Self Destructive Players Online

I recently $4-8 stud at Paradise with a player who played every hand (yes, 100%). I saw him lose $750 in about 90 minutes. I've seen other players play almost as badly online and lose large amounts in very short timespans. The mental picture this conjures up is of a dissheveled man or woman, hunched over a desk, cursing and sweating and swigging from a bottle of vodka.

In a casino, I think such extreme behavior would be more likely to attract intervention, either from the floor or from other players. Especially at lower stakes. The anonymity of online play seems to me to increase the ability of troubled players to lose everything fast.