Uncontrollable Gambling Behavior

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Uncontrollable gambling is characterized by having the desire to gamble and not being able to resist said desires. The gambling leads to serious personal and social issues in the individual’s life. This excessive behavior usually begins in early adolescence for men and between the ages of 20-40 for women. People who have issues controlling excessive habits to gamble usually have an even harder time resisting when they are having a stressful time in life. People who gamble uncontrollably tend to run into issues with family members, the law, and the places and people they gamble with. The majority of the issues with this compulsive behavior are due to lack of money to continue gambling or pay off debt from previous gambling.

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What may be the causes of gambling?

People who gamble uncontrollably often have substance abuse problems, personality problems, deep sadness or anxiety.

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What could the problem be with gambling?

Problem gambling, but usually referred to as "uncontrollable gambling habit" or "excessive gambling behavior", is an urge to gamble continuously despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop...

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Why gambling is bad for you?

Gambling addiction comes in many forms, the primary symptom is a craving for gaming. ... Problem gambling is harmful to emotional and physical health. People dealing with this uncontrollable habit can suffer from deep sadness, migraine, distress, intestinal problems, and other anxiety-related problems.

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What may be the dangers of gambling?

Some uncontrollable gambling habit dangers are:

• Increased rates of unemployment.

• Bankruptcy.

• Fraud and check forgery.

• Forced home sales.

• Increased alcohol and drug abuse.

• Poor mental and physical health of the addict.

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How does uncontrollable gambling  may affect the brain?

The evidence indicates that gambling activates the brain's reward system in much the same way that a drug does. ... They argue that people prone to uncontrollable habit have an under-active brain reward system and that such people are drawn to ways to stimulate their reward pathways, which can include the highs of drugs and gambling.

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How gambling may affect your life?

As well as spending wages, savings and spare cash, debts can also be a feature of problem gambling as a result of borrowings and loans to cover gambling loses. However, the impacts of problem gambling can be more than losing money.

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What are the effects of uncontrollable gambling?

Physical and mental health: The stress of gambling problems sometimes causes health problems, for both the person who gambles and the family. This can include anxiety, depression and stress-related problems such as poor sleep, ulcers, bowel problems, headaches and muscle pains.

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What are the feelings of a compulsive gambler?

The American Psychiatric Association defines pathological gambling as having five or more of the following feelings:

• Committing crimes to get money to gamble.

• Feeling restless or irritable when trying to cut back or quit gambling.

• Gambling to escape problems or feelings of sadness or anxiety.

And many more...

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Can gambling cause deep sadness?

Problem gambling can ruin a person's life socially, emotionally and financially. It may lead to the loss of relationships, home, health and career. It may cause stress, anxiety and deep sadness. ... If gambling is causing you concern, the chances are that your mental health is being affected as a result.

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How hypnosis can help?

Hypnosis can help people with gambling to develop real confidence, self esteem and a reawakening of coping skills that do not resort to risky instant gratification or avoidance strategies. Hypnosis can help manage anxiety, stress and to have the resilience to keep going when barriers are present and persistence is necessary. Hypnosis can also help to deal with urges to place bets and to deal with the fixation to gamble and help develop healthier thinking patterns.