A recent gambling tragedy that newspapers haven't published

[viljy]

I can't even imagine what he's going to do now. Internal tension has been accumulating in a person for many years, and the deaths of loved ones have served as a trigger for this tension to break out. By an unfortunate coincidence, gambling has become an object for the application of this inner energy of dissatisfaction. It could have been drugs or alcohol or something else. Here is an example of the fact that you cannot build your life subordinating everything to one goal - to earn at all costs, sacrificing everything else in life.

[libert19]

The mistake that most gambler still keep making is them trying to double or triple their entire life savings with just a single bet, I mean C'mon does that even sound logical or possible to the ears..

It's never mentioned it was a single bet, and doesn't look like it would have been single bet either, and it's not about greed too, it was about escape as guy himself says.

...I think going to a psychologist is a wise solution, and hopefully afterward they will find a better life.

Yep, therapy would have been a wiser option.

A lot of stories with bad ending when it comes to gambling, and things like this actually spreads faster than the the story of those whom gambling have actually changed their life for the better...

There would far more cases of people being destroyed by gambling than being better by it tbh.

First, it is not all news that's worth being added to the news magazine, and if it is something that is worth being added to the news magazine, but the people or family involved choose not to have the information on magazine, there's nothing the magazine company can do about it, and this could be the situation of what the OP provided.

I added newspaper thing in titie randomly. It's not that deep.

...when gambling is one of the fast way to get trauma (if dont understand how to do it profitably).

I giggled even if it wasn't meant to be funny.

All these 3 posts of yours should be in one. What's up with you?

What makes you say that, wise one?

I am not sure if you are joking or serious, so I would like to seek clarification first on the same.

[ZeroVinsonN]

The mistake that most gambler still keep making is them trying to double or triple their entire life savings with just a single bet, I mean C'mon does that even sound logical or possible to the ears..

It's never mentioned it was a single bet, and doesn't look like it would have been single bet either, and it's not about greed too, it was about escape as guy himself says.

...I think going to a psychologist is a wise solution, and hopefully afterward they will find a better life.

Yep, therapy would have been a wiser option.

I think it's about him not being mentally healthy enough that he thinks gambling is a way to escape reality, in what world does that make sense? It might make sense to alot of you but I personally don't see it, greed might not have been the reason but escaping reality sounds too much like an attempt to actually cover why he decided to gamble with that amount of money, I was most likely not a single bet so he had to have placed a couple of bets over a period of time, maybe a really close time interval, chances are that he was already a gambling addict so in that moment of confusion his addiction simply compelled him to go and gamble, definitely not to escape any reality of any kind.

[Cointxz]

Tl; dr: Guy saved money by working >> tragedies happened (dad, cousin died) >> found a gambling site >> tried to escape the trauma by gambling and lost everything. Regret.

I like this TLDR version when narrating a gambling story to make direct to the point for discussion purposes.

Depression is the real killer on this story since he will not gamble if the dad and cousin didn’t died. He can be addicted too on substance and other vices which he relieve stress temporarily.

But the sad part on gambling is it was very costly. So sad to hear a news like this.

[TopTort777]

It is very sad that this guys has lost so many family members, but looking for solution or hide from reality in gambling? that wasnt a smart move at all. In such stories I am always curious where are poor guys friend or other family members? How come they dont notice that he is feeling bad, in depression and destroying his life? All that can be hidden well, but, how can an adult be not so smart to use gambling as a way to escape depression?

P.S. this hasnt published in newspapers, because they dont post such life stories anymore. This might be posted on some low level social news media, but it is full of such articles already. To tell one more time how people destroy their life with gambling? There is not trend for that today among news.

[Strongkored]

It's a shame I can't open the source included to find out more about the story

You mean reddit post? If so, why can't you open it?

Reddit is blocked in my country, have to use VPN, unfortunately I don't have a subscription at the moment

[Outhue]

Just read this, and found it to be relevant for this sub: 175k+ lost gambling, no friends, dad is dead

Tl; dr: Guy saved money by working >> tragedies happened (dad, cousin died) >> found a gambling site >> tried to escape the trauma by gambling and lost everything. Regret.

Newspaper doesn't need to publish this, it's one out of thousands cases in the United states for example, many stories like this don't make it to newspapers unless something made it happen, thanks to the internet that we can even know about this one, many people aren't so lucky with life and it's sad.

What happened to this person can't be solved by gambling, it will only make things suck even more, the only way such person can find hope again is letting go of themselves and their feelings then look for something or someone to raise, someone they can't do without, a stray kid or animal, in time such person can heal.

[libert19]

It's a shame I can't open the source included to find out more about the story

You mean reddit post? If so, why can't you open it?

Reddit is blocked in my country, have to use VPN, unfortunately I don't have a subscription at the moment

There are free vpns (could be shady at privacy/security — I don't discount that), online proxy sites you could use and there are alternative front-ends too but not sure if they work when original website is blocked but you could try this, and tell me too whether they work, yeah?: https://eddrit.com/r/depression/1r1b89v

[m2017]

Just read this, and found it to be relevant for this sub: 175k+ lost gambling, no friends, dad is dead

Tl; dr: Guy saved money by working >> tragedies happened (dad, cousin died) >> found a gambling site >> tried to escape the trauma by gambling and lost everything. Regret.

I read this unfortunate man's post. Who's to blame for his life? The Stake? Gambling? The casino in this story is merely a consequence of a tragic fate, not the root cause.

If a person isn't trying to change their life, but is trying to "find salvation" in gambling, then it's foolish to blame gambling. This gambler had almost $200,000 - a considerable sum. What prevented him from using this money for good purposes? Nothing. Or did he want to turn this money into $200 million?

In life, there are always opportunities to "change your destiny", which, more often than not, people are unwilling to take advantage of, because it requires effort and exertion. After wasting resources (time, money, health, social connections), people begin to whine about their bad luck, and in this case, they start to claim that gambling is the source of their troubles.

Stop whining. Overcome your weak ego. And start doing something. Anything to change your life for the better.

Or give up. But also, stop whining. Why project your failed story onto others if you haven't even tried to change?

P.S. Contact medical professionals if you have problems instead of relying on the internet for comfort.

[Slow death]

Just read this, and found it to be relevant for this sub: 175k+ lost gambling, no friends, dad is dead

Tl; dr: Guy saved money by working >> tragedies happened (dad, cousin died) >> found a gambling site >> tried to escape the trauma by gambling and lost everything. Regret.

This guy has a job, lives in a first-world country and is still complaining about life? Maybe if he ever came to live here in my third-world country, he would experience firsthand what true suffering is.

Gambling has always been a form of entertainment; with his salary he should be thinking about serious investments and serious businesses, not looking at gambling as a way to escape his problems. When he complains that he never goes out for a walk, he chose that, with his salary he can do that and more. Honestly, this guy has no idea how hard life is for people who are unemployed and live in the worst countries in the world.

[lombok]

Just read this, and found it to be relevant for this sub: 175k+ lost gambling, no friends, dad is dead

Tl; dr: Guy saved money by working >> tragedies happened (dad, cousin died) >> found a gambling site >> tried to escape the trauma by gambling and lost everything. Regret.

This guy has a job, lives in a first-world country and is still complaining about life? Maybe if he ever came to live here in my third-world country, he would experience firsthand what true suffering is.

Gambling has always been a form of entertainment; with his salary he should be thinking about serious investments and serious businesses, not looking at gambling as a way to escape his problems. When he complains that he never goes out for a walk, he chose that, with his salary he can do that and more. Honestly, this guy has no idea how hard life is for people who are unemployed and live in the worst countries in the world.

The gap in destiny between the citizens of first world countries and those who live in hard conditions in our societies is wide leading to a huge gap in empathy. Naturally, the feelings of resentment are natural when a person starts a complaint when he/she has a constant income and can invest it. We have to understand how the use of gambling as a survival option will ultimately ruin the available financial prospects. He is lucky to have a choice of living freely instead of living in the harsh poverty we can see around us on a daily basis.

[junder]

Just read this, and found it to be relevant for this sub: 175k+ lost gambling, no friends, dad is dead

Tl; dr: Guy saved money by working >> tragedies happened (dad, cousin died) >> found a gambling site >> tried to escape the trauma by gambling and lost everything. Regret.

Bad situations like this sometimes make us want to escape, but sometimes the escape we take or choose is also wrong, such as gambling, which ultimately causes us to lose our money. Instead of calming ourselves down, it actually adds to our mental burden.

Many people in such unfavorable situations become addicted to gambling or other activities. This may stem from depression or an initial desire to calm down, but they are unable to stop.

[slaman29]

Trust me OP, there are so many tragedies that papers don't publish and worse, so much good news and good things that they will never even want to look at. Gambling is not the problem. Addiction is, he would have found something else, as the motivation is clearly mentioned (to drown and forget).

What are you doing about shitposters tho? You are looking for them, and not deleting them on selfmod?

[Gozie51]

Tl; dr: Guy saved money by working >> tragedies happened (dad, cousin died) >> found a gambling site >> tried to escape the trauma by gambling and lost everything. Regret.

This is another example for those who say they want to use gambling as escape route to boredom because it is not, you will end up losing what you have from chasing your loses. It is better if you want to gamble then you make your mind up on how much you want to budget on it and if it is exhausted, you move away (and that is the hardest part  ).

He put his life on hold and worked his youthful time to park it up with stake. Stake is not the problem rather he was misguided because it would have been another casino. It is unfortunate he lost that huge because of greed. He had given himself a life that he would have built on such capital to invest on bitcoin at least but he got wrong advise to go gambling. Not having your family members alive should not take him to gambling as succour. Gambling never gives succour.

[Peanutswar]

We have a different way of coping mechanisms in life it seems that he found it out in playing gambling but apparently not all players in the gambling casino have a luck and skills to win the game sad is he ended up lossing his money for nothing instead use that in a different way that helps him a lot in life, seems on his statement he made a regrets in life and brings stress than happiness. This is the reason why dont make yourself create a decision when you are sad or too much happy. But its not too late for him now because if you have still a time there's a change its path.

[libert19]

What are you doing about shitposters tho? You are looking for them, and not deleting them on selfmod?

Poll is for laughs. Anyhow, I have only come across one shitpost in this thread and it's already been been deleted (post).

[Woodie]

This is really a sad tale.. but you know what this is why it's very important to allow kids to mingle with friends to avoid feeling isolated so that they build that needed social intelligence and have someone to talk to besides their family members! From my reading, this almost sounds like this person is blaming the parents for his loneliness otherwise sad reading, let him maybe find something that will make him social again like sports,church etc or better yet find a girlfriend buddy, don't drown in your thoughts and gambling shouldn't be your social hideout!!

[gunhell16]

I can't even imagine what he's going to do now. Internal tension has been accumulating in a person for many years, and the deaths of loved ones have served as a trigger for this tension to break out. By an unfortunate coincidence, gambling has become an object for the application of this inner energy of dissatisfaction. It could have been drugs or alcohol or something else. Here is an example of the fact that you cannot build your life subordinating everything to one goal - to earn at all costs, sacrificing everything else in life.

It's really hard to deal with that kind of situation. However, even though that specific life struggle is extremely severe, I am confident that the Almighty will not permit him to encounter a trial that he cannot conquer. Hearing about incidents of such nature is quite depressing; I sincerely hope he has already overcome his challenges.

We must therefore exercise self-control and self-discipline in order to deal with unforeseen circumstances. When we notice that our circumstances are being jeopardized by gambling,
we must use the self-control to instantly take a step back.