{"id":22948,"date":"2021-06-30T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/we.care\/?p=22948"},"modified":"2021-08-31T08:16:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T08:16:57","slug":"what-makes-you-vulnerable-to-a-gambling-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/we.care\/en\/what-makes-you-vulnerable-to-a-gambling-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes you vulnerable to a gambling addiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"What makes you vulnerable to a gambling addiction? | Maia Szalavitz\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VJUtlEuVLSw?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this video author and neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz explains how your brain doesn&#8217;t choose to become addicted to gambling. Rather, it just really wants to figure out a pattern. 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