Gambling Effects on Brain
How gambling can affect the brain:
People who gamble always forget to see the disadvantages
in gambling. Because of gambling there are lots of
disadvantages. What people fail to is the destruction in
the lives of the people because the gambling has become
a habit of the gamblers and this habit is very hard to
break. Gamblers can lose all of his salary in the
gambling and the compulsive gambling also affects the
heart and brain of the gambles gambling. The gambler
while gambling always expects to win and this has a drug
type of effect on the gamblers. Because this habit
pushes them to gamble more and more and after some time
they are so addictive that they can’t quit gambling even
if they try. The psychologists have termed this disorder
as the compulsive gambling. It is a psychological
disorder so it is directly connected to the brain.
What is the effect of
the gambling on the mind of the people?
in a study it is found out
that the gambling has a effect on some of the parts of
the brain that respond to the prospects of winning and
losing money while gambling are the same as those that
appear to respond to the drugs like cocaine and
morphine. This is because every time a gambler expects
to win and this has a inciting effect on the mind of the
gambler. It is found in the gambling experiment, that
blood flow to the
brain altered in ways similar to that which is seen
in other experiments during an infusion of cocaine in
subjects addicted to that drug. These drugs as all the
people know have a very bad effect on the mind and also
affect the health of the persons.
Conclusion:
It is seen in many studies
that the gambling can produce social and economic costs,
poverty, starvation, family breakup and criminal
activities. The majority of gamblers because of excess
of gambling develop psychological symptoms of depression
and anxiety. Many of these people turn to alcohol and
drugs as a means of temporarily escaping. It doesn’t
only affect the health of the gambler but it also shows
some adverse effects on the family life of the gamblers.
Everything is right for the gamblers unless they start
losing. So if you want to protect yourself and your
family from these effects play the gambling casually and
just to have fun.
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