Thanks for your post.
All these preventive actions only limits the damage a gambler can create. While it’s more important to take away the will to gamble (for good!). Self-exclusion doesn’t fix a gamblers problem.
The problem takes place in the head. The brains are changed so badly that it just seems impossible to stay away from the slots.
You can say we’re chronically ill and that preventive actions need to stay forever(!), but what kind of life is that. It doesn’t seem so enjoyable.
Most of the time it goes wrong when a gambler gets his finances back in hands. Not necessary immediately, it can take days, weeks, months, years. The only solutions seems to never(!) get you finances back in hands.
I want my freedom and privacy and sometimes it feels like I’m trapped because of the fact I can’t control my own finances.
Wish there could’ve been a medicine to heal this addiction. I’m considering taking antidepressants.
At he moment I just can’t enjoy things, I don’t have the energy to do anything. The time just ticks away and with every hour it just kills me that I haven’t been able to do anything. I wake up and before I know the day has ended. I’m so slow and I take care of myself badly
I’m so weak at the moment. I made a 12 step program to have a clearer vision of who I am and what I want in life. I just cant live to it. It doesn’t change anything about my mood.
There’s so much more going on with me; I’m depressive, maybe I’m a bit autistic and I have fear of commitment. I don’t have friends, I do not like to talk with family. When I’m with colleagues I just don’t know what to say . I’m dissatisfied with myself, with the choices I made.
So there are plenty of times when I just think; **** it all, I’m going to gamble. And after that I even feel worse, because now I’m a loser whose broke as well.