I knew for a fact that as soon as I got into this trade to buy the dip, it was going to not only go to the Moon, but to Mars in a Tesla Roadster. Until then, MRNA had been a consistent money maker for me, and this time was no different. Due to the pandemic and need for vaccine production increase and the MRNA name became a well known household name, the stock had doubled, quadrupled and went as high as $200 and eventually almost $500. I had been trading this stock since the beginning of COVID when it was $20. MRNAīack in summer of 2021, I was trading MRNA stock. The rest of the 90% of our emotions is hidden below the surface. The anger we feel, that strong sense of displeasure and hostility, even though it's overwhelming, it’s only the tip of the iceberg. The same comparison can be made when we feel angry. And that we are not aware of the 90% that’s underneath the water. What if I told you that usually, we only see 10% of the entire iceberg, just the tip. Did you ever ask yourself, what is really underneath the tip of this iceberg? Is the entire iceberg above water, or could it be that there is something else below it? What you see is this mountain of ice surrounded by water. Imagine you are riding on a cruise and passing an iceberg. John explains that “when we feel angry or rage, that’s usually triggered by another emotion underneath the surface, one that we’re not aware of, one that's hidden… the primary emotion.” Does that sound a bit confusing? Yeah, I felt the same way too, but it gets more interesting. He explains that our anger is actually a secondary emotion and not the primary emotion that we are feeling. I don’t know if he is fully responsible for the concept of the Anger Iceberg, but I first learned about anger from some of the books by John Gottman of the Gottman Institute. I am here to simply share my own personal experiences and what I learned along the way of my own personal journey, as well as share some bad jokes along the way. If you think you may have serious emotional and mental struggles, then please go seek help from a professional. That is far more valuable than anything I could gain in the stock market.īefore we start, full disclaimer: I am not a psychologist, or a health professional. Initially, I entered therapy in order to become a better trader, but instead, I ended up becoming a better person. This struggle with emotions sent me down a journey of therapy and anger management for the last 5 years. Those kinds of losses made me reevaluate my life, and I had to realize I could not keep on taking those kinds of losses, or pretty soon I would be living in a van down by the river. Yes, that has cost me tens of thousands of dollars before. The moment you start revenge trading and over trading is the moment you lose a lot of money. In day trading, there’s a thing called Revenge Trading, where after you just lost a lot of money, you try to punish the stock for the injustice it caused you. Since my profession is day trading, I am going to be speaking from that perspective, but I believe this is a topic that relates to everyone. In that article, we discussed some of the deep rooted struggles I have had in controlling my emotions. This article is part two of another article on emotions and how that affects our human psychology. Well, I have, and, that’s why today we are going to talk about the Anger Iceberg. Have you ever been so angry that you said something that you later regret? Have you ever been so angry that you punched or kicked something? Have you ever been so angry that after you have calmed down, you don’t even remember what happened, almost like you blacked out?
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