Excessive
gaming, Ludomania is an addiction. If you lose time from
work to play your money? Do you extend yourself beyond your
means by throwing away money that you have set aside to pay
other important things such as your rent, mortgage, or other
bills? If you use credit cards? or if you are secretive
about where the money's gone to after you've been playing?
Does losing make you feel a bit depressed? The first step is
to admit the problem. Each time you win your body produces
the feel good hormones such as dopamine and endorphins, and
your brain learns to remember the cause and thus causing an
addiction.
Hypnotherapy
can help a Ludomania addiction in many ways. Imagine being
free from the compulsion, and imagine leading a normal happy
life with more freedom.
Self-hypnosis
can plant special messages deep into your subconscious mind
constantly helping you to keep away from slot machines and
casinos, and warning you about placing bets. Hypnosis can
give you healthy alternatives to playing, hobbies and
pastimes to occupy your mind.
Autosuggestive
audios can help you to eat more nutritious food, to help
balance your delicate hormone system.
If friends
suggest going to the casino, be honest with yourself and
with others about the fact that, for you, playing has gone
beyond being a recreational hobby. Far more healthy to keep
away or suggest some other activity. A Ludomania addict can
not play sensibly because he is addicted to the dopamine and
the adrenaline rush associated with "the chase". You cannot
be in control if you're more concerned with the feeling you
get from an activity than the activity
itself.
To
help this problem it is better to pay all bills immediately,
as soon as you can, and avoid getting into debt.
