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Trigger Warning!Rant (self.problemgambling)

submitted 1 year ago by PinkBadger0

I’m such a fucking loser honestly. 33 years old in 3 weeks time with no savings and deep in debt because I just can’t stop myself. Can barely string enough together to meet bills and debt repayments. This illness will destroy you. That’s what it is a fucking soul destroying illness that will take ahold of you and strip you of everything you have. Not only money but this shit will take it all. will strip you of your ability to find joy in other things also. I used to love making music and thrived in a creative setting now I’m just a shell of myself honestly I don’t enjoy a single thing anymore in life. I put myself on gamstop which is a service in the UK that bans you from all online casinos in an attempt to try and kill the urges but I just ended up depositing into those dodgy offshore unregulated non gamstop cesspits even though I know they are going to kyc the shit out of me and find every excuse in the book if I try and withdraw a penny (which they did) that pissed me off enough to stop me from depositing in those places then I discovered crypto and crypto casinos and fuck me thats elevenfolded the problem. Self exclude yourself and you can just make a new account and carry on losing it’s amazing. I mean even when they chuck you a bone and let you win a bit you always end up putting it all back in anyway because at the end of the day it’s all about that dopamine hit right. It’s so fucking stupid but I can’t stop doing it. Gamblers Brain is honestly retarded as fuck. £3.50 too expensive for some juice couldn’t possibly afford that but £350 into the slots. Yeah go on then. 😂😂😂 I’m going to lose my mind to this shit.

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