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Personally I don’t think it’s a good idea to use gambling as a coping mechanism especially that your emotions will be the one driving your decisions and that almost never end well. It’s fine sometimes but I find that dealing with your emotions especially negative ones can be much helpful than turning into potentially harmful vices.
But What about you? Do you also use gambling to escape from stress of the real world?
Using gambling as a coping mechanism can be a double-edged sword. While it can provide temporary relief and a welcome distraction, there is always the risk of it becoming a harmful addiction. Intense emotions can also influence gambling decisions, leading to impulsive and potentially disastrous choices, so it is important to face and process emotions, especially negative ones, in a healthier long-term approach rather than escaping into gambling or another action that can lead to addiction.
I know people who have traded worse addictions like alcohol for gambling. There was someone who lived in bars with friends and couldn’t be without a beer in hand. After a few years of addiction, he managed to escape alcohol but traded it for a solitary life dependent on online gambling.
While one addiction was bad for the body, now this one is bad for the mind. I don’t know which is worse.