Reasons for Gambling addiction

[Mpamaegbu]

You may wonder how..
It all stars from the brain. Your brain cares for you and anything you find as an activity of positivity it will always want to go back there...

You captured it aptly there. It's the same reason that most of us here are addicted to this forum but a lot of us will want to argue it. The reason for the argument, expectedly, will be that we learn and earn here and not that we lose anything apart from time. Now, here's where it gets interesting and that's from our mindset that for anything to be an addiction it has to be negative. It's not. Anything that troubles our hearts that makes us feel incomplete if we don't go back to it is an addiction. It doesn't matter whether we lose money or not.

[Versatile_choice]

This is true, most gamblers has been suffering from addiction for years yet they couldn't figure out they are addicted to gamble even when they experience some changes in thier gambling habits yet they don't realize that it is a sign of addiction most of them sees it as a normal thing not knowing that it is a sign of addiction not until they run into serous problem, that's when they will realize that they are addicted. That is why a gambler need to have someone who would keep a close eye on them so that when things is going wrong they will be there to tell them .

They don't want to admit that they're addicted because they think they're fine even when they're not.

That's the problem, since they can't admit that they are addicted then how do they think they will be fine? Of course they will keep dying  silently because that's the punishment that comes with it. I don't see that thing that is too hard for them to say, the thing is most people are just scared of what people might say or how they will look at them if they eventually find out that they are addicted to gamble. Me personally wouldn't mind, i can't continue with the pretends when I'm dying slowly. I would rather speak up and just face whatever thing they will say, i think that will motivate me to change so that they will stop calling me names.

[Bigjoe33]

If you gamble because of : relaxation, extra money, escape of reality, pleasure, to calm your self, then you are likely to become addicted within a period of time.

This is not true, this is not what defines who is addicted to gambling. If someone is gambling for fun but not wasting money on gambling, the person is not addicted to gambling at all. What defines gambling addiction is frequently using gambling to look for money but in the process you are losing money and you can not control yourself than to continuingly gambling and losing money.

I think you are right. No gambler that is addicted ever agrees to the fact that he is addicted to gambling. They will always argue that they are not addicted but just passing out time with gambling, but when you take a close look at them, you will notice that they waste a lot of money gambling, of which such money that can't even afford to loose, or even provide such money with ease. Sometimes they borrow,  steal, or even lie to get money and put them all into gambling, hoping they will make more money from it, while in reality, they are making nothing but rather spending the little they have and still running into liquidity.

Addictions are just too bad, and any gambler thinking that gambling is an escape route from poverty and even borrows or still money just to gamble is an addict

[Dunamisx]

There is no reason that can be a justification for addiction in gambling, so we should know what we are doing and also not fool our personal self, playing can be controlled by us, but its unfortunate that many could not achieve this by any means, instead they play as if everything is alright, not taking measures to ensure that they are in the best position to monitor how things should be done or not.

[GIF-JOBS]

There is no reason that can be a justification for addiction in gambling, so we should know what we are doing and also not fool our personal self, playing can be controlled by us, but its unfortunate that many could not achieve this by any means, instead they play as if everything is alright, not taking measures to ensure that they are in the best position to monitor how things should be done or not.

And this is the biggest weakness, in most gamblers it becomes a big weakness for them, they do not really understand what decision to make in a given situation. We are supposed to have the power to control the game, but in reality it is not in our hands, we make decisions based on emotions, and because of the inability to control these emotions, we make wrong decisions. That is why to control losses, we must first learn to control ourselves, a person who cannot check his mental state can never make the right decision. When we can make realistic decisions according to financial, mental and situational conditions, then everything will be under our control.

[Zadicar]

If you gamble because of : relaxation, extra money, escape of reality, pleasure, to calm your self, then you are likely to become addicted within a period of time.

This is not true, this is not what defines who is addicted to gambling. If someone is gambling for fun but not wasting money on gambling, the person is not addicted to gambling at all. What defines gambling addiction is frequently using gambling to look for money but in the process you are losing money and you can not control yourself than to continuingly gambling and losing money.

I think you are right. No gambler that is addicted ever agrees to the fact that he is addicted to gambling. They will always argue that they are not addicted but just passing out time with gambling, but when you take a close look at them, you will notice that they waste a lot of money gambling, of which such money that can't even afford to loose, or even provide such money with ease. Sometimes they borrow,  steal, or even lie to get money and put them all into gambling, hoping they will make more money from it, while in reality, they are making nothing but rather spending the little they have and still running into liquidity.

Addictions are just too bad, and any gambler thinking that gambling is an escape route from poverty and even borrows or still money just to gamble is an addict

They would be always at denial on which they will definitely be saying that they arent addicted but showing on their actions then its obviously they are already addicted to it. On the moment that you've been spending already the amount on which is out of your budget or allocation then it is the main signal that you are already hooked into it. The main problem on here is that once that addiction shackles you then it will be that so hard for you to get out and you would literally stopping at the time that you are still on huge loses. One of main reasons too is trying out to cope up with those loses and trying to breakeven. Once you do have that emotions and mentality when it comes to recovery then it will be that so hard to control it along the way. This is why its important that you should be knowing your limits and be disciplined on following it. Never ever make yourself having that kind of assumption that you can beat up the house and able to make tons of money with gambling. Play for fun and entertainment and you wont be having any problems when it comes to addiction or financial matters.

[Shishir99]

And to stop this you can only replace the activities and it's not as easy as it sounds, it is a very difficult

I sometimes feel like I should insult people who are addicted to gambling. I feel like they are stupid. Everyone cares about money, right? I understand that you want to make easy money, but why do you think that you can actually beat a business and you will win so much money that you can make a living out of it? This is not possible at all. You did not became addicted in one day. You had hundreds of gambling session and you have lost your deposits hundreds of times. What makes you think thank you can beat the house edge and win money? If people do not learn from their mistakes, they deserve to be fucked up.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

And to stop this you can only replace the activities and it's not as easy as it sounds, it is a very difficult

I sometimes feel like I should insult people who are addicted to gambling. I feel like they are stupid. Everyone cares about money, right? I understand that you want to make easy money, but why do you think that you can actually beat a business and you will win so much money that you can make a living out of it? This is not possible at all. You did not became addicted in one day. You had hundreds of gambling session and you have lost your deposits hundreds of times. What makes you think thank you can beat the house edge and win money? If people do not learn from their mistakes, they deserve to be fucked up.

Another way of saying "if people do not learn from their mistakes, their mistakes will turn around to turn their life into a mess", yeah, but let's face reality and agree that it's actually possible to hit it big from gambling, right? Yeah, it's possible but not easy.

Many people have made life changing wins from gambling, and when I say life changing wins, I mean winning money in hundred of thousands of dollar, which could be running into tens to hundreds of millions, even billions when converted to our respective local currencies, what this means for the poor and average man in terms of financial status is that he has become rich, rich in money and wealthy later if they will invest the money well..
But the thing is that those who win money like this don't false it, it just comes, but gamblers who end up addicted always try to false themselves to win like this which is part of the mistake they make..

[AGogi2003]

I sometimes feel like I should insult people who are addicted to gambling. I feel like they are stupid. Everyone cares about money, right? I understand that you want to make easy money, but why do you think that you can actually beat a business and you will win so much money that you can make a living out of it? This is not possible at all. You did not became addicted in one day. You had hundreds of gambling session and you have lost your deposits hundreds of times. What makes you think thank you can beat the house edge and win money? If people do not learn from their mistakes, they deserve to be fucked up.

You can insult people because they are addicted to gambling he can be not there force because is naturally for some people they thought gambling is a way of getting more money and they turn it to a place of source of income, so any funds they have to spend it all in gambling thinking that they can get rich through gambling and is always unpredictable is a lucky game, gamblers always get believe that they will get a win one day so anytime they play and lose they will try again for another day thinking they will win one day and gambling is not like that we shouldn't be putting our faith in it because no guarantee is just a fun game. We just need to think wisely and know what place we put our money because we always take risk always to get money.

[jossiel]

They don't want to admit that they're addicted because they think they're fine even when they're not.

That's the problem, since they can't admit that they are addicted then how do they think they will be fine? Of course they will keep dying  silently because that's the punishment that comes with it. I don't see that thing that is too hard for them to say, the thing is most people are just scared of what people might say or how they will look at them if they eventually find out that they are addicted to gamble. Me personally wouldn't mind, i can't continue with the pretends when I'm dying slowly. I would rather speak up and just face whatever thing they will say, i think that will motivate me to change so that they will stop calling me names.

Admission is the first thing they need to acknowledge for them to be healed and get out of it if they want to quit badly.

But that's also the reason why they are becoming more addicted and they don't want any admission at all. They're not fine but it's a personal thought of them that they think they are.

It's best to get out of being pretentious and be to yourself. There is no problem being a gambler and have come to the point of being addicted, but if it's being denied at most times even it's obvious, you're going to dig deeper to hide yourself more.

[Grace333]

There is no reason that can be a justification for addiction in gambling, so we should know what we are doing and also not fool our personal self, playing can be controlled by us, but its unfortunate that many could not achieve this by any means, instead they play as if everything is alright, not taking measures to ensure that they are in the best position to monitor how things should be done or not.

Hmm, this is true, because addiction does not start with any big reason, it most times starts with those small excuses we keep telling ourselves. first it is just for fun, or to pass time, or to recover a loss, and before they know it, they are not in control and longer.
The funny part is that many people do not even want to admit to themselves that there is a problem. They keep doing like everything is fine and still ignoring basic self control and limits. Gambling is not the issue, it is sometimes the lack of honesty and discipline with that turns it into a problem. If someone can’t monitor his action, then addiction will takes over.

[ASloveapg]

This is true, most gamblers has been suffering from addiction for years yet they couldn't figure out they are addicted to gamble even when they experience some changes in thier gambling habits yet they don't realize that it is a sign of addiction most of them sees it as a normal thing not knowing that it is a sign of addiction not until they run into serous problem, that's when they will realize that they are addicted. That is why a gambler need to have someone who would keep a close eye on them so that when things is going wrong they will be there to tell them .

They don't want to admit that they're addicted because they think they're fine even when they're not.

That's the problem, since they can't admit that they are addicted then how do they think they will be fine? Of course they will keep dying  silently because that's the punishment that comes with it. I don't see that thing that is too hard for them to say, the thing is most people are just scared of what people might say or how they will look at them if they eventually find out that they are addicted to gamble. Me personally wouldn't mind, i can't continue with the pretends when I'm dying slowly. I would rather speak up and just face whatever thing they will say, i think that will motivate me to change so that they will stop calling me names.

They are hiding their addiction due to the wrong mindset, but as a result they are only getting themselves out of a worse situation, they think it will be better to hide it, but they do not understand that if they want to get rid of it then they must accept it and for this they need to take professional advice. Instead of paying attention to what people say negative, you need to take effective measures to get back on the right track, and for this you first need to learn to accept that you are addiction. You accept that you are addicted, and then you try to get rid of it, get help, take advice from others and give it importance. Telling the truth is a much stronger decision than being destroyed in silence, and as a result we will get the chance to live anew.

[Popkon6]

It is certainly good to be deprived of gambling, but for some people who live a lonely life, I think gambling is quite suitable because they enter the game of gambling for fun. Lonely people never have much need for money, that is why I prefer gambling for fun. If a person uses this fun thing in a different way and faces addiction, it can be fatal for him. Gambling never calls for gambling, the gambler expresses the desire to play on his own, so gambling should not be blamed, but it is appropriate to blame the person's habit. If a person changes his habitual side, then he will definitely be able to stay away from gambling addiction.

[centrum]

many people keep gambling and slowly reach a point where they do not realize it has become an addiction.. at the beginning everyone thinks it is just entertainmant. a way to pass time... but gradually the time spent gambling increases. even after losses they cannot stop, peace of mind starts to fade. still they convince themselves everything is fine... when money problems begin. the mind stays restless all the time, family or work gets affected. even then many people do not take it seriously... they think it is temporary,that it will get better later. but one day the problem becomes so big that it can no longer be hidden, that is when they realize control is no longer in their hands. that is why having someone close who pays attention and speaks up at the right time is very important, sometimes a single honest word from a loved one can prevent a big loss...

[LUCKMCFLY]

The most common reason is always a big, good win When a player experiences this , their mind thinks they should and deserve things like this all the time, but that's not the problem Because when this happens , the person can develop a bad mindset, and a great addiction can arise from a good win. If they lose,  the thought will indicate that they can and should keep trying.