There are obvious links between homelessness, trauma and ACEs. There are obvious links between gambling harm trauma and ACEs. How are these four aspects linked?
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You could experience homelessness as a child.
You could experience an adult gambling harmfully as a child.
You could experience homelessness due to an adult gambling harmfully as a child.
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Gambling could be used as a coping mechanism and propel someone into experiencing homelessness as they are unable to pay their rent and/or bills.
Gambling could be a coping mechanism of someone experiencing homelessness and further exacerbate their financial situation meaning that they experience multiple exclusions as they have not been offered relevant support pathways.
Gambling harm and homelessness are both type 2 traumas as they are continual and repetitive. Whilst this initial traumatic event is happening, other traumatic events can intersect. The links between gambling harm and domestic violence are much higher than the general population similarly to homelessness and domestic violence.