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Why we compulsively monitor financial losses

My stock portfolio is worthless now but I keep checking it every morning like I am waiting for some kind of miracle that will prove this whole thing was just a bad dream.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Repetitive checking behaviors serve as a ritual attempt to undo irreversible losses through the illusion of vigilant control.

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