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When financial gains and losses create addictive emotional cycles

I made a lot of money today in the stock market and I felt high, and then I lost some and I felt crushed, and I realized I'm treating money like a drug.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Market volatility can trigger dopamine patterns that transform investing into emotional regulation rather than wealth building.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The meaning of money — what it ultimately is?”

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