everyone shares their gambling experience how it has affected them with benefits and how it has caused them financial problems.

Do you think at such a stage when you all begin to brag about who has gotten the biggest losses, is a sign of addiction settling in or a bunch of irresponsible gamblers sitting.

I don't think that anyone will tell someone how much they've lost. I never heard gamblers bragging it, only they tell the good side, when they are winning and it's like they are hiding their losses on how much it is or how big they have been losing let's say in just a week.

And again, addiction or sign of addiction is hard to detect from the outside as we don't what others or we are good at hiding our gambling habit. Only we can see sign of addiction when the person is really turning into someone. Like what we have discussed many times already, getting a loan, can't pay it, work is being affected, his/her relationship with his loves, live ruined, etc.