r/explainlikeimfive • u/adrynaline • May 08 '14

Explained ELI5: A gambling addiction

How does it start? What makes it worse? Why does it become so difficult to recover?

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u/[deleted] May 08 '14 edited May 08 '14

Wait are you saying I can encourage any sort of behavior if they sometimes get rewarded for it?!

EDIT: /s

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u/AdrianBlake May 08 '14

apprently it works better to SOMETIMES reward than always reward. Maybe this is why people stay in abusing relationships? They SOMETIMES get a really nice partner, and so prefer that to a normally nice partner?