Gambling: A source of Depression
There are several reasons why one turns to gambling. While some people just think of it as a source of raw entertainment and trying out your luck in pursuit of easy money, some people resort to gambling in trying to restore order to their financial crisis, some are just compulsive gamblers. Usually the third reason applies to the people to whom at some earlier point of time the first and the second reasons also applied. And for some, gambling is a profession. In either of these cases one golden rule of gambling applies, no one can keep winning always.
Let’s just discuss the four kinds of gamblers separately. The one who gambles for raw entertainment; if he wins, then the thrill of winning pushes him to play on and if he loses then he is compelled to play on so that he can recover his losses. The bottom-line is, he does not continue playing only for entertainment. The person who gambles in hope of restoring order to his financial distresses is already in debts usually. So his winning once wouldn’t allow him to leave the table as his debts aren’t cleared. Playing on only increases his possibilities of losing further which would throw his financial standings further down the pit. Consequently depression sets in to that person. A compulsive gambler knows that he is likely to lose further by gambling, and he has already lost a fortune at it. Yet the person is unwilling to give up gambling as he is already addicted to it. Trying to keep him forcefully out of it also has adverse affects as he becomes restless. The person then suffers from severe depression resulting out of internal conflicts and mental stress. As he keeps losing more money at gambling this stress begins to show and the mental conflicts begin to take physical form. As for the professional gambler, the rules of gambling still holds true, even a professional cannot win always. Consequently he also loses money and anyone who is depreciating financially would suffer from depression.
Thankfully, there are several rehab facilities for treating such depression and people do get over it and come back to leading a normal life.
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