I have been going through my longest stint of not gambling (7 month) but I keep dreaming that I am gambling. I wake feeling low, depressed and disappointed in myself, it takes me ages to come round and realise that it was only dream. Does this happen to anyone else?
Snap snowbelle i quit 7 months ago also - nov 10 2013,, ive had loads of dreams where ive been playing on the fruit machines and gambling on horses,, a few times ive woke up sweating and in a state of panic cos of it,, yes it comes as a bit of a relief that it was just a dream / nightmare but it still makes me feel crappy for the day ahead,, i think once youve been hurt by gambling which we all have it stays in your subconsious mind as a threat and hence a fear so its bound to crop up in your dreams / nightmares every now and again.
I'm another who dreams about gambling, its never dreaming of big wins or mansions, its always silly things like being in a bookies and putting random bets on. The last one I remember was last week and I had been given a tip and I was in the middle of the countryside trying to walk through endless fields to find a bookies. Really random and I have no idea why I have these dreams or what they mean. I also have a really weird thing where when I look at the time in the morning I always seem to check when its 11.11 which is the time of the second greyhound race of the day. I only check the time a few times but this time always seems to stand out.
Mine to are never dreams about winning, it's always of me just playing on a machine even only just a few pound. Then in my dream I realise I have broke my run of not gambling and I become disappointed with myself. When I wake it always makes that day even harder not to gamble but luckily so far I have managed not to give in. Maybe it's just a fear I have of going back to gambling that is making me dream about it but it's good to know I'm not the only one who is having them.
I've had the dreams on few ocassions... but they were all about huge wins .. meaning exactly chasing my fortune lost, well I have lost huge sums of money and most of this has all been done in a few days. Even Though I have gambled for most of my life since 11 now 29. I would randomly spend hours and hours at first and lose mostly 100 $ at a time basically I did not have more and ended up losing as much as 45 grand in one night.. so yes the dreams were exactly about what I suspect. Dreams are unfulfilled events in our lives. It's normal to also dream about loses... I've had these too , but not actually dreamed of being in casino losing but being annoyed by other people about my gambling problem and my loses. I would go on killing and smashing machines around casinos at times, after big loses. I don't believe these are unfullfiled dreams in reality, the killing part might be an association with the idea of killing gambling all together from the face of earth. Not easy to go through the emotional pain after you quit. I have not gambled in a long time and I am still suffering from severe depression. don't have any dreams about gambling,and have no dreams anymore when i wake up. gambling has taken everything from me, and I mean it everyting from house to fiancee family health and all .. only 29 here.. from a succesful young man to a broke b*m. But hey there is still some hope. 7 months is huge , 1 month is huge even a day. Let's make it a lifetime without a bet and enjoy the journey of freedom.. let's put the dreams , the past behind us , everything that wires us back to gambling should be erased, backed up somewhere in our mind and get it easily erased from there. Let's have hope. Let's live our lives. I've been dead for half of my life. Blind dead.
I wish the best to everyone
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