What is wrong with me please help!?!
Question: I am a 20 year old male, junior in college. For the past 3 years, I have been involved in excessive gambling (poker, sportsbetting), both online and live. I have recently quit after burning through about 80k. It has been 4 months since I stopped gambling and I have realized that literally nothing interests me. I dont mean to sound boastful but I am a pretty attractive guy, I get hit on all the time and many girls have crushes on me, yet I don't feel like doing anything. I don't even want to screw them, no matter how hot they are. I am not gay either. I dont have any hobbies, I dont even watch sports anymore because I figure there is no point if nothing is riding on it. I dont watch tv. I dont have any friends and the few I once had, I dont feel like spending time with. I dont have an urge to socialize with anyone guys or girls. I am majoring in electrical engineering but I really dont have an interest in it. im just doing it so i can make money in the future. what is wrong with me?
Answers: I am a 20 year old male, junior in college. For the past 3 years, I have been involved in excessive gambling (poker, sportsbetting), both online and live. I have recently quit after burning through about 80k. It has been 4 months since I stopped gambling and I have realized that literally nothing interests me. I dont mean to sound boastful but I am a pretty attractive guy, I get hit on all the time and many girls have crushes on me, yet I don't feel like doing anything. I don't even want to screw them, no matter how hot they are. I am not gay either. I dont have any hobbies, I dont even watch sports anymore because I figure there is no point if nothing is riding on it. I dont watch tv. I dont have any friends and the few I once had, I dont feel like spending time with. I dont have an urge to socialize with anyone guys or girls. I am majoring in electrical engineering but I really dont have an interest in it. im just doing it so i can make money in the future. what is wrong with me?
you are just becoming aware to the reality that there is no real point in life and no way to really win since life isn't really a game that can be won in anything, instead you need to learn to relax and enjoy yourself
buy a guitar or a drumset. you have a void in ur life and u need to fill it with sumthing. i find playing music or learning a song helps when things get boring.
Your a gambling addict. Find a meeting, go to it, and find a sponsor.
yes to have a feeling for something requires an endorphine or chemical reaction in the brain. what you have is good. so you lost your cravings thru some subconcious event. Your dreams are probally different. i know a lot about these things
from james powelson.
wait til you see what happens next.
i'm a sophomore in college...and my first though is....what college student has 80 grand to just burn through....holy crap.
Hun I really think you should talk to someone about it, don't take it as there's something wrong with you because urges like that aren't uncommon. Intense urges to gamble/spend money can be common with bi-polar but I'm definitely not one to be diagnosing someone. I just think you should talk to a professional to figure things out, and hopefully avoid any future gambling.
sorry if this is mean to joke about....but you must be pretty bad at it if you went through that much money...lol i'm sorry, i'm only kidding.
Another thing I'd suggest is to go out somewhere even if you don't want to at first, like a club or a bar or a good old kegger lol.....you might start to enjoy yourself?