Have the thought of earning easy money came into your heads? We often get fascinated when our peers say that they earned money through gambling, which indeed does not require any skill set, all we need is luck to earn money. Sounds interesting right and because of this effect we all are vulnerable to Compulsive gambling.
Gambling has a wide range of audience and the majority of the audience consists of young adults and adults.
WHAT IS COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
Compulsive gambling is a gambling disorder, where the individual has an uncontrollable urge to gamble despite the financial, mental, emotional toll it takes on your life. Gambling if we understand in simpler terms, is to put something valuable at stake in the expectation of getting something big back as reward.
When we earn rewards from Gambling it stimulates our brain much like drugs do, it releases Endorphins , we feel excited to earn money without doing much hard work and this cycle is hard to break, we bet more money to get more high rewards, if we lose the bet, we bet even more to cope the loss and if we lose again , the compulsive thoughts make us fall in debt trap and even make us vulnerable to do robbery , sale out valuable assets like home, car and others and satisfy our compulsive gambling thoughts.
It becomes very necessary to seek Compulsive gambling treatment as it is necessary to break this vicious cycle and tackle compulsive gambling thoughts. Breaking compulsive thoughts is tough but not unachievable. We can achieve victory with the help of psychologists, self-determination and well curated compulsive gambling treatment.
SYMPTOMS OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
- Feeling frustrated when trying to cut down gambling
- Betting more and more money even after losing
- Trying to get lost money by gambling more
- Betting higher money to experience the same thrill as before
- Risking or losing important relationships, job and friendship
- Gambling to escape loneliness, guilt, anxiety or depression.
CONSEQUENCES OF COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
- Financial loss
- Relationship issues
- Poor performance at work place or complete withdrawal from work
- Hygiene loss
- Suicidal thoughts
- Deterioration in overall general health
THERAPIES USED IN COMPULSIVE GAMBLING TREATMENT
- COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY: CBT is often used to restructure the cognitive patterns and unlearn compulsive thoughts. CBT is useful to understand why we are involved in gambling, it helps you answer questions like, “why you need to gamble”, “is gambling really satisfying you within” and many more. When we think and answer them, the therapist helps us understand and restructure our thinking patterns.
- GROUP THERAPY: Group therapy consists of a group of people who are suffering from the same issue, they are assisted by a therapist. Group therapy plays a pivotal role in providing moral and emotional support to individuals.
- FAMILY THERAPY: Family is the basic need of an individual and when we are drenched in financial loss, facing health issues, poor work performance, it is our family who provides us with love and care and help us in healing.
Compulsive gambling can be very hard for someone to go through, it takes a lot of tolls inside and outside of our lives, it is necessary to take a decision and ask for professional help as psychologists can help you in navigating smoothly from this rough phase of live and help you in making your life more productive and happier than ever.
Compulsive gambling can be life threatening as it creates a domino effect in our lives. We bet money, we lose money, to recover that money we bet more and when we are exhausted by all the resources, we either indulge in robbery or become too much vulnerable to end our lives, hence, if anyone whom you know has symptoms of compulsive gambling, it is need of the hour to contact mental health professional and go for compulsive gambling treatment.
We are here to help you resolve all your problems, all you need to do is take that one important decision and that is “to free yourself from all the unwanted worries and give yourself a happier and healthier version of you”. Life is full of ups and downs, all we need to do is cherish the ups and boldly face the downs, it is okay to be sad, do mistakes but what is not okay is keep suffering, we need to end our sufferings and embrace ourselves and work upon us, seek psychotherapy and become best versions of ourselves.
Why CoachForMind?
- Experienced Psychologists: We are a team of licensed RCI-registered clinical psychologists. Our team is well-experienced in various forms of therapy such as CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, and other therapeutic techniques such as compulsive gambling treatment.
- Personalized Approach: We are dedicated to treating our clients in the best-suited way, carefully curated as per the client’s needs, and adhering to one-on-one, client-centered therapy.
- Scientific Techniques: Our treatment plans and therapeutic methods are based on highly researched scientific findings such as CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy among many other therapeutic techniques and our compulsive gambling treatment team is well equipped.
- Quality service: We at CoachForMind ensure quality services in our treatment regime and therapeutic approaches. Our clients hold most value to us, so we ground our techniques in empathy while maintaining professionalism.
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