The all-consuming stress induced by Jo's compulsive gambling resulted in her hair falling out in clumps 🔴 Jo was left with such a large bald patch that she felt she had no choice but to shave off her hair
“The way gambling is shown on things like television, they make it look like fun and people may think that it’s a pleasurable way and easy option of“But I know from firsthand experience that it doesn’t work like that at all and how gambling can ruin lives … you become desperate and it canJo, now 36, began gambling seven years ago and soon found herself hooked on the excitement of winning and it became the sole purpose of her life.
Jo finally managed to seek help for her gambling addiction and has now been gamble-free for a year since suffering a relapse.
“Suddenly, I won a few hundred pounds and thought it was amazing,” recalls Jo. “I felt it was so easy to win and gambling online made me feel like I was in this world completely away from everything.” Even when Jo did have a win, she remembers it was never enough and would soon disappear. “I would win £500, but then would talk myself into gambling £400 of it – and when that didn’t win, I’d put more money in and gamble again.”
“When I finished gambling sessions, I’d realise all the day and night had gone and I had no money left.” “But I just spent it all on gambling. My mum took my bank card off me for a little while to see if that would help me stop. But there’s plenty of other ways to gamble without a bank card and I found them all.”
“Losing my hair totally freaked me out – and it increased my gambling as well and I went back to full-on gambling as I felt suicidal and depressed and didn’t want to be here. That’s when I knew I desperately needed help.”, a disease which happens when the immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss. Doctors told her it had been caused by stress and she had to have steroid injections in her scalp to try to stimulate regrowth.
Jo later made the decision to shave her hair off as she thought it would look better shaved and did not want to hide away forever “However, it wasn’t all about money for me. It was also because I loved being in this feelgood place where no one could come near me and I wouldn’t feel any emotion at all.”
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