u/IntrepidAd5950

Hi I’m a 19 year old college student. I started gambling when I was a freshman in high school playing with friends. Started out as .25 .50 20 dollar buy ins with occasional rebuys. Over time the buy ins increased to 50 with occasional 100 to 200 buy ins. While I have gone to casinos a couple of times I obviously lose but not much I always went with friends never initiated it and would bring 50-100 with me and once I lost it I was done. However my poker is a bit more of a issue from the last 5 years I’ve probably lost about 6 grand however it use to be more but I recently won a bad beat Jack pot for 7 grand. I know that may sound like a lot but I’ve never gone above what I can lose. While I do chase loses I do eventually quit after a 4th rebuy max. I’ve felt that I may have had an issue for about a year. Compared to my friends I have low self esteem and confidence and I know that can be a dangerous combination with gambling. I took a couple of tests online and truly answered them and they all back with moderate/mild disorder. Is this something that I should reach out to someone about or just simply tell my friends don’t let me play for a couple of months or should I just quit while before it goes to deep.