Bragging About Losses, Is Addiction Slowly Settling?

[Tipstar]

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 would not generalize people just for the conversations. People when talking in groups, are likely to talk about their bad moments in their life as a way to lighten up from the stress. I personally had such experience where I was dying while hiding the fact that I lost a large amount in gambling. I was going into depression till I shared it with somebody and sharing the sadness did lightened up my mood. Repeating it might also make people aware of what extreme they have been to and try to be more responsible gambler. But that can't be said true for everyone as its upto personal willpower than anything else when it comes to either being addicted or not.

[retreat]

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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's a bit ridiculous when someone brags about their big losses. It should be something to regret, not something to brag about like it's a major accomplishment. I think people like this are just trying to feel brave and attention-seeking, as if a big loss is proof they've played at a high level. Unless it's a big win, then it's just ridiculous to brag about their losses.

[xenomorfo]

Yup, though there are shared stories about tough losses but most likely there are shared stories about victories, those kind of experienced that brings interest to those who are not engage yet to gambling, but for sure those who are sharing bad experienced and losses, they can be used as basis to prevent doing the same thing and to initially gives early advise that with mistakes they can lose lots of money.

Oh well, whoever wins is unlikely to say so, because it could not only attract envy, but it could also attract dangerous actions on the part of unsavory people. However, if you lose, practically no one cares. And this is certainly one of the factors why we find stories about those who lose and not those who win.

[Zigabel]

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.

It may not be really addiction setting in at the time but if you have to start keeping scores or begin to gamble in a very erratic manner such that you loose your money so much at once just because you want to have a story with which you can brag with in such conversations, then you likely begin to develop addictive tendencies unknowingly to you because  that will fuel an unhealthy gambling habit  that you will just want to keep gambling non stop not because you want to win or gamble right but because you are trying  to prove a point which will actually be regrettable.

[Agbe]

I don't know how others view gambling. Gambling is the act and not the discussion. It is only when you involved yourself in the act (gambling at the time). You might be a gambling addict before and probably you are no more gambling again. And paraventually, you sit among your friends and they are discussing about gambling, definitely you will have something to contribute because you have gotten the experience so that is not gambling or gambling addict or it will not lead to any o the above mentioned.

[Bigjoe33]

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.

That's just it. No one brags about loses or poor performance, No!

We all wish for growth and success in all we do. So sitting and bragging about losses and how badly they have done in there games is a sign of joblessness or irresponsibility or maybe, they are just catching fun and hopping for a better turn out consequently.

I think when it gets to the level of borrowing money to gamble, with hopes of getting all your money back is a sign that addiction is setting in. We must be careful and avoid it.

[Youngrebel]

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.

Discussing about your losses amongst your friends is a good one I'll say. Atleast amongst your different friends who are sitted in the discussion there'll be that person who would be sensible enough to bring reasonable points of  the huge cost of the losses to you all and might suggest for you all to leave the gambling and possibly other suggestions would likely come up. Hence you have reasons to leave and do something else.
Sharing ideas together as friends helps to breed positive and fruitful returns.
But the bad one would be when you are amongst the wrong set of friends that would make the wrongs seem like ots a right. That is certainly a wrong click of gathering and would only drag you backwards.
Hence the need for everyone to check the type of friends they keep. Because the level of your success sometimes also depends largely on the type of people around you.

[HelliumZ]

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.

If he discusses the losses of gambling with friends, he may feel remorse and promise in his mind that he will not participate in gambling. In this case, he may develop a mindset to keep himself away from gambling and he may gradually come out of his gambling addiction.
The opposite can also happen, especially if someone discusses the subject of losses in gambling, then the challenge of recovering past losses may arise in his mind. Due to this challenge, he may become strongly addicted to gambling again. So, if someone discusses the subject of losses, both possibilities can arise.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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" to the former question and also "No" to the latter question as well, so the answer to both of your questions is No, I don't know what others think about this but my reason for saying No to both question is this..

You and I should already know that in gambling, between winning and losing, the most common one is losing, it's normal thing to lose in gambling and sometimes, we come together with our friends to chitchat, one thing could lead to another and we begin bragging about who has encountered the most loses in their gambling activities, all this for fun and laughter and nothing more, this does not mean we all are addicted gamblers or that we are irresponsible gamblers.

Does getting scammed makes you stupid? The honest answer is "No", then losing money in gambling does not mean you are irresponsible or addicted.

[Cyber_warrior]

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’s not proper, what is the person going to gain by bragging about loss? Everyone is always proud and happy whenever they win, so I don’t know why someone will be bragging when they lose.

Is it’s that the person is trying to show people that he gambles frequently or he stakes high? Because I don’t think any reasonable person will be outside bragging about their loss. Anyone I see bragging about the amount of money they have lost, and the person keeps on gambling, then I will say the person is addicted to gambling already, and the person is an irresponsible gambler.

[Orpichukwu]

Oh well, whoever wins is unlikely to say so, because it could not only attract envy, but it could also attract dangerous actions on the part of unsavory people. However, if you lose, practically no one cares. And this is certainly one of the factors why we find stories about those who lose and not those who win.

You are right. Winning, especially in an insured society, brings about dangerous attacks from those who are close to you and outsiders who only have to hear about your winning. Not that they really care about who you are, but they are attracted to the money which has been won and are looking for a way to steal it from you.

[Fortify]

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.

Who is even doing this? Sharing the amount you've lost is the opposite of bragging, it's showing you recognize the futility of gambling and accept it as an almost inevitable outcome. Well run casinos pay their owners (at least the ones we can publicly see) up to hundreds of millions of dollar a year in profits. Each of those profits come from games and odds that are strategically engineered to take money from players, they do this very well - we are lucky if they throw a few scraps back in the way of free bets.

[bangjoe]

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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's a bit ridiculous when someone brags about their big losses. It should be something to regret, not something to brag about like it's a major accomplishment. I think people like this are just trying to feel brave and attention-seeking, as if a big loss is proof they've played at a high level. Unless it's a big win, then it's just ridiculous to brag about their losses.

People who do that kind of thing are people who need validation of what you mentioned, considered brave, considered to have a lot of money because of big bets, it makes them confident and arrogant, this kind of behavior often happens in my environment as well if you meet friends who have gambling activities, even though if we talk in the world of investment or in the business world, people who often lose means that they are still stupid and that cannot be proud of even though they have a large capital, instead they are laughed at.

[SamReomo]

I discuss gambling everyday with friends even when I don't play, we share our past glory and lose in gambling, that doesn't make us an addicts. Gambling discussion is a regular men talk, so don't make meaning out of it.

It's strange to hear that you discuss gambling everyday with your friends because I rarely discuss something about gambling to my friends because it's somewhat out of topic for us.

Surely, sometimes I do discuss my wins and losses but only rarely because I've not yet lost much in gambling and even profits aren't that high. So for me it's good to gamble and have fun but it's not needed to discuss it with everyone including my friends.

[Fiasem20]

Of what benefit would it be bragging for losses in respect to gambling,instead of conserving on matters that would be profitable in the long term.I wouldn’t even encourage anyone to even brag about their wins in gambling,there’s nothing to brag about in gambling,you might be bragging about your wins and some close to you might be receiving the information and think of adding more effort to his/her gambling habit believing that they may become lucky and hit the jackpot if they’re more consistent.Though people do share their gambling history among friends but that shouldn’t be an all the time thing.

[xenomorfo]

You are right. Winning, especially in an insured society, brings about dangerous attacks from those who are close to you and outsiders who only have to hear about your winning. Not that they really care about who you are, but they are attracted to the money which has been won and are looking for a way to steal it from you.

Thanks, you understood what I meant, so that's why we don't find many people flaunting the 420, a big win. On the other hand, saying that you have suffered a big loss does not create particular dangers for you. Obviously this, in my opinion, then obviously I could also be wrong.

[sunsilk]

Surely, sometimes I do discuss my wins and losses but only rarely because I've not yet lost much in gambling and even profits aren't that high. So for me it's good to gamble and have fun but it's not needed to discuss it with everyone including my friends.

That's good that you haven't lost so much yet and you have no plans of doing that. It's best to stay in that state before anything else bad happens to your money.

Despite that it's also a tally with your profits, that's better than losing so much, right? And you've said the right thing that it's best for you to have fun.

Other gamblers are forgetting about that because what they've been doing is to gamble for profits and they cannot stop themselves doing that.

[dimonstration]

Of what benefit would it be bragging for losses in respect to gambling,instead of conserving on matters that would be profitable in the long term.I wouldn’t even encourage anyone to even brag about their wins in gambling,there’s nothing to brag about in gambling,you might be bragging about your wins and some close to you might be receiving the information and think of adding more effort to his/her gambling habit believing that they may become lucky and hit the jackpot if they’re more consistent.Though people do share their gambling history among friends but that shouldn’t be an all the time thing.

On this thread, the context of bragging is like a joke to friends to make your discomfort on gambling lessen by making it less big deal. I’m surprised this topic still exists until despite having lots of response already.

I doubt someone will brag their losses in serious mode just to share it with other people that he knows that will just criticize him.

Realistically, there’s no merit on sharing losses so there’s no point. It’s not addiction rather some behavior problem.

[livingfree]

Oh well, whoever wins is unlikely to say so, because it could not only attract envy, but it could also attract dangerous actions on the part of unsavory people. However, if you lose, practically no one cares. And this is certainly one of the factors why we find stories about those who lose and not those who win.

No one cares if we lose and the only people that might care for us whenever we lose are the people that really hates.

They're celebratory when we lose and technically, that's what they really want to happen to us. So, if there will be gamblers who like to share their losses, just listen.

But never mock them with that because you'll never know how it took them to recover and if they're still in a losing streak too.

[348Judah]

Of what importance is it to brag about losses, when we are not for winnings? I don't know how some people could reason about gambling and how they play or interpret any outcome from it. Still, as for me, it's something that is not really worth it, I can't brag on losses for anything, be it on a neutral ground or when I'm not sure it may lead to addiction in gambling, there's no essence of doing it in the first place.