Yes, these feelings r normal and they will pass. Mood swings for a while and anxiety plus depression. I too had anger to deal,with that ended up with a stomach condition in the aftermath but I dealt with the cause of the anger and over time my life improved and so did my mood. The longer the gap since the last bet, the better we feel, we do regain ourselves. Counselling can help whilst we talk about things that bother us, it helped me and I got it via the gma programme here but I don’t really need it now. We do have to deal,with the causes of our gambling and usually it is a perfect storm of things and not just one thing. Can life get better even if it seems hopeless? Yes, it can. I was suicidal because I had ga mbled to destitution but life did change for the better and I am grateful for it. GA, whilst I am not s huge fan, gave me back hope in the early days, counselling helped me deal with the cause and be more open about who I am and how I was feeling. Equally important not to suppress emotion hence journaling. The depression and mood swings do lift and we become ourselves once more, for some it is quick, for me it was a good few months.
