How do you Detect for Abnormal Gambling Behavior

[348Judah]

Let's make it what everyone of us will benefit, in this discussion by being realistic about it, just as the title says, the aim of creating this thread is to help us discuss on some possible means we can use to easily dictect for an abnormal gambling behavior in us or from others around us, this might be an eye opener to some that are already getting it wrong or try to adjust from one thing to the other in gambling.

If you are going to make it more practical, you can use a case scenario or ourself as an example in explaining how we were able to detect for an abnormal gambling situation and what really transpired or happen later, this will make us to have maximum sensitivity to how we are gambling so as to put a check on our behavior as well in it on an occasional basis in order to improve on areas we have already been liking behind that could lead to abnormal behaviors.

[Charles-Tim]

Have a gambling budget, let it be a very small part of your income like 1 or 2%. If you are going beyond the gambling budget, know that something is not right and which is indiscipline gambling habit.

If someone around you do not discuss about gambling with you, you might not know if he is going beyond non addictive stage. But most friends always discuss how they spend on gambling with their other good friends. You can know something is not right, especially anytime you see the person pressing phone or laptop and had a mood swing from happy to moody.

[Dewi Aries]

I think one of the simplest ways to know whether there is a change or not regarding your approach to gambling is to evaluate frequently, what @Charles-Tim said above is right, namely by setting a budget, that is the easiest way to detect changes, sometimes we can't judge everything just by relying on feelings because we can be wrong, but by checking expenses then it means there are facts based on data, but on the other hand sometimes knowing or realizing it doesn't always lead someone to change.

[Pi-network314159]

If you are going to make it more practical, you can use a case scenario or ourself as an example in explaining how we were able to detect for an abnormal gambling situation and what really transpired or happen later, this will make us to have maximum sensitivity to how we are gambling so as to put a check on our behavior as well in it on an occasional basis in order to improve on areas we have already been liking behind that could lead to abnormal behaviors.

abnormal behavior is simple and easy to detect, the fact is that whenever you see yourself gambling above your limit, you've already known that you have crossed the line and it's a red flag. For example you usually fund your casino or bet account with a certain amount base on the percentage you regularly deduct from your fund. Let's say you always fund %2 of your income to the gambling app and one day you where so carried away that you deposited over %30 of your fund to the casino to gamble, it's obviously an abnormal behavior because you haven't done that before, you will blame yourself after then. Whenever you blame yourself for doing something you never did before, it's just a sign of abnormal behavior.

[Bright0515]

Have a gambling budget, let it be a very small part of your income like 1 or 2%. If you are going beyond the gambling budget, know that something is not right and which is indiscipline gambling habit.

If someone around you do not discuss about gambling with you, you might not know if he is going beyond non addictive stage. But most friends always discuss how they spend on gambling with their other good friends. You can know something is not right, especially anytime you see the person pressing phone or laptop and had a mood swing from happy to moody.

It's very idea to go with 1 to 5 percent as a gambling budget because it is part of the way to make sure you are following the rule of risk management. There are people that are able to contain their emotions to the point where even though they are going beyond their budget in gambling and losing significant amounts of money they don't show it, although this doesn't take away the pain they feel but it shows that they financially mature but there are others that you can tell that they are addicted just by looking at them.

[Sim_card]

If you notice that you are giving more time to gambling than before, you need to take a break because it shows that you're getting hooked. Also, when you take big risk in your bet by betting with big amount of money in order to make profit, you should be careful because it shows you are chasing your losses. Have self control over your gambling activities and stop at the right time. Accept your losses.

[Die_empty]

If you observe that you are spending more time, money, or other resources on gambling than you should, it's a sign of an abnormality. Gamblers should be able to have a gambling plan that includes the amount of resources that should be allotted to gambling. Once you have the feeling that you cannot control your gambling activities, it's a sign that something is wrong.

[Chinesebaby]

Let's make it what everyone of us will benefit, in this discussion by being realistic about it, just as the title says, the aim of creating this thread is to help us discuss on some possible means we can use to easily dictect for an abnormal gambling behavior in us or from others around us, this might be an eye opener to some that are already getting it wrong or try to adjust from one thing to the other in gambling.

If you are going to make it more practical, you can use a case scenario or ourself as an example in explaining how we were able to detect for an abnormal gambling situation and what really transpired or happen later, this will make us to have maximum sensitivity to how we are gambling so as to put a check on our behavior as well in it on an occasional basis in order to improve on areas we have already been liking behind that could lead to abnormal behaviors.

There are many abnormal gambling behavior that many gamblers usually make, such as chasing after loses while gambling, gambling far beyond their limits and what they could afford to lose, borrowing money to gamble, lying to family members about gambling and finally having an uncontrollable behavior whereby they can't stop gambling even when they are losing more than they budgeted. And in the midst o all these abnormal behaviors, failure to have self control over their gambling behavior is the most important one that affects other abnormal gambling, and for a gambler to be able to fix his other abnormal behaviors, he should be ready and willing to be self conscious and know that chasing losses is never always worth it, because it exposes you to more loses.

[Creeper0]

If you can easily take a break from gambling and quit gambling at any time, then you are still carrying out normal gambling behavior. When gambling becomes more important than important tasks and you cannot take a break from gambling even if you want to and cannot quit gambling even if you want to, then you are carrying out abnormal gambling behavior. Gambling should not be given too much importance and should be used only as a means of entertainment. When it becomes more than entertainment, then consider gambling harmful to yourself.

[BABY SHOES]

Most importantly, don’t exceed your financial limits; that’s when things cross into abnormal territory. Often, many gamblers don’t realize this because they get carried away by their emotions and forget about the excessive amounts they’ve deposited at the casino.

Set a budget.
Don’t chase your losses.
Don’t let your emotions get the best of you.
Basically, if your behavior feels abnormal to you, that’s already a sign of what you’re referring to.

[SamReomo]

When someone gambles without any limits and he/she gambles everyday then that's some type of abnormal gambling behavior. In gambling taking breaks is very important and it's also needed and important to have some limits.

Let's say if someone earns $100 to $200 per week than such a person should never gamble with more than $5 or $10 per week. If the same person somehow gambles with $50 or $100 per week and losses that amount then that's abnormal gambling behavior.

Sometimes it's important to not gamble for a few weeks so you won't get addicted to gambling, but it's okay to gamble with limits as long as you're not gambling with a lot of money that could be useful in other areas of life.

And, those who give most of their time to gambling should also learn to have some limits because time is very important and if someone gambles a lot and spends most of their time at online casinos then such people can get addicted to gambling and that's not good at all.

[Rockstarguy]

If you are going to make it more practical, you can use a case scenario or ourself as an example in explaining how we were able to detect for an abnormal gambling situation and what really transpired or happen later, this will make us to have maximum sensitivity to how we are gambling so as to put a check on our behavior as well in it on an occasional basis in order to improve on areas we have already been liking behind that could lead to abnormal behaviors.

I think the only way to detect abnormal gambling behavior is when one understands gambling and knows the right way to play. When you don't have an understanding of what gambling is all about, it will be difficult to detect when you are going astray in gambling.

There are some gamblers who understand gambling but still find it difficult to detect abnormal gambling behavior because they are carried away by their interest in gambling and lose focus on being conscious and self-examining.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Walking by our budget in gambling is important so that we are going to monitor our dumpling behavior in other not to go beyond what we are capable of, applying a well-disciplined gambling ethics is important so that we don't do things beyond necessary, once you see that those things you have highlighted out not to be doing and still found inevitable by you, then you have to cross check to see where you have been missing out and try to readjust before things get out of hand.

[Z-tight]

We have talked about this a million times already. Once your gambling habit become compulsive, then that is not normal and you are addicted to gambling. It is that simple.

Compulsive in the sense that you cannot control it, rather it controls you. I.e. you have set money aside for something very important, but you cannot hold yourself back from depositing it into a gambling service, or you ought to be working or sleeping, but you cannot help yourself and you stay glued to the gambling site, etc.

[Oshio-man]

 Study to have the gambling experience before you can start using funds to gamble, it will make gamblers not to be addicted to gambling, once you have the knowledge of the gambling, you can start applying knowledge on how to use what you can afford to lose in gambling and you will begin to like gambling like the way other gamblers like gambling these days, when you start selling property and other things to gamble, I think is abnormal to gambler which is a something gambler need to pull out before it will expand on that gambler, avoid be addicted to gambling is another behavior gamblers need to quit or avoid from gambling because it can make someone life to be useless.

[sotelorene]

Abnormal behavior in gambling is not something that someone need plenty time to observe because it is very easy and simple to detect or find, an abnormal behavior in gambling for example, the common one is gambling frequently or regularly is an abnormal behavior in gambling even though you are making profit because it will be acustom to you that even when you are not making profit you will still gamble thinking it will last for a short period until you realize you have lost much you can imagine.

[Hatchy]

Have a gambling budget, let it be a very small part of your income like 1 or 2%. If you are going beyond the gambling budget, know that something is not right and which is indiscipline gambling habit.

If someone around you do not discuss about gambling with you, you might not know if he is going beyond non addictive stage. But most friends always discuss how they spend on gambling with their other good friends. You can know something is not right, especially anytime you see the person pressing phone or laptop and had a mood swing from happy to moody.

This Is one of the hardest part of being a gambler. Detecting if you are addicted or going into that stage. Like i normally say, even those adduced gamblers do not recognise this on time, that's one main reason they fail to fight it before it's too late. Most of them see these behaviours as their regular gambling behaviour but little did they know that they have gone out of track. With what you are proposing though, there is a chance if only the gambler sticks to his budget. Some might easily break their plan when they have an extra amount at hand and just deposits more to continue enjoying themselves. For me honestly I think the will be a personal act of will. The gambler just has to be willing to see himself and know when he's gambling behaviour are becoming strange..

[Obim34]

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Abnormal gambling behavior can be detected when you start feeling an uncontrollable urge to gamble. In this early phase, you might not have started losing more than you can afford, or feel the consequences of addiction, during this phase, a day without visiting the casinos feels like a piece is missing.

Detecting addiction while slowly finding it's way as a habit, is the easiest way to put an end before it causes extreme damage.

[Dunamisx]

Abnormal gambling behavior firstly come with science in which The Gambler failed to give attention on, then repetition of the same thing will lead to an abnormal behavior in gambling which will have some negative consequences later, we are therefore encourage to always check on how we gamble and if possible take a review to know where we are already going to high and needed to adjust in gambling.

[WhoYouCantKill]

Abnormal behavior in gambling is not something that someone need plenty time to observe because it is very easy and simple to detect or find, an abnormal behavior in gambling for example, the common one is gambling frequently or regularly is an abnormal behavior in gambling even though you are making profit because it will be acustom to you that even when you are not making profit you will still gamble thinking it will last for a short period until you realize you have lost much you can imagine.

Yeah. The moment that gambling begins to feel like a daily routine or habit, rather than just some occasional recreational activity then that’s kinda like the biggest warning signs. Once a gambler begins to succumb to their will to chase losses, or have the mindset that they need to keep up playing regardless of whatever the outcome might be, then that’s an obvious sign that their behavior towards gambling has become unhealthy and abnormal and really needs to be addressed as soon as possible before it escalates into something else.