Are you usually an anxious person? I wonder if being anxious makes you more susceptible to being addicted to gambling or no?
Anxiety can make you addicted to gambling, it must be cautioned before it aggravates. Anxiety is a very bad mental issue that will develop into compulsiveness if care is not taken. If it is gambling-related, then you will be anxious to gamble over and over again, which is a problem.
If you are always worrying, would you not be able to take risks as confidently as others? Won't you just stay in your safe zone and miss out on opportunities that could have given you bigger wins? Or maybe some people tend to forget about their anxiety from gambling because their mind gets so numb playing?
The result of that is mixed. If you've recognised it as an issue, you might be cautious indeed, and that could make you gamble with less risk. Either way, this is better, because no emotional gambler wins in the end.
Has gambling treated your anxiety or has it made it worse?
Gambling cannot treat your anxiety, it's a psychological thing. It's you who needs to fight from within.