Your anxiety about the future is destroying your ability to enjoy the present.

Written by: b12ny

After spending a long time in this market, you will notice a strange phenomenon: we enter the market to make money, to gain freedom, and to live a happier life, but in the end, we find ourselves staring at screens all day, our hearts racing with price fluctuations, feeling anxious every day as if we are living to pay off debts.

Market volatility is a fact, but much of the pain is actually self-inflicted.

Why does spending more time in the market make you more anxious?

At first, it was because of ignorance, leading to random buying. Later, when you understood more, you often found yourself afraid to buy or ended up in situations where a heavy investment turned to zero. At a certain stage, the more you know, the less you can act. You start to focus on FDV, unlocks, chip structure, and narrative heat, learning to analyze on-chain data and track insider addresses. Even with all this knowledge, it doesn’t prevent you from losing money.

Then you start to doubt yourself, analyzing but still not daring to buy. When you see prices rise, you regret not buying; when you see them fall, you feel relieved you didn’t. You fall into a dual consumption of information and emotions: knowing a lot but taking little action, your mood fluctuating more than the prices.

The essence of anxiety is believing you can control the future.

Here, the rhythm is not daily or weekly, but a series of events or news explosions every few hours. Just as you grasp the narrative, it changes. You just went long on Trump, and then he raises tariffs; anxiety becomes a daily replacement for your life.

Sometimes, it’s not just that you can’t understand the market, but you may have turned trading into a way to "confirm whether you are good enough," rather than genuinely seeking opportunities. What initially was a desire for a freer life through crypto has turned into a daily self-review of yesterday and a rehearsal of tomorrow's regrets.

You worry that the next altcoin won’t yield a hundredfold return; you fear missing the last chance to exit. You calculate how much capital you need to escape the grind and achieve financial freedom, but the problem is: your anxiety about the future cannot exchange for anything in the present.

Anxiety may rob you of your motivation and can amplify until your mindset collapses. You always feel you haven’t earned enough, thinking you can earn more, until you miss out on all the moments you should enjoy. It’s only when you face significant losses that you start to reflect and regret.

Those who can be happy every day are the strongest players in the market.

Eventually, I found that as my positive thinking increased, my mood improved—not because I was making money every day, but because I no longer relied on market wins or losses to determine how I would spend my day. When I can earn, I focus on trading, and during market downturns, I don’t feel disappointed in myself. I share content to motivate both myself and others.

Crypto is a part of life, but not the entirety of it.

In this realm where gambling and money perspectives are magnified, the hardest part is not letting "results" define you. If you can maintain a good mood, I believe you have already outperformed most people. The market will eventually give you opportunities, but you must ensure that you are not exhausted by anxiety before that happens. Being happy every day is not an escape; it equips you to embrace the next opportunity that comes your way.

When was the last time you felt happy?

Writing this article is not meant to serve as a motivational piece; it is a sharing of thoughts from someone who has worked hard to survive in the market and has made some money. Most part-time traders should not feel pressured to find trading opportunities every day as if they were at a job. Instead, it’s about aligning with your schedule and seizing opportunities when you can, allowing yourself to maintain stable emotions and clear judgment, so you have the energy and confidence to act.

Starting today, try asking yourself:

• Besides watching the market, did I do something today that made me happy?
• Is my reason for trading driven by anxiety? Or is it based on belief?
• If there are no good opportunities this month, can I accept and even enjoy that?

The answers to these questions will determine whether you can stay in this market long enough to wait for your big opportunity, rather than just participating in a high-pressure gamble where losing means you walk away entirely.

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