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Today I woke up feeling more thankful than usual after seeing how other people are living around the world.

For the past 23 days, I’ve been waking up depressed and cried a few times due to the situation I put myself in as a 29 yr old man.

Instead of making money the right way and build a family, I put myself into debt of over 20k. I live with my mom so I am really struggling mentally and financially and don’t think Ill never tell her about what I went through. I can’t afford simple things anymore because I pay interest + minimum amounts on my credit card loans. I can’t save money anymore, I can only live paycheck by paycheck which is not something I want to live.

Today is the first time I felt some sense of happiness after seeing how others are living around the world. It made me realize how I should be more thankful for having a roof over my head, clothes, food etc..

Hello, I had an interesting question. So basically, I sometimes think and ask myself, is it possible that God is testing all human beings differently?

For example, God would test us as muslims to see if we will follow what we believe in, then would test Christians the same way to see if they will follow their beliefs etc..

Like it sounds fair to me if it was like that as everyone would have a chance to go to heaven no matter their beliefs.

Is it wrong to think that way or to even ask myself this question?

Hello yall, just came by here because I feel like I just need to let it out my chest and don’t really have people around me to talk to.

I’ve been a little over 15 days sober on gambling, and honestly this is my second paycheck no gambling and it feels good to know that I’m able to save money and pay a tiny bit of my debts.

Right now, I’m just feeling a huge urge to deposit and gamble. I keep thinking “I should deposit one $500 and I might win big like I did last time”

Back in December I deposited $500 and put it all on one number and it hit so i won 15k i did the same thing again and somehow won again and told myself doing one more won’t hurt who knows maybe a miracle will happen and boom 3 times back to back i win a total of 45k + some change because I did small $20 bets on the side.

This situation is literally the reason why I keep having these urges man, I lived it and believe it’s possible but the thing is, what are the odds that it will happen again? I feel like it’s gotta be a set up or something because how..

Anyways, I just needed to get this out of my chest because I know that if I deposit now, I will end up depressed and super vexed/mad at myself and probably put myself into a deeper debt/hole.

If you are thinking about gambling now, don’t do it!

Hello everyone, I am not a game developer. I’m 29 so I feel like I reached an age that it’s just not worth learning since I’m older.

Anyways, my question was if I could share an idea of a game here?

I have a question that I can’t get over and it always bothers me because it makes me doubt my beliefs.

Why is Allah testing us knowing some of us will stop believing?

He is all knowing and knows what we will do or how we will act. Like this never made sense to me to be “tested in a specific way” when Allah knows how we will be after that.

Hello everyone, I will keep this short.

About 1 year ago I made a mistake and started gambling after watching people doing it online and I truly regret it.

Through out the year, I saw my account going from $0 to a lot of money that I’ve never seen before. Long story short, I learned the hard way and fell into that nasty addiction and lost it all and put myself into a really bad debt. This really made me realize how evil gambling is and why it is haram.

I believe this may be a test. I’m about 2-3 weeks now without gambling. I could gamble but I’m not because I’m controlling myself the best I can and knowing where I was mentally 3 weeks ago, I don’t ever want to go back there again.

So my point is that yes I was able to stop, yes I can control my urges and I’m really proud of myself for that. The bug issue now is that I’m struggling mentally now when it comes to recovering from my debts. Like I wake up every morning hating on myself and telling myself that I am being punished for what I’ve done in the past and that maybe I’m better off being in the worst position than being successful.

Idk what to do anymore, I think I’m useless and lost all the believe I had in myself.

I’m happy that I quit, I’m able to control my urges.

My issue now is that I’m depressed and I can’t accept the fact I’m broke and lost so much money gambling. I’m in debt of 20k.

I wake up every morning first thought “you’re a dumbass” “I could have used that money to buy important stuff” “you ruined your life”

I don’t know what to do with my life anymore. I had so many goals, so many dreams but this situation crushed everything. I’m 29 years old now and feel like I have no future. Just a regular 9-5 stuck working everyday to pay my debt like a robot.

Hello everyone, i will not get deep into the story by I feel deep into gambling addiction mid 2025 and put myself in really bad debt. I recently quit after realizing and reading about other stories and it really destroyed me not only mentally but physically.

Long story short, I’m a muslim but I don’t really know much about everything. I know how to pray or do certain duas. I was just wondering if anyone could help me with duas that I can say or what can I say during my prayers to ask for help from Allah?

Like yes I quit gambling and I’m happy about that, but I want to somehow ask Allah to make it easier for me to recover from all those losses and debts. It just feels weird during my prayers to simply ask to help with those debts so i don’t really know how I should do it.

Hello guy’s, was just wondering what is one thing that you do that helps when you feel the urge to gamble? Like anything that helps change the direction of your mindset?

Would love to hear what you guy’s do!

I haven’t deposited anything in a week, it feels great and I can see the light at the end of the tunel.

My issue now is fighting this depression. I’m stressed everyday, im breaking out like crazy my face looks like its been punched everywhere and I don’t feel good at all.

Knowing im leaving gambling with a large debt is whats killing me the most. Then waking up every morning with the thought “you had $50,000 in your account in December and now you have $0 + 20k in debt” is killing me even more.

This is a mental battle that I can’t explain man.

I need mental support or something idk I’m feeling really down