How Gambling Changes Your Relationship With Time ?

[hyudien]

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Coincidentally this morning I went to the barber, not my regular place but I know the guy quite well. What your cousin experienced OP, is almost exactly the same as that person, he told me how gambling had ruined his time and mindset, even to the point where there were moments he could not work because he spent too much time gambling or he worked until the night in a full week just to raise more money to spend gambling, this is how it is when someone is addicted, and when experiencing addiction it is not only victory that is always pursued but also sensation. It just so happens that the barber is an offline gambler who has his own group every week.
The point is what I always say, the hard thing is to fight yourself.

[Bluedrem]

Losing is something we can not overcome as humans on this planet Earth and even companies do incur loses so gamblers that's making loses should not be seen as a bad luck but should hope for the best  while trying to make money playing all kind of games.
There is no way a gambler can be making profits from betting without incurring any loses.
There is danger gambling without understanding the rules that need to be applied to be profitable while striving to stay focus.

Yes, people like to gamble and success does not come without risk, but we must remember that we have to decide to take risks according to our ability. There are many people for whom a loss of $100 is huge, while there are many people who can cover the loss from another sector even if they lose a million dollars. That is, a person must be aware of their own risk tolerance. Someone who can afford to lose $100 should not gamble beyond $100. And someone who can afford to lose a million dollars should also gamble within sufficient limits.

[Achalugo BTC]

It all boils down to what the gambler takes gambling for. If you're gambling to become rich overnight, you'll always that that big hope on gambling than being serious with your life. Anyone with this kind of mindset will become addicted because they will give all their time to gambling and wouldn't know when they're addicted. Your cousin is already addicted to gambling and that's why he's sounding like that.

Majority of people take gambling to be a game of making money without knowing what they are doing to themselves, but, if most of them got a good reason why they are gambling such as treating it as a way of having fun and not as a paycheck, the better for them as they will protect themselves from what will destroy their lives and their relationships and this will affect them to the extent that they will find it difficult to escape from the mess they have brought upon themselves.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Before gambling. I could work hard for months to buy something. But after gambling even waiting one week felt too long.

And honestly i learned a lot from his one sentence.

I think one of the hidden dangers of gambling is that it changes how a person feels about time and progress.

In normal life growth is usually slow. You have to study to get a job then save some money  and then improve little by little. But gambling gives emotional highs in just a few minutes. One spin or one bet or may be one lucky win  and suddenly your brain gets used to fast excitement.

After that normal life can start feeling boring.

A stable salary feels slow. Saving money feels slow. Even small progress stops feeling satisfying because the mind becomes attached to quick rewards.

That is why many gamblers do not only struggle with losses. They struggle with patience too.

And i think this is something people rarely talk about.

Sometimes gambling does not destroy a person in one day. It slowly changes the way they see about time and money and also progress without them even noticing it.

What do u all think ? Psychology is my fav topic . Everyone has its own opinion regarding gambling and psychology and i also love to read your replies as well. Because in the end my main focus is to learn from experienced peoples here. And i respect your opinions as well.

You are definitely right with this opinion, but I think it only applies to those who allow themselves to get so dependent to their expectations from gambling.
When one is working in a place he does not enjoy, like if a person is engaged in a type of business or work that he or she does not enjoy doing, its very easy for such a person to loose interest in that work or business the very moment he or she finds an easier way to possibly make money.

And this is because money has always been the reason why the person is engaged in that business or work in the first place, so if another easier means of making money or potentially making money shows up, it doesn't take anything for the person to loose interest in the job because it's an activity they have no atom of passion for.
But people must not allow themselves to Value and become more dependent on gambling for money than their work or business, because they will only realize what they did to their self if for some reasons, they end up losing that job or business.

[Juicyhome]

It all boils down to what the gambler takes gambling for. If you're gambling to become rich overnight, you'll always that that big hope on gambling than being serious with your life. Anyone with this kind of mindset will become addicted because they will give all their time to gambling and wouldn't know when they're addicted. Your cousin is already addicted to gambling and that's why he's sounding like that.

Don't mind op he's only defending his cousin addiction as if the cousin wins everyday, leaving his job because of the quick money gambling is paying him is the craziest thing I ever heard, no matter the amount one is earning from gambling quicking your job is not a nice decision. One can gamble from anywhere so stopping your job to focus on gambling is not wise, nothing stop you from keeping your job and still gamble, you earn from both side. His cousin is after quick more he doesn't believe in building process his kind is not good for any company.  He has to be careful if not gambling will destroy him.

[Somto9Light]

For me, gambling can become a real time consumer if I don’t set certain limits for myself. When it comes to money, I’m usually more careful, so I can’t allow myself to spend more on the game than I decided in advance. However, time is the only resource we can never get back, so it’s very important to know how to plan it and use it wisely.

Its a good step for one to do because gambling has a way of making people think that there is no need in having fixed bet and this is what makes most of them to put themselves in danger, working or gambling with budget helps them to avoid things that will lead them into destruction, that's why when they set limits when they are gambling, they will make better choices in their lives that will be best for them but its very important if they stay to their plan, as they will avoid any means of spending much time in gambling.

[Dunamisx]

Gambling is to serve as an entertainment to us and not that we abuse it by taking it for granted and later things get aggravated to addiction, some people know their weakness when it comes to gambling and therefore set some guidelines that prevent terms from going extra miles on how they gamble, we don't have to wait until gambling get us into something else before we take step to curb how we play.

[OgNasty]

I think you make a good point about expectations. Especially in this community, people seem to think that 100% annual returns are normal. It is especially shocking because this is somewhat of an investment forum but people seem to have insane expectations. The world’s best investment (S&P500) returns like 10% per year, but kids on this forum would call that a scam… Manage expectations…

[Floxynice]

Your cousin has gotten used to the instant rewards that gambling offers, and right now, it seems like he is already addicted. Many gamblers are battling with this already. It is not just about their jobs; in their families and among their friends, some gamblers are already withdrawing from people who matter to them, especially if those people seem like barriers that may prevent them from gambling actively. These gamblers do not notice these changes on time until it turns into an addiction. All that OP has said is true, which is why gamblers need to be careful with the level of attention they give to gambling.

[Fortify]

Hello Reader. I hope Everything will be fine at your end.

I have an elder cousin who is a civil engineer. He used to earn a decent salary but after getting into gambling. He started losing interest in his job and his focus shifted completely. Yesterday he told me that.

Before gambling. I could work hard for months to buy something. But after gambling even waiting one week felt too long.


After that normal life can start feeling boring.

A stable salary feels slow. Saving money feels slow. Even small progress stops feeling satisfying because the mind becomes attached to quick rewards.

That is why many gamblers do not only struggle with losses. They struggle with patience too.

And i think this is something people rarely talk about.

Sometimes gambling does not destroy a person in one day. It slowly changes the way they see about time and money and also progress without them even noticing it.

What do u all think ? Psychology is my fav topic . Everyone has its own opinion regarding gambling and psychology and i also love to read your replies as well. Because in the end my main focus is to learn from experienced peoples here. And i respect your opinions as well.

Social media and mainstream media are constantly throwing a picture of the ideal life at us - which is swimming in money, doing whatever you want every day or at least creating the illusion of it. Very few people actually get to live this lifestyle though and most of them had a very bumpy road on the way to success (at least when money wasn't handed down the family). Gambling companies play on this idea of a shortcut to wealth because it gets people to start and keep pouring money into them. There is natural psychology that they take advantage of to keep people gambling, the sunk cost fallacy is a big one - people keep chasing ever spiraling losses and start lying to themselves about the ever smaller chance of recovery. People need to be happy with what they've got, or at least never expect gambling to fix it.

[Nwada001]

Once he gets lucky to win his salary in just one day, his mind will indeed change towards how hard he has been working just to end up earning what he just realized from gambling in just a few times he spent there, but that pattern will also change if he suddenly loses all his 30 days of hard work in gambling at a straight.

One thing I learned about gambling is if we are not ready to educate ourselves on a healthy gambling way, gambling will help us set the record straight.

[Rubuchi]

Yes, people like to gamble and success does not come without risk, but we must remember that we have to decide to take risks according to our ability. There are many people for whom a loss of $100 is huge, while there are many people who can cover the loss from another sector even if they lose a million dollars. That is, a person must be aware of their own risk tolerance. Someone who can afford to lose $100 should not gamble beyond $100. And someone who can afford to lose a million dollars should also gamble within sufficient limits.

gambling can be successful and profitable and can also be otherwise all pending on how you deal with it. If you deal with gambling with care you will have no reasons to regret, even when you lose through the process but if you don’t gamble with care, you will have yourself to contend with as gambling will so deal with you. If you cannot afford to lose in gambling do not start in the first round as you might regret doing so. But if you know you can handle the outcome the next thing I will advise is gamble responsibly with what you can afford to simply lose without suffering from much pain or lack of sleep and anxiety.

[Odusko]

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Coincidentally this morning I went to the barber, not my regular place but I know the guy quite well. What your cousin experienced OP, is almost exactly the same as that person, he told me how gambling had ruined his time and mindset, even to the point where there were moments he could not work because he spent too much time gambling or he worked until the night in a full week just to raise more money to spend gambling, this is how it is when someone is addicted, and when experiencing addiction it is not only victory that is always pursued but also sensation. It just so happens that the barber is an offline gambler who has his own group every week.
The point is what I always say, the hard thing is to fight yourself.

Gambling is like every other drugs, once you get used to it so much, it will begin to take your time energy drain your focus on other things that are important to you also, this is why most of the gambling addicts have such complaints of lack of concentration and act of irresponsibility their core roles this is where the family issues comes in atat point the gambler becomes irresponsible in every aspect.

[Jubilee58]

A stable salary feels slow. Saving money feels slow. Even small progress stops feeling satisfying because the mind becomes attached to quick rewards.

This is how someone who is addicted to gambling feel. When you are no longer satisfied with your salary or income, and you are only thinking about how you can become wealthy all of a sudden, you are gradually heading to a dangerous way. Sudden wealth does not happen so easily, and if you are a gambler, you no longer value your salary job, you will gamble to become addicted since your mindset is to become rich through gambling. Some of us have thought this way, where our income is no longer satisfying us , and we want to become rich overnight, this kind of reasoning push us into spending more money in gambling, because your success is not determined by the number of time you have gambled.

[Issa56]

Majority of people take gambling to be a game of making money without knowing what they are doing to themselves, but, if most of them got a good reason why they are gambling such as treating it as a way of having fun and not as a paycheck, the better for them as they will protect themselves from what will destroy their lives and their relationships and this will affect them to the extent that they will find it difficult to escape from the mess they have brought upon themselves.

Most people you see gambling are doing it just because they want to make money. I don’t know if it’s happening only in my country here, because you going to find it difficult to see someone who is genuinely gambling just because they want to have fun, most of them are doing it just because of money, they just believe they can make money from gambling, and even the set of people that do claim they are gambling for fun, most of them are just deceiving themselves, they not gambling for fun, they gambling because of money.

If you are desperate to make money from gambling, at the end you just going to be addicted to gambling, and it’s really going to affect you, because you going to make some crazy decisions which is caused by addiction and nothing more.

[Maslate]

Gambling can cost your money and time, most especially if you are slowly getting addicted to gambling. If you are here to make money and hope to hit the winning streak most often, then it could take a lot of time and money from you, that you tend to forgot that you have your job to attend to, you have your daily habits and routine to accomplish, and you have your family that requires your precious time.

This is the danger when you are gambling to get rich and would want to acquire wealth in just a short span of time. But if you are here gambling just to entertain yourself, just to pause a break from your long and tiring job, just to chill and unwind yourself, your time, money and personal relationships won't be compromised.  Because you are not gambling due to addiction, you are just gambling to enjoy your free time.

[Crypto Library]

In the case of gambling, we must keep in mind that it is only for entertainment. When we stop thinking of it as entertainment and think of it as an easy way to get rich, then all the problems start.

Because then our expectations from gambling become much higher and in many cases we do not hesitate to stake such an amount that we cannot afford to lose. Finally, it is seen that we are falling under the financial crisis or debt. We can already see your cousin as an example, so in the case of gambling, we must take it as an entertainment purpose and we must try to enjoy it within our ability to lose.

[Agbamoni]

Gambling affects our relationships differently. Those who take gambling too seriously become addicted. When they are addicted, it affects not just their life but also the lives of those around them. Physically, mentally, and financially. I agree with what you said, gambling is a silent killer. Gambling indeed takes a process to affect a person. Although I still believe that how a person react to gambling from the beginning will determine how it will end.

[Karl_3000]

Gambling affects our relationships differently. Those who take gambling too seriously become addicted. When they are addicted, it affects not just their life but also the lives of those around them. Physically, mentally, and financially. I agree with what you said, gambling is a silent killer. Gambling indeed takes a process to affect a person. Although I still believe that how a person react to gambling from the beginning will determine how it will end.

They want to become a millionaire from gambling, that is the reason that caused what is happening to them which is because of how greedy they are. They want to be making money from gambling sites, thinking if other people can not do it, that they are different and better. When they get addicted, gambling will teach them a lesson that they will never forget in their lives because they have become addicted already. Addiction in anything is not good.

[AYOBA]

I don’t think that gambling have any deal with relationships is how some gamblers take their gambling very serious that’s why most of think that is gambling that is changing their relationship with people by separating them from the other person, this kind of thing mostly to those that said they don’t have any means of working or source of income accept the gambling; that’s they mostly find themselves in that’s situation if not the gambling has nothing to affect the relationship is only them that Mae it be affect educated m. Because too much of everything end up in the wrong sides, so that’s how the gambling works too.