Card addiction is a serious psychological illness, which is very difficult to get rid of. Many people cope with such mental disorders on their own, but most often they have to seek help from specialists and undergo a long course of treatment. In the early stages of the disease, you can try to get rid of constant thoughts about playing cards in several ways.
Causes and symptoms of card addiction
Card dependence arises, as a rule, in people prone to passion. The cause of a psychological illness can be both constant success in the game, and frequent defeats. In the first case, a person gets used to the easy way of making money, and in the second, he tries to try his luck. Thoughts about cards and wins begin to haunt the player constantly. The sensations that he experiences at the same time can be safely compared with alcohol or drug addiction.
The most dangerous manifestation of card addiction is the loss of the meaning of life. If you stop noticing your problems, you are not interested in anything but the game, then most likely you have become a prisoner of illusions and excitement. Fight such addiction immediately.
Addiction
Specialists distinguish three main stages of development of card addiction. At first, a person enjoys success and constant luck. Then he is indignant at the loss. Useless attempts to return fortune lead to despair. At any of these stages, treatment is possible.
First of all, the player must be aware of his problem and acknowledge the fact of addiction. If a person denies this and considers his behavior normal, then the task of his relatives is to return him to reality as soon as possible. Try to talk more often with the player about non-card situations.
If a person does not realize that the family, relatives or children have ceased to worry him, and now cards are in their place, then, unfortunately, psychological work will not work. Only an experienced specialist can identify the true cause of addiction. It is likely that the reason for playing cards was personal experiences, financial problems or other factors that only the player knows about.