When Is It Problem Geocaching
Posted: 20 October 05 10:17 pm
<p> 
Do you fit the profile? 
Do you have a problem? 
</p>
<p><font size="5"><font color="#FF0000"><b>When is it problem Geocaching?</b></font></font></p>
<p>Whilst most people geocache to relax and have fun, for some people caching
can change and develop into a problem. When that happens, caching can play too
big a role in a personÂ’s life and hurt them, their family, friends and the
people who care for them.</p>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Some typical problem caching behaviour</b></font></font></p>
<p>Geocaching may be a problem if you are:</p>
<ul type=disc>
<li>Spending more money and time on geocaching than intended </li>
<li>Hiding your caching from other people </li>
<li>Borrowing money to pay for living expenses – e.g. phone bill, gas bill, groceries, petrol</li>
<li>Losing interest in other activities (except for caching)</li>
<li>Finding work or your role as a parent is affected</li>
<li>Starting to lie about your caching</li>
<li>Not going to work or home as often</li>
</ul>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Risk Behaviour</b></font></font></p>
<p>People with caching problems typically engage in a variety of risky behaviours such as</p>
<ul type=disc>
<li>Spending more money than intended or could afford to spend</li>
<li>Regularly spending more time caching than they meant to </li>
<li>Building opportunities to cache into daily routines</li>
<li>Chasing their DNFÂ’s, and</li>
<li>Borrowing money to cache or obtaining money in unethical or illegal ways. </li>
</ul>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Hazardous Thinking</b></font></font></p>
<p>People with cachling problems typically hold thoughts or beliefs that support their behaviour, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Beliefs about fated luck in finding</li>
<li>Superstitions related to FTFÂ’s</li>
<li>Illusions of control</li>
<li>Misunderstandings about the nature of Geocaching</li>
</ul>
<p><font size="5"><font color="#FF0000"><b>Self Assessment Test</b></font></font></p>
<p>A self-assessment test for problem caching</p>
<ol>
<li>Sometimes I've felt depressed or anxious after a session of geocaching</li>
<li>Sometimes I've felt guilty about the way I cache </li>
<li>When I think about it, caching has sometimes caused me problems </li>
<li>Sometimes I've found it better not to tell others, especially my family, about the amount of time or money I spend caching </li>
<li>I often find that when I stop caching, I've run out of money </li>
<li>Often I get the urge to return to caching to find caches missed on a past session </li>
<li>Yes, I have received criticism about my caching in the past </li>
</ol>
<p>Borrowed from http://www.problemgambling.vic.gov.au/p ... roblem.asp and http://www.problemgambling.vic.gov.au/p ... ent.asp</p>
Do you fit the profile? Do you have a problem? </p><p><font size="5"><font color="#FF0000"><b>When is it problem Geocaching?</b></font></font></p>
<p>Whilst most people geocache to relax and have fun, for some people caching
can change and develop into a problem. When that happens, caching can play too
big a role in a personÂ’s life and hurt them, their family, friends and the
people who care for them.</p>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Some typical problem caching behaviour</b></font></font></p>
<p>Geocaching may be a problem if you are:</p>
<ul type=disc>
<li>Spending more money and time on geocaching than intended </li>
<li>Hiding your caching from other people </li>
<li>Borrowing money to pay for living expenses – e.g. phone bill, gas bill, groceries, petrol</li>
<li>Losing interest in other activities (except for caching)</li>
<li>Finding work or your role as a parent is affected</li>
<li>Starting to lie about your caching</li>
<li>Not going to work or home as often</li>
</ul>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Risk Behaviour</b></font></font></p>
<p>People with caching problems typically engage in a variety of risky behaviours such as</p>
<ul type=disc>
<li>Spending more money than intended or could afford to spend</li>
<li>Regularly spending more time caching than they meant to </li>
<li>Building opportunities to cache into daily routines</li>
<li>Chasing their DNFÂ’s, and</li>
<li>Borrowing money to cache or obtaining money in unethical or illegal ways. </li>
</ul>
<p><font size="4"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Hazardous Thinking</b></font></font></p>
<p>People with cachling problems typically hold thoughts or beliefs that support their behaviour, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Beliefs about fated luck in finding</li>
<li>Superstitions related to FTFÂ’s</li>
<li>Illusions of control</li>
<li>Misunderstandings about the nature of Geocaching</li>
</ul>
<p><font size="5"><font color="#FF0000"><b>Self Assessment Test</b></font></font></p>
<p>A self-assessment test for problem caching</p>
<ol>
<li>Sometimes I've felt depressed or anxious after a session of geocaching</li>
<li>Sometimes I've felt guilty about the way I cache </li>
<li>When I think about it, caching has sometimes caused me problems </li>
<li>Sometimes I've found it better not to tell others, especially my family, about the amount of time or money I spend caching </li>
<li>I often find that when I stop caching, I've run out of money </li>
<li>Often I get the urge to return to caching to find caches missed on a past session </li>
<li>Yes, I have received criticism about my caching in the past </li>
</ol>
<p>Borrowed from http://www.problemgambling.vic.gov.au/p ... roblem.asp and http://www.problemgambling.vic.gov.au/p ... ent.asp</p>
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.... yeah i'm a problem cacher, they all sound too familiar i'm afraid