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In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

I don't understand what part of that situation will help us understand the psychology of gamblers.

I always lend a hand to those who are in need. No need for me to sacrifice my gambling activity as I can do that at the same time. Close people around me know me well and how I assist them with financial problems. What's more, if it's about charity.

Does stopping for 1-month of gambling will change everything?

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”

That's right because we don't have any obligation to anyone since we have freedom what we like to do. And helping anyone is not mandatory. Maybe its good for anyone to stop having this mindset because it will just promote laziness since for sure people who are lazy will just rely on people who give them money. So those gamblers will just extend there helping hand to those people then the result may turn worse.

Helping other people is an act of kindness and it is done wholeheartedly. It is no way an obligation because anything you've done against your will and to your conscience is not a form of help anymore. It isn't compulsory or mandatory, rather it is an act of service given even to those people who don't deserve it, but need it. Gamblers do not have responsibility over other people's need because they have their set of needs to fulfill too. We don't know for sure what kind of gambler they are. Whether if they are gambling for entertainment or for profit so we are not in the position to tell them and dictate them what to do such as helping others. Because they might need help too and they aren't just asking.

You see, we have different approach in helping and we have different levels of empathy. To some people, helping in kind is what they preferred the most, while others prefer to help via monetary value. Whatever it is, we must only give what we can willingly to avoid conflicts and of course, so that you won't feel any burden or heavy feeling.

Gambling involves money that's why this is interpreted as whether to gamble or give the money intended to be gambled to help. You can cheer up the man in need of money regardless of where he will use the money also. It's human nature to help someone in need but you have to really tell the man to stand up and get a job otherwise he'd be dependent on the help of others. It will fall into the begging category.